Godot Digest 40

A lot on the official channels in this edition. Two new releases, 4.7 dev 1, and 4.6.1. GodotCon date and location announced! And of course, community tutorials!

Official News

These guys can’t stop. Godot 4.7 dev 1 is out!

Some highlights of this version include: VirtualJoystick (proper joystick support for mobile), DrawableTexture, Vulkan ray tracing, Windows HDR output support, joypad motion sensor support, and more than 300 fixes. Seeing a lot of changes to improve mobile support in 4.7.

For more information, check the official blog post.

https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-dev-1/

First maintenance release for 4.6 is out. 4.6.1 address all the critical issues in 4.6, 38 fixes in total. Check the changelog to see what changed.

https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-1/

And the best news over these two weeks…GodotCon location and dates announced!!!

This year will be in Amsterdam, from April 23 to 24. That’s all the information we have for now, but either way, here is the official blog post if you want to check it out.

https://godotengine.org/article/godotcon-2026/

From the Community

Here are some of the latest tutorials and resources from the Godot community.

One line edge shader  —FencerDevLog

Nice and simple shader that could be used to switch scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6M_gEtmYI

Easy trick to making spinning casino slots  —Mina Pêcheux

Create spinning casino slot machines using shaders and twin animations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFV7CCTXss

Making a Metroidvania game  —Michael Games

This is a new tutorial series from Michael, creating Metroidvania Forge.

We are starting a new chapter with the overview video of what to expect.

Chapter 4

Part 1, visual effects system (dust + screen shake)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpCec4P9M_M

Part 2, customizable hit particle effects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7c8Tw8Lvd4

Part 3, attack & damage areas (hitboxes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFUjqSuFrg

Part 4, responsive player attack state

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO04zhU5lLU

How to create a chest  —Single-Minded Ryan

Learn how to interact with objects by making a chest for a 2D game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z7hYZorDbQ

Modular shop system  —16BitDev

Great tutorial on creating a shop system with custom resources.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXYgEhhAOk

WIGGLY buttons  —Queble

Check how to make the particular buttons in YapYap, in Godot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzICHL8v9cQ

Line fractal shader  —FencerDevLog

Using color changes over time, we can get some really cool fractal effects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iayF2gsZWk

Theme Editor  —16BitDev

Learn how to work with the Theme Editor to create better UI in your game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsWd7908z7k

Move in a 2D path  —Mina Pêcheux

This video explains how you can make an entity move along a predefined 2D path. Ideal for tower defense games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSi8BuuS7_A

Add and remove Voxels at runtime  —MakerTech

Great tutorial that explains how to find the block the player is looking at and how to enable the player to add/remove blocks at runtime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfNwclZ4x7g

Load and switch scenes  —Queble

I really like these tutorials where they explain the best ways to do things. This will teach not just the recommended ways to load/switch scenes, but also dive a bit into thread handling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4PfHg3hmSo

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