Godot Engine Game Development Projects · Build Five Cross-Platform 2D and 3D Games With Godot 3.0 by Bradfield, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright and Credits

Godot Engine Game Development Projects

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Preface

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Introduction

General advice What is a game engine? What is Godot? Downloading Godot

Alternate installation methods

Overview of the Godot UI

Project Manager

Choosing filenames

Editor window

About nodes and scenes

Scripting in Godot

About GDScript

Summary

Coin Dash

Project setup Vectors and 2D coordinate systems

Vectors

Pixel rendering

Part 1 – Player scene

Creating the scene Sprite animation Collision shape Scripting the Player

Moving the Player

About delta

Choosing animations Starting and Ending the Player's Movement Preparing for collisions

Part 2 – Coin scene

Node setup

Using groups

Script

Part 3 – Main scene

Node setup Main script

Initializing Starting a new game Checking for remaining coins

Part 4 – User Interface

Node setup

Anchors and margins Message label Score and time display

Containers

Updating UI via GDScript Using buttons Game over Adding the HUD to Main

Part 5 – Finishing up

Visual effects

What is a tween?

Sound Powerups Coin animation Obstacles

Summary

Escape the Maze

Project setup

Project organization

Inheritance

Character scene

Animations Collision detection Character script

Player scene

Player script

Enemy scene

Optional – turn-based movement

Creating the level

Items TileSets

Creating a TileSet

TileMaps Level script Adding more levels

Game flow

Start and end screens Globals

Global script

Score Saving the High Score

Reading and writing files

Finishing touches

Death animation Sound effects

Summary

Space Rocks

Project setup Rigid body physics Player ship

Body setup and physics

State machines Controls Screen wrap

Shooting

Bullet scene Firing bullets

Rocks

Scene setup Variable size Instancing Exploding rocks

Explosion scene Adding to Rock Spawning smaller rocks

Layout UI functions Main scene code Player code

Game over

Detecting collisions between physics bodies

Pausing the game Enemies

Following a path Enemy scene Moving the Enemy Spawning enemies Enemy shooting and collisions

Additional features

Sound/music Particles

Enemy trail

Player shield

Summary

Jungle Jump (Platformer)

Project setup Introducing kinematic bodies

Collision response

move_and_collide move_and_slide

Player scene

Collision Layer/Mask Sprite Collision shape

Shapes

Animations Finishing up the scene tree Player states Player script Player movement Player health

Collectible items

Collectible scene Collectible script

Designing the level

TileSet configuration Base-level setup Designing the first level Scrolling background Dangerous objects

About slide collisions

Enemies

Scene setup Script Damaging the enemy

HUD

Scene setup Script Attaching the HUD

Title screen

Scene setup

Main scene

Level transitions

Door scene

Finishing touches

Sound effects Infinite falling Double jump Dust particles Crouching state Climbing ladders

Player code Level code

Moving platforms

Summary

3D Minigolf

Introduction to 3D

Orienting in 3D space Godot's 3D editor Adding 3D objects

Global versus Local Space

Transforms

Transforms in code

Meshes

Importing meshes Primitives Multiple meshes

Cameras Project setup

Creating the course

GridMaps

Making a MeshLibrary

Drawing the course WorldEnvironment Finishing the scene

Ball

Testing the ball Improving collisions

Aiming arrow UI display

Scripts

UI Main Ball Hole Testing it out Improving aiming – option 1 Improving aiming – option 2

Camera improvements

Multiple cameras Orbiting camera

Creating a gimbal

Tracking camera

Visual effects

SpatialMaterials Environment options Lighting

Summary

Additional Topics

Using Godot's documentation

Reading the API documentation

Exporting projects

Getting the export templates Export presets Exporting Example – Coin Dash for Android

Modifying the game Preparing your system Exporting

Shaders

Creating a shader Learning more

Using other languages

C# VisualScript

Native code – GDNative

Language bindings

Asset library Contributing to Godot

Contributing to the engine Writing documentation Donations

Getting help – community resources

GitHub Godot Q and A Discord / Forum

Summary

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