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All the way back in Blender 2.6 we looked at using Blender as a video editor and truth of the matter is, compared to other NLE video editors Blender was pretty painful to edit videos in. With the upcoming Blender 5.2 release the video editor has received several new features […]
Blender for Video Editing Read More
Zed is an exciting new code editor with a focus on performance that recently released a Windows version (joining the already existing Linux and MacOS versions). Today we are going to look at the process of fully configuring the Zed editor to be an ideal code editor for Godot developers,
Godot Engine Development using the Zed Editor Read More
Today we are going to look at implementing 3D audio using the MIT open sourced licensed addon for the Godot game engine called predictably enough raytraced-audio by WhoStoleMyCoffee. This addon adds two new nodes to Godot, the RaytracedAudioListener and AudioPlayer3D. The RaytracedAudioListener casts several rays through the world that trace
Godot Raytraced Audio Read More
Godot 4.4 was just released, a release I referred to as my favorite release yet. Among the many new features of Godot 4.4 is the addition of what is known colloquially as “jiggle physics”. In practical terms it’s the ability to take a chain of bones in a Skeleton3D and
Godot 4.4 Gets Jiggle Physics Read More
In the move from Godot 3.x to Godot 4.x one of the few regressions was support for 2D tiled maps. Since the 4.0 release however, several features are being reintroduced to bring Godot up to parity with the older versions. In the upcoming release of Godot 4.3 (currently in Beta1)
Godot TileMap Replaced with TileMapLayers Read More
When just starting out in game development, one of the hardest and most immediate decisions you will have to make is “What Game Engine Should I Start With?”. Of course, as the saying goes, you don’t know what you don’t know, making it almost impossible to make such a decision
Choosing Your First Game Engine Read More
There is no question that the Godot game engine has come a long way in a relatively short period of time. You can actually trace the evolution of the Godot game engine from prelease to today here. One area Godot has often trailed the competition though is in aesthetics. In
This is a casual, slightly unstructured tutorial covering the task of lighting in the Godot 4.x (Godot 4.2 specifically in this example) game engine. We cover topics including lighting and shadows, world environment, emissive textures, global illumination and more. The tutorial is video only and uses assets from the GameMasters
Godot 4.x 3D Tutorial: Lighting, Shadows and Global Illumination Read More
One of the most exciting new features in the recent Godot 4.2 game engine release was the addition of Blender style transformation hotkeys. You need to configure this feature yourself, but the video below shows you step by step how to do so. At first glance the Blender hotkeys may
Blender Controls in Godot 4.2 Read More
This is a quick tutorial to get you up and running with the C# programming language in the Godot Game Engine using Visual Studio Code and the newly released C# Dev Kit. STEPS Install Visual Studio Code (available here) Install Godot Engine – .NET version (available here) Create a project
C# Development with Godot and Visual Studio Code Tutorial Read More
