Fireside Chat – Godot’s Next Milestones

Rémi Verschelde

Project Maintainer of Godot Engine & Co-founder of W4 Games

Ben Vehling

Co-Founder of GodotFest

Matt Ellis

Developer advocate at JetBrains

Godot has grown from a community passion project into a real alternative for professional studios. The 4.x series brought the technical groundwork — a modern renderer, new architecture, and steady performance improvements — that make larger productions viable. Now the next milestones aren’t just in the engine itself but in the surrounding ecosystem: stable integrations, testing and CI pipelines, console support, and long-term maintenance. With studios increasingly open to new tools, Godot’s future depends on pairing its open, creative spirit with the reliability and workflows professionals expect.