Make a game before the end of the day (in Godot 4)

Description

Thanks for watching this tutorial video about how to make a game in Godot before the end of the day! Take this mini course and finish your first game.

Here is the github repo to the project: https://github.com/uheartbeast/make-your-first-game-mini-course/tree/main

If you are interested in taking a deeper dive into the Godot game engine you can buy my 1-bit Godot Course at this link: https://www.heartgamedev.com/1-bit-godot-course-youtube

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Thank you all so much for your support!

My Notes

• 00:00: Agenda
  • You should be able to finish this project before the end of the day.
• 01:39: Start of tutorial: Installing Godot
• 02:03: Creating a project
• 03:42: Downloading assets
• 04:43: Project settings
  • Texture Filter: Nearest (for pixel art)
  • 05:31: Viewport dimensions
  • 06:25: Scale window size to stretch it larger
    • Under “stretch > Mode > viewport”
    • See also 28:00
  • 07:08: Also look for Window width override
• 08:02: Explanation of Nodes in Godot.
• 9:00: Adding background sprite
• 11:47: StaticBody2D used for objects that are not going to move, but need collision. e.g. wall
  • CharacterBody2D player controlled character
    • the balloon
  • RigidBody2D: physics controlled object
    • sawblades
• 14:14: Defining wall collision objects
• 14:45: Duplicating nodes (how to make unique)
  • By default duplicated nodes will share resources, so editing one will affect the other.
  • In this example, go into the CollisionShape2D, click the Shape in the inspector and click Make Unique
• 16:31: Defining balloon playable character
  • 18:56: How to turn Snapping on
• 19:01: Locking nodes and their children
• 20:33: Script for balloon object:
• 27:57: Fix jittery movement
  • Switch Stretch Mode from viewport to canvas items
    • viewport means “snap items to pixels”
• 28:59: Creating sawblades (RigidBody2D).
  • Damping mode: 32:53: Replace means that when it collides with another object, it will change directions without losing speed.
• 33:29: Collision Layers
  • Edit layer names

  • 34:29: The layer is where you are and the mask is what you’re looking to.

  • My understanding:
    • The layer is like who the object will talk to. (i.e. output)
    • The mask is like who the object will listen to (i.e. input)
• 35:47: Making the sawblades spin with AnimationPlayer
  • Rotating 90 deg. every second and looping the animation.
• 39:39: The ballon’s hurtbox
  • There are multiple types of collisions: touches and overlaps.
• 47:31: Telegraphing the position and direction of new saw blades that will be spawned
• 1:04:40: Defining the spawn zone of new saw blades:
• 1:10:00: Creating an Events singleton in autoload
• 1:13:23: Adding a UI
• 1:18:06: How to export a project