Godot Engine Game Development in 24 Hours. The Official Guide to Godot 3.0

573 Pages·2018·25.53 MB·English

by  Manzur

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Sams Teach Yourself, Godot Engine Game
Development in 24 Hours
Ariel Manzur
George Marques
CONTRIBUTORS:
Poommetee Ketson
Thomas Herzog
Emmanuel Leblond
Tiamo Pastoor (Pandaqi)
Anna Daubenspeck
Jakob Schwab
800 E. 96th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA
Sams Teach Yourself Godot Engine Game Development in 24 Hours
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Contents at a Glance
Foreword
Preface
HOUR 1 Introducing the Godot Engine
HOUR 2 Scene System
HOUR 3 2D Graphics
HOUR 4 Scripting
HOUR 5 Game 1: Space Shooter
HOUR 6 More Scripting
HOUR 7 Handling Input
HOUR 8 Physics System
HOUR 9 User Interface
HOUR 10 Animation
HOUR 11 Game Flow
HOUR 12 File System
HOUR 13 3D Graphics
HOUR 14 Project Management
HOUR 15 Materials and Shaders
HOUR 16 Lights and Shadows
HOUR 17 Game 2: Bloxorz Clone
HOUR 18 Environments
HOUR 19 Sound
HOUR 20 Particle System
HOUR 21 Viewports and Canvas
HOUR 22 Networking
HOUR 23 Game 3: Networked Bomberman Clone
HOUR 24 Exporting the Project
BONUS HOUR 25 Native Code
Index
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
HOUR 1: Introducing the Godot Engine
Installing Godot
Creating a Project
Using the Visual Editor
Setting Up a Main Scene
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 2: Scene System
Nodes and Scenes
Resources
Combining Scenes
Managing Subscenes
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 3: 2D Graphics
Sprites and Draw Order
Vectors and Transforms
Cameras
TileMaps
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 4: Scripting
Node and Script Relationship
Introduction to GDScript
Signals and Groups
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 5: Game 1: Space Shooter
Concept and Design
Making the Scenes
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 6: More Scripting
Notifications
Singletons and Autoloads
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 7: Handling Input
Input Basics
InputEvent Class
Keyboard and Joystick Input
Mouse and Touch Input
Input Mapping
InputEventAction
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 8: Physics System
Bodies and Shapes
Types of Physics Bodies
Areas and Presence Detection
Ray Casting
Navigation and Path Finding
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 9: User Interface
Control
Know Your Controls
Containers
Making an Interface
Theme
Custom Control
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 10: Animation
Animation Editor
Timeline and Keyframes
Blending and Transitioning Animations
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 11: Game Flow
After Launching the Game
Pausing the Game
Switching Scenes
Background Loading
Handling a Quit Request
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 12: File System
Special Paths
Game Configuration
Dealing with Files
Dealing with Directories
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 13: 3D Graphics
Spatial Node
Importing Meshes and Models
3D Editor
Cameras
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 14: Project Management
Importing Resources
Organizing Project Directories
Version Control Software
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 15: Materials and Shaders
Canvas Item Materials
Spatial Materials
Shader Basics
Summary
Q&A
Workshop
Exercises
HOUR 16: Lights and Shadows