Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) has announced the availability of the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) 24.09 release featuring major enhancements and the debut of their new mascot. O3DE is a full-featured, real-time open source engine that excels in creating high-fidelity games, advanced robotic simulations, and immersive 3D worlds. Whether for gaming, robotics, or virtual environments, O3DE delivers stunning visual fidelity and interactive depth, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in digital creation.

The 24.09.0 release brings hundreds of bug fixes and quality of life enhancements, significantly improved mobile support and a 400% performance boost on both iOS and Android. It also has dramatically reduced runtime memory usage and enhanced rendering quality, AR/VR implementation, and more. This version is packed with features driven by the community’s feedback and guidance of the 300 O3DE contributors, which focused on turbocharging performance and elevating the developer experience.

“This release represents a large jump in our support for mobile applications, simulation and robotics use cases, and much improved performance across all platforms such as Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and AR/VR/XR,” said by Joe Bryant, Executive Director of Open 3D Foundation. “We could not have done it without the leadership of our contributors. They are the backbone of our community and play an integral part of shaping the future of game development. I cannot wait to see how users utilize all of the improvements in the 24.09.0 release!”

Other key features include:

• With the installer version, developers can build projects using only Script Canvas and Lua – without a compiler.
• New supercharged editor startup times with up to a jaw-dropping 90% boost for large projects brimming with assets.
• For simulation use cases, there is now a Georeference component with the ability to parse Gazebo data, and a ROS2FrameComponent, along with many more performance improvements.
• A new mobile rendering pipeline has been added along with a boost in performance for all mobile devices.