Oceans are big. In this Godot 4 tutorial, we’ll show you how to make infinite ocean that scales with the player. We’ll cover how to spawn instances of our water plane scene, use custom resources to spawn them into a grid, and apply noise displacement to simulate realistic waves, all white making some adjustments to […]
Continue reading "Making An Infinite Ocean in Godot 4"When working as a game developer, every tip and trick to save yourself time and make your life easier counts. And I briefly scoured the internets to find some great Godot Engine tricks and bundled them up in a nice quick video for you, so you don’t have to. Here are 12 Godot Engine tricks […]
Continue reading "13 Godot Engine Tricks You’ll WISH You Knew Sooner"One element of game design is frequently OVERLOOKED by indie game devs and it could determine whether your indie game is a smash hit or a quiet failure. It’s not gameplay, graphics, or even the art. The good news is that you can use this game design element to the fullest with a little bit […]
Continue reading "The Secret HACK to Game Dev Success"These beginner game dev mistakes can DESTROY your indie game….and it’s better to fix them sooner rather than later. Don’t settle for low wishlists, low Steam traffic, and low sales. With some simple adjustments, your game can reach new levels of awesome, become a better gamedev, and bring in more devoted gamers.
Continue reading "Game Dev Mistakes That DESTROY Your Game"In the first episode of GameDev Talk, I sit down with PrismaticaDev to talk about his project Prismatica: The Tectonic Planes, how he got started in game development, advice for new game developers, his game development process while working within the Unreal Engine, and why draw calls are like ordering pizza. Don’t miss the lightning […]
Continue reading "How To Start Making Games | PrismaticaDev"I try to build a basic 3D game in the Godot 4 while waiting for the shaders to compile for my Unreal 4 project. If you’ve used Unreal Engine, you have probably experienced long shader compiling times when changing a project setting or opening a new project. I recently needed to access an older UE4 […]
Continue reading "I Built a Game in Godot 4 While Unreal Loaded"Can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to generate 2D game art? After struggling to create quality 2D art for a small space shooter project in Godot 4, I take my chances with Artistic ALgorithm or AAL 9000 (DALL-E 2) to help me create some quick 2D game art to plug into my game. Will AAL […]
Continue reading "I Let AI Design All My Game Assets"I take the Godot 4 beta for a spin by rebuilding my Unreal HexGrid prototype system in the Godot Engine in only 24 hours. After trying the 2D engine previously, I was very curious about the capabilities and accessibility of the 3D engine in Godot. But will my Godot prototype hold up against Unreal or […]
Continue reading "I Ported My Unreal 5 Prototype to Godot 4"**Heavy Spoilers** Find out how the developers of A Plague Tale: Requiem used different game mechanics to help players empathize with the traumatic events experienced by Amicia and Hugo de Rune. The goal of game developers is to make players empathize with a game’s characters and in A Plague Tale: Requiem, this is no different. […]
Continue reading "Why A Plague Tale: Requiem’s Ending is So Devastating"How would you deal with getting only two Steam wishlists after two years of work? I recently came across a reddit post detailing that exact circumstance. I take a look at “Llama the Farm Drama”, review their Steam page, and what I think the dev can do to revive their solo game dev dream. Game […]
Continue reading "Their Game Got TWO Wishlists in TWO Years?!?"
