You're reading from Learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4 A fun introduction to programming in GDScript 2.0 and game development using the Godot Engine

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804616987

Length 378 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

GDScript

Tools

Godot

Concepts

Game Design

Author (1):

Sander Vanhove

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Learning How to Program

2. Chapter 1: Setting Up the Environment FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Getting Familiar with Variables and Control Flow

4. Chapter 3: Grouping Information in Arrays, Loops, and Dictionaries

5. Chapter 4: Bringing Structure with Methods and Classes

6. Chapter 5: How and Why to Keep Your Code Clean

7. Part 2: Making a Game in Godot Engine

8. Chapter 6: Creating a World of Your Own in Godot

9. Chapter 7: Making the Character Move

10. Chapter 8: Splitting and Reusing Scenes

11. Chapter 9: Cameras, Collisions, and Collectibles

12. Chapter 10: Creating Menus, Making Enemies, and Using Autoloads

13. Chapter 11: Playing Together with Multiplayer

14. Part 3: Deepening Our Knowledge

15. Chapter 12: Exporting to Multiple Platforms

16. Chapter 13: OOP Continued and Advanced Topics

17. Chapter 14: Advanced Programming Patterns

18. Chapter 15: Using the File System

19. Chapter 16: What Next?

20. Index

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Ideas for your next projects

As mentioned in the introduction of this chapter, the fear of an empty project is a real thing. Where to begin and what to make is always a struggle. Let’s take a closer look at both problems.

Starting a new project

Here are some tips I learned the hard way about starting a new project that will help you focus on creating the game you want to create:

Start by creating the main gameplay loop: The first thing you should do is create the gameplay on which the game is based. If you are creating a platformer, make sure that moving and jumping around is fun to do on its own before you start adding more intricate systems.
Make it functional before you make it beautiful: It’s easy to get lost in making your game overly beautiful, but this will slow down the production of the game significantly. Even worse, if the game is not fun and you need to redo a lot of systems, you’ll also need to redo all the things you did to make...