This Week in Godot #39

Jose Albizures

Hello everyone, welcome to the #39 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.

News

gotm.ioMacaroni Studios in gotm.io

Gotm.io Jam #6 ($100 Prizes)Join the funnest jam with prizes and video spotlights!

Miscellaneous

YouTubeLonelyAnimal in YouTube

Comparing Unity’s and Godot’s Realtime Global Illumination with Blender Cycles for referenceComparing Godot 3.3 GI probe and Unity 2020 LTS Enlighten. And comparing them with Blender Cycles for reference

The Roohr Wayemr in The Roohr Way

Practical Godot Networking: MPEVMVP technical discussion - The Roohr WayGodot’s High Level Networking tutorial (and book chapter) do a great job of explaining a peer-to-peer networking setup. However, many games want to be server-authoritative, and to set up a multi-area game, you sort of need to.

TwitterMiziziziz in Twitter

I've been putting together a bunch of performance tests and experiments in #GodotEngine

YouTubeCodingKaiju in YouTube

The NEW TileMaps

YouTubeAknakos in YouTube

TTP: Godot 4 got occlusion culling!! Let’s try it out..In this to the point, we will briefly test out the current occlusion culling recently merged into Godot 4 master branch. It’s great for static meshes, but ha...

Godot NotesGonzalo Gutiérrez in Godot Notes

Godotes # 10 - Godot forum. Godot games at the Top 20 GMTK’s jamThousands of posts and tens of thousands of comments: The community behind the Godot Forum.

Tutorials

YouTubePenguin X in YouTube

GODOT 2D Normal Mapping !Welcome Back.In this video we will learn how to make our 2D game look better by adding normal maps .Hope you enjoy. LINKS : Godot : https://godotengine.org...

Sometimes a man has to postSometimes a man has to post in Sometimes a man has to post

How to build a GDNative project with CMake and MinGW in 2k21This a tutorial / memo for myself how to setup GDNative and godot-cpp with CMake and MinGW in June 2021. When you just have to follow instructions, this setup is easy.

YouTubeDavies dev in YouTube

Godot shooter platformer series | Part 6 Transition and Menu screen

YouTubePefeper in YouTube

What Is Godot’s ProximityGroup Node? (+Why You Shouldn’t Use It)Godot’s ProximityGroup node is a bit elusive, with sparse documentation and few mentions online. So, in this video, I quickly go over what the node does, it’...

YouTubescriptblocks in YouTube

Recreate Stardew Valley in Godot : CaveIn this tutorial we will recreate a Stardew Valley Cave in Godot using a Tilemap and a image that represents the layout of the Cave. We will also add...

YouTubeKryperDev in YouTube

How to create 2D procedural lightning in GodotYou will learn how to create this procedural 2D lightning in Godot. We use Line2D to create core of the lightning and then also sub forks coming out from the...

YouTubeSnopek Games in YouTube

Godot and GitLab CI: Automatically code signing your game for WindowsIn this part, we setup GitLab CI to automatically code sign your game for Windows, before deploying it to Itch.io, Steam or any other deployment target.

YouTubePlayWithFurcifer in YouTube

12 Things We Wish We Knew Earlier | Godot Engine TutorialWe present 12 tricks that are helpful when working on your game in the Godot Engine. Learn more about Dialogic here: https://youtu.be/sYjgDIgD7AY10 Things: h...

YouTubeGawe Game in YouTube

GUI untuk health dan fitur Hero bisa mati - Bagian #13: Gawe Game Platformer 2DVideo ke-13 dari seri tutorial pembuatan game platformer 2D dengan Godot.

YouTubeKidsCanCode in YouTube

Godot Recipe: Arcade-style 3D SpaceshipBy popular request, a “Star Wars” style 3D space combat controller! Use this to make the dogfighting space game of your dreams.Text version and project downl...

YouTubeGame Development Center in YouTube

Make a Tower Defense Game in Godot | Part 0 - Project SetupIn this Godot Tutorial series, I will teach you how to make a tower defense game from scratch. In this very first introductory episode, we will go over the p...

Libraries Assets and Add-ons

Godot Asset LibrarySirQuartz in Godot Asset Library

ConsoleA general-purpose debug console full of useful commands suitable for any kind of project.

Godot ShadersNekotoArts in Godot Shaders

Spatial Ice ShaderPort of Unity Shader Graph – Ice Tutorial – YouTube to Godot

Godot Shadersmreliptik in Godot Shaders

2D simple animated flag shaderThis is a simple shader to animate a texture like a flag. You can use the various uniforms to control the look and feel of the flag.

Godot Shadersmreliptik in Godot Shaders

3D simple animated flag shaderThis is a simple shader to animate a texture like a flag. You can use the various uniforms to control the look and feel of the flag.

Godot ShadersNekotoArts in Godot Shaders

TRUE BoTW Toon Shader!A TRUE BoTW style shadeer for Godot. BoTW's warbly shadows, multiple lights. Its the whole package!

Godot ShadersNekotoArts in Godot Shaders

Wind Waker Water - NO Textures needed!Recreation of the water from the Legend of Zelda – The Wind Waker

Godot Asset LibraryDrMoriarty in Godot Asset Library

NativeLibUltimate solution to manage (install/update/uninstall) native modules for iOS, Android, MacOS, AppleTV.

Godot Asset LibrarySamuel Marzin in Godot Asset Library

PostgreSQL client in GDScript.Godot PostgreSQL Client is a GDscript script / class that allows you to connect to a Postgres backend and run SQL commands there. It is able to send data and receive it from the backend.

Godot Asset LibraryDmitriySalnikov in Godot Asset Library

Debug Draw 3D (C#)This is a script that adds functionality for drawing debug shapes. Written in C#, so only Godot Mono supported. Works in the game and in the editor.

DevLogs

YouTubeCrystal Cookie Gaming in YouTube

TRUE BoTW Shader | Major Update!!!New Features:Animated Shadow WarbleColoured Light SupportMultiple Light SourcesNormal BiasView Space shadow bias and multiplier

YouTubeHolly in YouTube

Implementing Boss Monster in my Action AdventureIn this video I go into the implementation of an enemy that has several stages to it. I am working on Crater Company - an action adventure about making disco...

YouTuberystaldev in YouTube

TURNING a 2D GAME into 3D!Turning my 2D game “Less is More” into a 3D isometric game! Well, technically not 3D more like 2.5D but whatever lol

YouTubeChance. E in YouTube

Sand Simulator + Level Editor In GodotJust a little video about how I combined two of my previous projects.

YouTubeSaiponath Games in YouTube

OpenSkyCity Devlog #31Hello, Sairam here from Saiponath Games. OpenSkyCity is a city building game, assuming that you’ve seen the name of the game.

YouTubeitsbreakfast in YouTube

Remaking My Favorite Club Penguin Game in 3 Days

YouTubeaunty games in YouTube

Making a Relaxing Bakery RPGHere’s another 2d RPG develop made in Godot. I’m making a calming, relaxing teahouse/bakery/cafe game, where you can decorate your own space, and then go on ...

YouTubeDoc Productions in YouTube

game devlog or whatever - month #2 | GodotProgress from the 2nd month of development on my yet to be named game made in Godot. Guns, Explosions and fire.Music: Lofi & Chill by NottyVonDutch on SoundC...

Odyseekmdodrill in Odysee

The making of my first commercial video gameHow I made my first commercial title, my brother lives in a canyon.

YouTubeRed Cube Gamedev in YouTube

How I made the best game in the GMTK game jam 2021

Snopek GamesDavid Snopek in Snopek Games

Retro Tank Party v1.1: Team mode, new powerups, control scheme and more!undefined

Made with Godot

YouTubeMoTaiGik Studio in YouTube

Jiggle bone in Godot 3.3.2I am testing my jiggle bone implementation and made this cute pudding.

YouTubeMad Cookies Games in YouTube

Mad Productivity - the lazy man’s productivity app [ALPHA RELEASE]We’ve created an app in Godot that might be of help to you when it comes to staying organized.

YouTubeNahuel Cabrol in YouTube

Or8bit | Quick gameplay demo

YouTubeMr Nekuromu in YouTube

Orbital Deterrent Squadron! Invasion! TrailerThe seven pilots of the Orbital Deterrent Squadron have been scrambled to scout out a long approaching cluster of signals... what could be coming our way to ...

YouTubeCosmic Spud in YouTube

Ancient - Announcement TrailerCosmic Spud proudly presents, Ancient. Coming soon!

YouTubePawn Games in YouTube

Godot Experiments #6 - ESP32 + accelerometer + phone = Simple RC controller (test)Attempt at a RC control, the ESP side sends sensor data and has has connections to a DC motor and 2 servos. This was intended to control a RC V wing (which h...

itch.iosininenblue in itch.io

Mutated MealsMurder mutated monsters for meals

itch.ioMF Project in itch.io

Dragon Arena2D top down roguelike game.

itch.iomeloonics in itch.io

Godot Color Palette GeneratorFor quick and decent-looking color palettes

itch.iomeloonics in itch.io

Rehgräten [unfinished]A vertical slice for a horde-fighting game where you get progressively weaker

YouTubebiscuitlocker in YouTube

Cat Box Paradox Showreel Godot 2021Trailer entry for the Godot Showreel 2021 of the upcoming game “Cat Box Paradox”, a hardcore retro platformer.

itch.ioJon Topielski in itch.io

Puzzle SigmaPlay as mathematical operators and build equations in this top down puzzle game

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