--- title: Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 5 | daily.dev description: Godot 3.6 beta 5 introduces new features including tighter shadow culling, discrete level of detail (LOD), mesh merging, ORM materials, and vertex cache... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dev-snapshot-godot-3-6-beta-5-30jdmpsow twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 5 | daily.dev og:description: Godot 3.6 beta 5 introduces new features including tighter shadow culling, discrete level of detail (LOD), mesh merging, ORM materials, and vertex cache... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dev-snapshot-godot-3-6-beta-5-30jdmpsow og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/30JdmPSOW.png og:image:alt: Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 5 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 5 **[Godot](https://daily.dev/sources/godot)** · 5 min read · 29 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Godot 3.6 beta 5 introduces new features including tighter shadow culling, discrete level of detail (LOD), mesh merging, ORM materials, and vertex cache optimization. There are also 2D fixes and improvements to the SceneTree dock's filter. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@arturograu** · 0 upvotes > I am considering spending some of my free time on learning game development (specially 2D projects). > Is Godot a better alternative to Unity in any way? 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