Game Development Diary #2 : GameDev.tv Course

22/05/2024 - Wednesday

Day Two

Today's Progress:

-Interface Navigation: Spent time navigating around Godot's interface. The split-screen view and the drag-and-drop functionality are quite user-friendly.

• Imported Scenes: Successfully imported my first scene into Godot. Understanding the scene system was crucial as it forms the building blocks of Godot's architecture.

• 3D Mesh Creation: Created a new 3D mesh. It was a bit challenging at first, but the intuitive interface made the process smoother. I also learn how to transform the mesh, create a shape for this mesh.

• 3D Mesh Creation: Created Lighting, environment, and camerafor this scene so when i run the game it will show something on the screen.

• GDScript Basics: -Dived into GDScript scripting. -Wrote a simple script to print strings in the console. -Learn the difference between func _ready and func _process(delta). -Learn GDsripts variable -Learn about strong typing to get better performance and make code more readable

extends Node3D


# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
func _process(delta: float) -> void:
    if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_accept"):
        #Move the character posistion
        position.y += delta
    if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"):
        rotate_z(delta)
    if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"):
        rotate_z(-delta)

Thoughts:

I'm amazed at how flexible and powerful Godot is as a game engine. The community support and documentation are incredibly helpful. The more I explore, the more I realize the potential of this engine for solo indie game developers like myself.

Next Steps:

• Delve deeper into GDScripts. I want to make collision detection, and learn about rigidbody3d and physics

Resources Used:

• Complete Godot 3D: Code Your Own 3D Games In Godot 4! - Course