Comment by roflcopter69

> StS devs cannot write normal C# code, you have to really work around the C# integration to avoid lag spikes

Do you have any sources for this? A while ago I had a small chat with the StS devs on the Chickensoft Discord server and they didn't mention this. Instead they were overall just very positive about their Godot + C# experience.

> The other huge problem is the terrible external editor support

Have your recently tried JetBrains Rider for Godot + C# development? Lately, they've been quite actively improving the Godot integration https://github.com/JetBrains/godot-support and also showing some significant commitment https://godotengine.org/article/jetbrains-joins-dev-fund-sup... and tbh I can't share your experiences since I'm using Rider. Even hot reload works really well without losing the running game state.

> There's a good reason that there are barely any games using it, and they're all extremely technically simple

Well, as of now when checking https://steamdb.info/tech/Engine/Godot/ there are 6,109 games made with Godot engine on Steam with 2,568 of them having been released in that last 12 months so there is a strong growth going on right now. But I agree that most of those look technically simpler.

> but rather a million DX papercuts that a good ambitious developer would just never accept

I think you're generalizing a bit too much here. You're implying that the StS devs or the devs of Road to Vostok are not ambitious?

I don't know man, there's more nuance to this. Don't get me wrong, I'm aware that Godot + C# still has a bunch of shortcomings and there's still some catch up to do but overall it's imo already quite pleasant to use.