This Week in Godot #34

Jose Albizures

Hello everyone, welcome to the #34 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

Godot EngineGodot Engine in Godot Engine

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.1We released Godot 3.3 a few weeks ago, and feedback so far has been pretty good!

Godot EngineGodot Engine in Godot Engine

Physics progress report #1Update on Godot physics engine improvements: test framework, bug fixing, new features and optimizations.

News

Rakugorakugoteam in Rakugo

Rakugo Release 3.2 and other newsThis release of Godot is very important for Rakugo because one of changes. This important change is that now it supports custom threads in HTML5 export.

GitHubreduz in GitHub

[Proposal] Add physics step interpolation

Miscellaneous

YouTubeGotm in YouTube

My Enchanted Staff Accidentally Destroyed the World - Gotm.io Plays Your Games #19

GamingOnLinuxLiam Dawe in GamingOnLinux

Godot Engine needs more funding for post-4.0 developmentWhile Godot Engine has been going from strength to strength, the co-creator and technical lead Juan Linietsky has reminded people how they rely on support to keep going.

YouTubeProject Heartbeat in YouTube

Making an enthusiast-grade rhythm game in Godot without looking like a fool

YouTubeNAD LABS in YouTube

How to Make a 3d FPS Player with Dash in 5 Minutes and 9 Seconds

Godot NotesGonzalo Gutiérrez in Godot Notes

Ludum Dare 48 -Results. Godot developers showing their talent on LDWith ~70 results in the top 100, Godot developers made their mark in Ludum Dare 48. Also, Godot beat Unity.

YouTubeCodingKaiju in YouTube

Is Godot Running Out of Money?

YouTubeRedefine Gamedev in YouTube

Godot 4 in Trouble!?Find out why Godot’s development might slow down and what can we do to help it.

YouTubeMaster Albert in YouTube

GameMaker VS Godot: I remade my GameNow that I have made what is essentially the same game in both Game Maker and Godot, I feel like I am now qualified to talk about how the ...

YouTubePlugWorld in YouTube

Why Godot’s Portability Matters #GoGodotJamPortability in software and applications is very important when developing.Comparing the portability between open source and closed sourced applications, and...

YouTubeViroid Games in YouTube

Made With Godot #3 | Achim MenzelAchim Menzel, aka UnionBytes, has been our guest in Made with Godot. He recently released a video that got our attention because his work looked...

Tutorials

YouTubedQuigz in YouTube

How to add Admob to an Android game in Godot | Godot Admob TutorialIn this godot tutorial we discuss how to implement Google admob in order to add ads to your game and monetize your app made with the Godot engine.

YouTubeiaknihs in YouTube

Security Camera → in-game Screens in Godot (Tutorial)I’ve been playing around with Cameras and Viewports in Godot a lot lately

YouTubeChevifier in YouTube

Saving Data using Nested Dictionaries in Godot (MTA Part 18)Part of a Youtube Game Dev series Marias Tasty Adventure.How to save game data in godot with dictionaries

YouTubepicster in YouTube

How to make Ropes that react to Physics in Godot (Part 1)In this video I will show you how to create ropes in the Godot Engine like in my game Bottomless

YouTubeDeCipher in YouTube

Godot Beginner 2D Platformer Series P4 - Collectibles, Projectiles pt2Heyy everyone! I am back with the 3rd part on the tutorial series on how to make a 2D Platformer Game in Godot from scratch.

YouTubeArkeve in YouTube

Make a Pokemon Game in Godot - Ledge Jumping (#6)Tutorial series on how to make game like Pokémon in Godot. I’ll go over adding ledges and having our player jump over it.

OdyseeNice Micro in Odysee

Making walls transparent to show your player in Godot (and hide enemies behind walls)In this video, we take a look at how can you make some walls disappear as your character enters a room in a top-down 2D adventure / RPG style game.

YouTubeYusa Studios in YouTube

Simple tileset generator for 2d gamesIt is a simple tileset generator i made using godot. Feature includes:1. Wang tileset generator2. Blob tileset generator3.

YouTubeRobThePole in YouTube

Godot Platformer Tutorial Episode 1Video series in which I will cover the basics of creating a platformer game. This video just covers the basics of setting up the project.

YouTubeDevTrunk in YouTube

Must have tool for Godot | Godot Quick Tips #1You will learn how to automatically format and lint all your Godot scripts.

YouTubeRed Cube Gamedev in YouTube

How to make a first person controller in GodotIn this tutorial video, I am showing you how to create a first person controller.

YouTubeDavies in YouTube

Godot shooter platformer series | Part 4 Autotiles and parallax backgrounds

YouTubeNAD LABS in YouTube

How To Get Smooth Room Transition in Godot (For Horror Games)Just a quick (bad) video explaining how to make room transitions in a (horror) game

YouTubeWebGirl Kristina in YouTube

2D шейдер - эффект воды, Godot 3.3В этом видео мы создадим эффект воды для двухмерной графики в Godot 3.3 с помощью шейдера.

YouTubeGodot и Кирилл Морозов in YouTube

Godot на C# для чайников часть 1Данное видео является вступительным в курс видеоуроков по программированию на C# в Godot Game Engine

YouTubeMrEliptik in YouTube

Loading effect shader - Learning shaders in Godot episode 1In this first video of a series, I’m showing you my process to learn and recreate a loading effect with shaders in Godot.

YouTubeGawe Game in YouTube

Membuat Obyek Barang Yang Bisa Diambil: Bagian 8, Yuk Gawe Game Platformer 2D #belajarbikingameVideo ke-8 dari seri tutorial pembuatan game platformer 2D dengan Godot.

YouTubeMrEliptik in YouTube

Recreating the Tinder card swipe UI in GodotIn this video, I’m recreating the Tinder card swiping UI in Godot!

Libraries Assets and Add-ons

GitHubAC-Webbyninja in GitHub

GodotBluetoothBluetooth Module for Android Games/Applications made with Godot Engine

YouTubeYusa Studios in YouTube

Tileset Editor: Now you can update each tiles with two layering support.Tileset editor is getting its first update: in this update you will be able to :1. Generate each tile with two layers of source image.2. allows cut off area ...

Godot ShadersMightyMochiGames in Godot Shaders

2D Cel / Toon Shader v2 (Basic)This is the basic level of the v2 toon shader.

Godot ShadersMightyMochiGames in Godot Shaders

2D Light Z-DepthThis shader allows you to fake light depth in 2D.

Godot Shadersarlez80 in Godot Shaders

Procedural Brick ShaderProcedural brick shader.

Godot ShadersMightyMochiGames in Godot Shaders

2D Rim Light

YouTubeAleksandar Popovic in YouTube

Godot 3.3 2D Sprite Shaders Free Download

YouTubedank idol studios in YouTube

Godot MultimeshInstance toolA small addon that helps with optimalizing your 3d games

DevLogs

YouTubeBitBirdy in YouTube

New Hearts, Dash, and Enemy Death | Godot Devlog #8In this devlog I’ll be showing you the updated hearts, the long awaited dash mechanic, and the sapling enemy’s death animation.

YouTubeDeveloping 4X in YouTube

4X Devlog [0] - The Basics

YouTubeStrange Lake in YouTube

Indie game devlog 2 | We’re making progress!Time to continue work on my new game!

YouTubeDoc Productions in YouTube

game devlog or whatever - month #1 | GodotSo I decided to make a game in Godot. Here’s the progress from the first month.

YouTubePixelipy in YouTube

Basic attack, and a new companion! - Devlog #6In this devlog, we’ll create our basic attack, as well as a new companion that will be with us during our journey!

YouTubeTim Krief in YouTube

This Game Character Can Control DronesThe IndieGame that I’m working on, Octahedrone, now has a new feature, a realistic virtual drone!

Made with Godot

YouTubebirbgames in YouTube

Birb Café TrailerBirb Café is a coffee-making visual novel about a cute bird helping adventurers on their quests.

YouTubeDanny Garay in YouTube

Toziuha Night New Enemies and Backgrounds!Opensource metroidvania on godot engine (in development)

YouTubeData Plus in YouTube

Godot GoldSrc BSP importer - Lightmap importing testHere I’m testing importing lightmaps from a BSP map. There are a few errors but it mostly works.

YouTubeBauxite in YouTube

Generating color palettes: the over-engineered way

YouTubeQuantum Code in YouTube

Explore AI - Neural NetworksExplore Artificial Intelligence (Episod 1) : Neural NetworksAn original course, visualisation and exploration of Neural Networks and their link to artificial...

Apps on Google PlayVaskivo Dev in Apps on Google Play

One Way DungeonA retro turn based RPG where you can learn the enemies’ abilities.

itch.iobippinbits in itch.io

Dome RomantikProspect. Upgrade. Survive.

itch.ioOri Brusilovsky in itch.io

Autumn HikeA snail goes out for a hike. Or does he?

itch.ioTemulgeh in itch.io

Physics Breaking BoxesPush The Boxes On The Buttons

itch.iomvolution in itch.io

Life in QuarantineA Single- and Multiplayer game about having a walk with your dog.

My brother lives in a canyonKenneth Dodrill in My brother lives in a canyon

My brother lives in a canyona short adventure game by Kenneth Dodrill

itch.ioFirebelley in itch.io

Magic FrontierA puzzle game about resource management and reconnecting with the world’s magic

Ludum Darejitspoe in Ludum Dare

Soaring UnderTake flight with a wingsuit into the depths of fantastic caves and other rock formations!

GitHubmbrlabs in GitHub

LorienInfinite canvas “drawing” app for Windows, Linux and Mac. Based on Godot

itch.ioHisham Sayd in itch.io

Curse of the Heroa story of a knight cursed to turn into a demon

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