This Week in Godot #25

Hello everyone, welcome to the #25 issue of This Week in Godot, Godot is a popular Free and Open Source game development engine and toolset. And this is a weekly overview of what happened the past week in the Godot engine and its community right in your email. I'll try to cover the most relevant news, releases, games, tools, and anything else relevant. Please, if you have any recommendations or, any idea you can send me an email to albizures@vk.com or, even better, you can open a PR in GitHub.

Official

• Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 6
• Godot OpenXR support
• Versioning change for Godot 3.x

News

• [Proposal] Improved 3D Scene Importer

Miscellaneous

• I made a cheat sheet for scaling modes.
• Effekseer - Awesome Particle Effect Tool now on Godot! Youtube Video
• How fast is TOO fast? - Gotm.io Plays Your Games #15 Youtube Video
• Godotes #9 - Paid Coursesx

Tutorials

• Godot Save States in 180 SECONDS Source Code Youtube Video
• Easy Level Switching in Godot Youtube Video
• How To Make 2D Curved Terrain In Godot Youtube Video
• Godot Networked Multiplayer Shooter Tutorial #9 - Finale Source Code Youtube Video
• Why Particle Shaders Are Awesome and How to Use Them - Godot Tutorial Source Code Youtube Video
• Spawn Enemies and Treasures with Walker Procedural Generation Youtube Video
• Writing a Command Parser (Godot Retro Text Adventure Tutorial #6) Youtube Video
• How to Create a Skybox in Blender (Space/Stars Theme) and Use the Skybox in Godot Youtube Video
• Enums in Godot (Introduction) Youtube Video
• Godot 3D Highlight Shader for interactable Objects (Tutorial) Youtube Video
• Referencing nodes with NodePath Youtube Video
• Double Jump in Godot - Acreates Youtube Video

Libraries Assets and Add-ons

• Ornate Pixel Art Theme: a ready-to-use theme for pixel art games
• Procedural Illustration-esque Hair Highlight Shader
• Animated sketchy line
• Stylized Water Shader
• 3D Vertical dissolve

DevLogs

• Chakravyuh | Devlog #11 | The Naag Island (Part One) Youtube Video
• Turn Based Battle System | Breaking point Devlog #2 Youtube Video
• Full Power Fantasy | 180 days | Devlog #06 | Godot Youtube Video
• A new endless driving game in Godot | DuckCowDrive Devlog #1 Youtube Video
• Making a Card Game in Godot | Cardlocke Devlog 0 Youtube Video
• Generating an Ocean for the Player to Sail! Youtube Video
• Godot Email Generator Youtube Video
• Advanced Godot | Creating Custom Android Modules Youtube Video
• Getting started with Godot's scene instances Youtube Video
• Devlog #2: Launching Retro Tank Party on Steam (1st week) Youtube Video
• Devlog #1: In-game camera and photo album Article

Made with Godot

• I Built An App With The Godot Engine Youtube Video
• Cassette Beasts: Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles
• Satryn: an infinite twin stick shooty
• Hungrynauts: a fast-paced, bite-sized local multiplayer game for 2 players
• In Silk Roads: Caravan Kings
• Distraught Ground: Fight your way through enemies to take down the corrupt monarch.
• Windward Rush: an arcade racing game where players fly a variety of jets
• A Root Path: play as a water spirit purifying a spring
• Omnihexahedron: you're a rolling cube, and you can only use the ability currently on your topmost fac

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