So a mod directed me to a #twitter discussion channel where you CAN say REDOT... only there. I apologize for any misinformation.
WINSTON a mod on the forum who is super cool to people, and stays drama free, relied to me and stated the below:
has anyone tried Redot
As of now, they don't have anything to try yet. There is no download or anything like that. And even if there was, it would so far only be the same as Godot but lagging behind upstream a bit.
i heard they want to be more VR based? is this true?
They do have plans to incorporate UX changes and go through old stale Godot PRs, while also keeping compatibility with Godot. This seems like quite an effort to me personally, merging changes but at the same time ensuring the changes don't break any compatibility. If they can manage to pull that off, then I'll definitely be impressed.
Also just as a general note if we ignore the circumstances around it: Redot existing is the power of open source. It is perfectly normal for forks to exist! I just don't think they have the clear technical direction that would be needed for a successful fork. Like look for example at Godex, an ECS fork of Godot. They had a very very clear technical direction: ECS for Godot. And still they didn't pick up a lot of tracktion in the end.
Redot in my opion doesn't even have such a clear technical direction (at least from what I could gather from their announcement stream). So I personally don't think it will pick up a lot of traction long term.
i asked in the correct forum but you cant mention anything that controversial anywhere but here
As for this, the reason is not that it's controversial. It was just too much spam, instead of legitimate questions like yours. So we created a space where it's allowed so that the rest of the server can continue what we all like more: creating games