Godot - Resources
tags: gamedev - godot
General practices
Return early in your functions to avoid needlessly nested code.
Long functions and code duplications should be extracted into other functions.
Node Overview
General design
Generally, use composition. This is even according to the official documentation!
Godot specific
Blurry sprites / textures
Fix blurry Sprites: use Nearest filtering mode (can set in Project -> Render -> Textures or on each node individually).
Depending on the hierarchy of your scene tree (i.e. nested viewports), you may need to set it to instanced nodes in your scene. Try to do this at the highet level possible.
Character controller-esque
State Machines
Design patterns are, in general, the more powerful tools in a SE’s toolbelt. This is because they solve common issues in easy and maintainable ways.
In game development, there’s a few you should know; State Machines, Decorator, Strategy. State machines in particular are very useful, and should be your go-to pattern.
Godot 3.2 documentation on the State Design Pattern
GDQuest tutorial on the pattern
Remote Android Debugging
To turn on Android debugging with logging, go to Debug -> Depploy with Remote Debug. See this video for more.
Theming
Theming is Godot’s system for doing UI skinning and standardizing your UI easily.
Some themes you can get and tesk
Scriptable Objects with Resources
Brackeys recently returned after quitting to start making Godot tutorial content.
Godot Resources documentation / tutorial
Good post on Resources best practices
Ironically, the first tip in this video is somewhat bad practice, and could be fixed with resources.
Inventory-like
Procedural Animation
Pixellation
Metadata
Many engines have a system of metadata.
However, it does appear a bit more powerful in Godot, as you can see here. Do note that this feels very much like a Godot-specific thing, and even then I don’t recommend using it this way. Using things like Groups is still, generally, better, especially when trying to query.
Shaders
Before working with shaders, you need to know more about matrices, or how the GPU actually draws to your screen.
The Transformation Matrix for 2D Games
Sample shader assets: GDQUest Shaders 2D Sprite Shaders Demo Post Process Ultimate Retro Shader Collection Grid Shader Tutorial Godot Retro CD ROM shader
Having fun learning about shaders!
byu/onsclom ingodot
I made a rolling log vertex displacement shader in Godot, a-la Animal Crossing! Link to source code in comments.
byu/lynndotpy ingodot
Variable rate shading (NVIDIA feature that changes the rate shading is calculated in different regions of the scene to increase performance)
Shader stuff for refraction
Light2D
Light doesn’t work the same at all as in 3D. See the paragraph after this image.
A quick video overview can be found here.
A custom lighting solution ca be found here, although it appears similar to the way the built-in system works.
Moddability
Generally a complex subject
Godot resource packs
However, something I recently found is that GDScript can be evaluated dynamically!!! Check this issue.
Play Services
Multiplayer
A good overview can be found here
W4 is a company that aims to improve the Godot ecosystem. Their two first major projects were integrating Console support, and multiplayer.
Hot update
https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1fhcsw3/tutorial_how_to_implement_a_hot_update_mechanism/