Godot Digest 02
Welcome to the second edition of Godot Digest!
An exciting week for the Godot community. We already have some snippets of the next version of the engine, and the submissions for the Godot reel are open! Also, the community has provided excellent tutorials in the past two weeks.
Let’s get into it!
News
We just got version 4.3, and the first snapshot for 4.4 is ready to test. One of the remarks on this snapshot is the first iteration on the Metal backend. That’s a huge milestone for iOS and MacOS support. To learn more about this first dev version of 4.4 check the following link
https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-dev-1
One of the “flaws” many mention about the engine is the lack of console port support. Finally, we got an official response on the matter with a lot of information. I strongly recommend this reading
https://godotengine.org/article/about-official-console-ports
Submissions are open for the 2024 Godot showreel! If you don’t know what this is, is the opportunity to showcase your project (in progress or published) in the official showreel video. Every year, the folks from Godot build this video to share the different projects the community is building with the engine. For more information check the following link
https://godotengine.org/article/submissions-open-godot-2024-showreel
This was one of my favorite articles this week. Is provided by an interview from Game Developer to Rémi Verschelde and Juan Linietsky. They discuss how the Unity debacle impacted the Godot project and their view of the whole issue. I don’t want to spoil anything in the summary so go and read it
Industry News
Some of the most important news in the past weeks regarding the gaming industry.
One that took everyone’s attention in the past few weeks, was the shutdown of the game Concord. Why is this so important? One of the biggest failures in game history because it was a AAA first-party Sony game, was in development for at least 8 years, had peak concurrent players was about 700 people, and was live for no more than two weeks. There is still a discussion if the game will come back or not, I’ll be surprised if the game comes back. Check the official post below
https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/03/an-important-update-on-concord
And if you want to dig a bit more, you can read this article by IGN
https://www.ign.com/articles/concord-victim-long-development-time-playstation
Another big news this week was the release of Star Wars Outlaws. But the biggest news regarding that release is the Ubisoft share price fall. Not only that but also the price drop was the biggest one in the last 10 years. We all saw the previews of this game and we all know the game wasn’t to be a mayor hit, but I never expected this backlash for Ubisoft. I’m wondering how this will impact the company, but won’t be surprised if we read about layoffs in the following months.
From the Community
This is still from the official site, but embracing the community. The article talks about the experience of interacting with the community and developers during Gamescon 2024.
https://godotengine.org/article/review-gamescom-2024
Now, finally, here are some of the latest tutorials and resources from the Godot community.
Godot 4 Steam Multiplayer (Advanced) — Gwizz
One of the longest videos from Gwizz that I have ever seen so far. This goes in more depth than the previous one, and also he already promised a part 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPJbqA5OAmY
Godot 4: Yet another rain shader (tutorial) — FencerDevLog
Another week, another shader tutorial from Fencer. This time a beautiful rain shader to use in 2D environments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvE84z7aVJY
Draw fewer tiles by using a Dual-Grid system — jess::codes
Great video from Jess on how to use the dual-grid system to reduce the amount of tiles you need to draw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEWFSv3ivTg
How to Animate the Entrance of Your Godot UI Elements — StayAtHomeDev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdW62b3GUoY
Integrating Nakama Into Godot 4.2 Adding Groups Chating and Using It Through the Web! C# Part 2 — FinePointCGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtpJMVEoQA
How To Open and Close Doors // Make An FPS in the Godot Engine — StayAtHomeDev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iavuRgY--bQ
The Best Of Godot Games — Gamefromscratch
Mike takes us to a list of some of the most popular games on Steam made with Godot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_N_HqgbXAc
They Ditched Unity for the Godot Engine, Here’s What Happened — StayAtHomeDev
Great interview from StayAtHomeDev with the team of Frog Collective. Besides the change of engines, they also give some insights into developing in Godot and even show some nodes and scenes from the project code.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Kte-YKoPo
Reusable COMPONENTS in Godot — Maker Tech
As part of the tutorial series on how to make an ARPG in Godot, MakerTech gives us this video about component programming in Godot. Great video as a starting point on the concept of component programming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io9fJxlpS84&t=1071s