What a wonderful day for a release! The end of another three-month development cycle has arrived. A couple of weeks ago I released a release candidate, received a few issue reports — and the release became a little more stable.
Today I’m officially releasing Thunder Engine 2026.3 🚀
🆕 What’s new?
Engine:
🏷 Component tags — you can now assign tags and manage groups (#1321, #1322)
Rendering:
✨ Bloom improvements — higher-quality glow (#1311, #1312)
UI/UX:
🖼 Canvas component — a new starting point for UI rendering (#1325, #1326)
📑 TabWidget container — tabs for convenient interface organization (#1302, #1316)
Refactoring:
🔄 Resource UUID system — reworked for greater flexibility (#1317)
🧩 Prefab workflow improvements — a more intuitive workflow (#1297, #1299)
Full changelog:
👉 https://github.com/thunder-engine/thunder/releases/tag/2026.3
💬 Your feedback matters
If you ran into a problem while using the engine — please let me know about it. Your reports help make the project better and more convenient for everyone.
If you have questions about the engine — don’t hesitate to ask them in the comments, on GitHub, or on other social media.
Thank you for being with us! ❤️