In software program improvement not all options work out, and with the upcoming launch of Godot 4 beta it could seem that the VisualScript visible programming language is one such characteristic. We went palms on with the visible scripting performance means again in 2016 when it was first added and actually it by no means felt like an enchancment or viable various to GDScript. In truth, it all the time felt like writing GDScript, simply in a much less environment friendly method than typing.

Announced immediately on the Godot weblog, the characteristic is being eliminated:

VisualScript can be faraway from the codebase in Godot 4.0 (it should stay supported in Godot’s 3.x department).

As VisualScript was applied as an elective module, the related code was moved to a devoted repository in order that customers may nonetheless compile it in, if there’s excited by preserving it updated: https://github.com/godotengine/godot-visual-script

One risk is to transform it to an official GDExtension utilizing GodotCPP, which could be very mature now and will assist every thing required to do that. As an extension, it might work higher as a floor for experimentation and enchancment. For this to occur, nonetheless, there should be volunteers desirous to make this occur and spend the time required to analysis a path ahead. 

The Godot Engine weblog put up goes into extra data on what went improper with VisualScript and why it’s being eliminated. You can study extra concerning the removing within the video under.