Gemma 4 tops local game coding in LM Studio

Local LLMs for gaming have reached a logic-first era where deep coding knowledge in C# and GDScript is now as critical as natural language processing. Gemma 4 is the current community gold standard for Unity and Godot environments, while Qwen 3.5 is preferred for logic-heavy state manipulation despite latency concerns in thinking mode. Mistral 3.2 12B remains the budget choice for fast scripting on lower-end hardware. 16GB VRAM is now the minimum for stutter-free performance when running both an engine and an LLM. While LM Studio is the top choice for evaluation, developers are increasingly moving to Ollama or llama.cpp for production control.