Godot Digest 21
This one is small, things are bit slower, but we manage to skeeze the latest Dev snapshot for 4.5 in this edition.
Official News
Dev snapshot 5 for 4.5 was just released. According to the blog post, this will be the last development before the feature freeze. In this release, we have: native visionOS support, abstract classes (woot!), WebAssembly SIMD support, inline color picker, and more than 250 fixes and improvements. Check the official post for more information.
https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-5/
From the Community
Here are some of the latest tutorials and resources from the Godot community.
Square tunnel shader —FencerDevLog
A simple shader to emulate the feeling of an old-school dungeon-style game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmjMSC_xT0s
2D Platformer Basics —Michael Games
Continuing with Michael’s tutorial series about creating a 2D platformer.
This is the last session (part 8) where we will add the crouch state to the player, allowing it to jump down through one-way platforms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmePKY93A2c
There is a bonus lesson for cleaning up the project, and suggestions on how to improve it and continue the development of the project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEY-vH138ok
How to make Battle City — CyberPotato
More tutorials for this series on how to make the classic Battle City.
Part 12 will cover the level transition in the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAlzQDdHjrY
Part 13 is about showing a summary screen and creating new levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uxl08SneIw
How to Make a Ninja Platformer — Heartbeast
Continuing with the tutorial series on building a ninja platformer, we have some new videos.
Part 15 will continue improving over the feedback when the player hits enemies by adding particle effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdJvccsizw
Part 16 improves over the previous lesson by adding an impact effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBd19p9IN6I
Part 17 will turn things around by focusing on when the player gets hit, by adding a hurt state and some effects to notify the player when this happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWvmF1Gvrdo
Part 18 adds player health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q3ScnQLJA
Shader debugging —FencerDevLog
This is an excellent tutorial for anyone working with shaders. It covers the various options for debugging shaders, a task that you will inevitably need to do if you are working with complex shaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFB-4KhJcj8
14 awesome free plug-ins —Gamefromscratch
Great video from Mike, where he goes through 14 free and open-source add-ons. Some of these addons are for the editor, while others add new nodes. Highly recommended!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mwvHeHjGjI
Dictionaries —DevWorm
This tutorial covers everything regarding dictionaries in Godot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLxr5lLtIXw
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