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Take advantage of the new Vulkan renderer and 3D physics in Godot 4 to create high-quality games

Streamline your game development workflow with Godot’s new TileMap, TileSet, and Animation Editor features

Discover what’s changed in GDScript 2.0 and Shader additions to enhance your game development skills

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Want to transition from Godot 3 to 4? Look no further than the Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to become proficient with the latest GUI, GDscript 2.0, Vulkan 2D/3D rendering, shaders, audio, physics, TileSet/TileMap, importing, sound/music, animation, and multiplayer workflows. With its detailed recipes, the book leaves no stone unturned. The Godot 4 Cookbook begins by exploring the updated graphical user interface and helps you familiarize yourself with the new features of GDscript 2.0. Next, it delves into the efficient rendering of 2D and 3D graphics using the Vulkan renderer. As it guides you in navigating the new Godot 4 platform, the book offers an in-depth understanding of shaders, including the latest enhancements to the shader language. Moreover, it covers a range of other topics, including importing from Blender, working with audio, and demystifying the new Vulkan Renderer and the physics additions for 2D and 3D. The book also shows you how the new changes to TileSet and TileMap make 2D game development easy. Advanced topics such as importing in Godot 4, adding sound and music to games, making changes in the Animation editor, and including workflows for multiplayer in Godot 4 are covered in detail. By the end of this game development book, you’ll have gained a better understanding of Godot 4 and will be equipped with various powerful techniques to enhance your Godot game development efficiency.

Who is this book for?

The Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook is for seasoned game developers who want to acquire skills in creating games using a contemporary game engine. It is an invaluable resource for indie game developers and Godot developers who are familiar with Godot 3 and have some level of expertise in maneuvering the interface.

What you will learn

Speed up 2D game development with new TileSet and TileMap updates

Improve 2D and 3D rendering with the Vulkan Renderer

Master the new animation editor in Godot 4 for advanced game development

Enhance visuals and performance with visual shaders and the updated shader language

Import Blender blend files into Godot to optimize your workflow

Explore new physics system additions for improved realism and behavior of game objects

Experience innovative features by building multiplayer games in Godot 4

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AsasinoManik Jul 01, 2023

I haven't completed the whole book yet, but I liked the format and examples. Its a huge book a lot of content. Keep it up.

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Asaad Al-Barwani Jun 11, 2023

The book covers many of the 4.0 update's changes to the engine, going into detail for both beginners to the engine and experienced developers who have used previous versions of the engine. It introduces many of the versions most significant features, including a dedicated chapter on the new GDScript 2.0. The book feels a bit more geared towards the current developers to transition towards the new version, but a beginner could just as easily pick up the book and learn the basics through it as it explains itself every step of the way.The multiplayer chapter was especially useful to me, as I have no experience in net code or using multiplayer features, and the book walked me through it all exceptionally well.

Xavier Jun 09, 2023

All the updates to Godot have been happening rather quickly, I appreciate straightforward written tutorials that allow me to learn by doing. This cookbook is an excellent reference with valuable scripts and scene setups for decals, volumetric fogs that look good, and all the basics of character bodies both 2d and 3d and more.

Ajo S S Jun 10, 2023

It is really helpful for people who are trying to get into Game Development using the latest version of Godot Engine.

Jaleen Michai Bowens-Kelly Jun 12, 2023

After going through the contents of this book I can say that if you are a Godot developer from any skill level and background you might gain some value from this book. The book is loaded with examples to follow and learn from, how to structure certain work flows and patterns, and additional information on features you might not heard about. In general, if you want a project oriented guide for learning the changes to Godot 4 or a new user of Godot then this book I would recommend.

Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook: Over 50 solid recipes for building high-quality 2D and 3D games with improved performance

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