Godot Weekly #55 August 9th 2024

Hello!

Welcome everyone to this issue of Godot Weekly!

GODOT NEWS

Godot 4.3 RC 3 is here

Godot 4.3 now includes native .fbx support using the ufbx library, eliminating the need for an external FBX2glTF converter. Existing projects will continue to use FBX2glTF by default, but new imports will use ufbx2. (users can change the importer settings if needed)

RESOURCES

Game UI Database 2.0

The ultimate interface reference Tool for game designers. Explore over 1,300 games, and 55,000 UI screenshots and videos, and filter by screen category, animation, colour, material, layout, texture, shapes, patterns, genre and more!

Generate color palletes with Adobe Color

Cables.gl is a tool for creating beautiful interactive content. With an easy to navigate interface and real time visuals, it allows for rapid prototyping and fast adjustments.

Not sure how it can help with making games in Godot, but perhaps someone will have an idea :-)

PLUGINS

A quick exploration of the Cyclops Exploration add-on

An overview of the Godot Aerodynamic Physics Tutorial

How to obfuscate the code in your Godot games for safer releases using GDMaim plugin

A Quest Manager plugin for making and managing quests in Godot 4

This plugin allows for easy copying of rigging data from one Polygon 2D to another, saving game developers significant time and effort.

A C# Procedural Generation with Ore, Structure, Node, and Border generation. It uses randomly generated Noise textures to generate the terrain.

PRO TIPS

"Static Typing VS Dynamic Typing In Godot"

How to effectively organize a large Godot project with over 10,000 lines of code

Here's a tip on how to quickly count the number of lines of code in a Godot project using the open source tool "cloc"

Why you should be using the "default theme" project setting

Did you know that the #godotengine BoxContainer, parent of VBoxContainer and HBoxContainer, can be used to switch between the two container layout modes on-the-fly? It makes supporting both portrait and landscape orientations on mobile a breeze!

A quick way to wait 1 second before executing next instruction

20 Godot Genius Workflow Tips | Hot Reload, VScode, Debugger

TUTORIALS

How to create double jump, wall jump, and wall slide functionality in Godot

How to add and customize background game music in Godot

How to create a character selection in Godot 4 UI (no talking)

How to add HDR sky to Godot

How to move a character with a mouse click in Godot 3D version 4.2

How to create a count-up timer in Godot

How to create the ultimate dialogue box for your Godot game

How to decompile Godot games into Godot projects

How to customize your player skin in Godot 4

How to create and roll a dice to generate a random number in Godot 3D (no talking)

How to grind rails in Godot

How to set up a Palette Limiter shader in Godot

How to create an endless scrolling background in Godot

This (paid) procedural dungeon generator for Godot 4+ with project + tutorial that will allow you to create procedural dungeons using only prefabs, no matter the size difference between them. No need for a grid.

How to take control of Godot text input with Regular Expressions

How to create a mobile football game in Godot 4 for Android export

How to create a simple top-down game in Godot

Godot 4.3 introduces a new Parallax2D Node, allowing for improved 2D parallax effects. Here's how to use it!

Learn how to build a platformer in Godot 4.3 from zero!

The earlier we do save files the less refactor we have to do later. Save & Load using Resource!

How to create a health bar in Godot 4

You never know when you'll have to compile Godot engine from source...

Hey, Naruto fans! Want to recreate the Water Prison Jutsu in Godot?

How to set up a 3rd person character controller in Godot 4 for your 3D game

How to create a 3D dungeon from a 2D Tilemap, integrating random dungeon generation?

How to create a message bus singleton (autoload) that we can use to create global signals

How to use Control nodes and make Node 2Ds react to screen changes in Godot Engine without writing any code.

How to create a burning effect for a scene using a somewhat more complex algorithm in Godot.

How to create a cutscene (not necessarily a 3D cutscene you're thinking about) tutorial in Godot Engine for game development and indie game development.

How to create delay in UI animations