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Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook Over 50 solid recipes for building high-quality 2D and 3D games with improved performance

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838826079
Length 258 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jeff Johnson Jeff Johnson
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Exploring the Godot 4 Editor 2. Chapter 2: Transitioning to GDScript 2.0 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: 2D and 3D Rendering with Vulkan 4. Chapter 4: Practicing Physics and Handling Navigation in Godot 4 5. Chapter 5: Playing with Shaders in Godot 4 6. Chapter 6: Importing 3D Assets in Godot 4 7. Chapter 7: Adding Sound and Music to Your Game 8. Chapter 8: Making 2D Games Easier with TileSet and TileMap 9. Chapter 9: Achieving Better Animations Using the New Animation Editor 10. Chapter 10: Exploring New Multiplayer Features in Godot 4 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Playing with the new Movie Maker mode

In this recipe, we will create a scene with a ground and a pillar in the center. We will animate the light to go from one side to the other while rotating so that we can see the shadow. We will set up and use the new Movie Maker mode to record the animation. The Movie Maker mode is a great tool to use to make promotional videos.

Getting ready

For this recipe, click the + button to the right of the Transition scene we just completed to add a new scene. In the Scene tab, click 3D Scene. Click on the word Scene in the main menu next to Project, then select Save Scene As, and name it Movie.

How to do it…

First, we are going to make the scene and add the lighting:

  1. Left-click on the three vertical dots to the left of Transform View on the viewport toolbar to edit the Sun and Environment settings.
  2. Add the Sun and Environment nodes to the scene by left-clicking the Add Sun to Scene button at the bottom while holding down...
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