Saw something online that I wanted to share. In game dev, don’t forget to make dev tools! For example, walk speed adjustment or jump height could be useful for debugging.
You can check if in the editor with
if OS.has_feature("editor")

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Big update to my TileMapLayer3D Plugin. Tone of new Features, including 3D Tile-based Sculpting Mode, Smart Fill and Animated Tiles. It's like Godot's TileMapLayer, but in 3D.

Discord Channel: discord.gg/e8kjnk4Y

GitHub: github.com/DanTrz/TileM...

#godot #GodotEngine #GodotTips #Gamedev #Indiedev

Godot: Automated Animation, keyed Collisions Sprite2D Generator by GRIP FAST GAMEWORKS Godot: Automated Animation, keyed Collision Polygons from AnimatedSprite2D Generator Tool

Updated the Auto Animation keyed Collision Sprite2D Tool for Godot v4.6.1!

☑️ Fixed all the bugs from v4.4.1.
☑️ Removed all comments so file = smaller.
☑️ Now includes a separate GPLv3.txt license file.
☑️ Available now on Itch.

gripfastgameworks.itch.io/auto-collisi... #godottips #godot #godotengine

Our plug-in to AUTOMATE randomized (RNG) audio streams via folders for Godot v4.6.1 is out now on Itch, for the cost of a fancy coffee. #madewithgodot #godotengine #godottips #gamedev #tools #plugin #audio #sfx #indiegamedev #gdscript

youtu.be/pMnqN2stzOc

GitHub - cherttov/godot-dev-console: Godot in-game console asset. Godot in-game console asset. Contribute to cherttov/godot-dev-console development by creating an account on GitHub.

Bit grumpy I haven't thought of adding something like this sooner and worked with manual keyboard shortcuts buuut... better late than never!

It's super useful for spawning items, enemies, check save states, and whatever you can think of!

github.com/cherttov/god...

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In #Godot editor, you can create a new scene from previous copied nodes.

I've totally overlooked that feature until now !

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Great Terrain Editor for 3D PixelArt and Stylized games. Yūgen did a great v1.0. Me and others are helping bring new feature and optimisations for versions 1.1 and 1.2.
This fits a big gap in Godot for these styles.
#godot #GodotEngine #GodotTips #Gamedev #Indiedev
youtu.be/eyuQTKcYsgM?...

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Today I learned a nice #GodotTips about flipping an entity in #Godot #GodotEngine

It's better to use rotation = PI and scale.y = -1 instead of scale.x = -1 in some cases
www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...

The rule of thumb in Godot is that if you have to await a frame in _ready or any other callback, you are almost certainly doing something wrong. #GodotTips

Recursive File Browsing Given a directory, recursively browse the files and apply a processing

Small #GodotTips about generic recursive directory browsing. #Godot #GodotEngine

thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

Adding UV Shifting Eyes to a Procedural Pixel Art Tentacle in 6min!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_uw...

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LIVE LIVE LIVE

Adding UV Shifting Eyes to a Procedural Pixel Art Tentacle in 6min.

video: www.youtube.com/@Smitner
MIT src: github.com/Smitner-Stud...

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New v0.4.0 is out! 🔹 BOX & PRISM Mesh Depth (3D tiles) 🔹 SpriteMesh Integration🔹 Backface Painting🔹 Better Chunk System and Performance🔹 Better UV mapping
#godot #GodotEngine #GodotTips #Gamedev #Indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUJL...

Don't lose your progress! 💾🔒

Part 8 of the Godot Character Customization tutorial is LIVE!

Learn how to save and load character data using JSON file storage.

Watch here: youtu.be/rEc0Ibs3Kmk

#GodotEngine #GodotTips #GameDev #MadeWithGodot #BuildInPublic #SaveGame #LoadGame #Character

Time to get moving! 🏃‍♂️💨

Part 7 of the Godot Character Customization tutorial is LIVE!

Learn how to handle input vectors and sync animations to move your customized character around the scene.

Watch here: youtu.be/VPiFvyk50Vs

#GodotEngine #GodotTips #GameDev #MadeWithGodot #BuildInPublic

Godot 4 C# devs!! I forked the official Godot-Tools to add:
- ✅ Drag & Drop nodes to create [Export] and references
- ✅ Live Scene Tree & Inspector debug in VS Code
- ✅ Auto-refresh while debugging

Link: github.com/DanTrz/godot...

#godot #GodotEngine #GodotTips #Gamedev #Indiedev #csharp

Give your character an identity! 🏷️✍️

Part 6 of the Godot Character Creator tutorial is LIVE!

We are adding a Name Label. Learn how to use a LineEdit to display a custom name above your character's head.

Watch here: youtu.be/uUF7ADI3Z-o

#GodotEngine #GodotTips #GameUI #MadeWithGodot #BuildInPublic

Feeling lucky? 🎲✨

Part 5 of the Godot Character Creator tutorial is LIVE!

We are adding a Randomize Button. Learn how to instantly select random options for every customization panel.

Watch here: youtu.be/yuW58Rm7enA

#GodotEngine #GodotTips #GameUI #MadeWithGodot #BuildInPublic

Resource with class_name template Resource with class_name template. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

#GodotTips If you use Godot and create resources, you'll find you often want to add a class_name to them to make them easier to use. Here's a quick template to do that automatically for you, putting the name you give the .gd file for the resource as the class_name.
gist.github.com/WolfgangSenf...

TileMapLayer3D Plugin now with Auto-tiling. Took some work, but stable now.
✅ Paint 3D levels from 2D tileset
✅ Area painting & erasing
✅ Auto-Tiling
✅ Full undo/redo
✅ Collision support
✅ Export your level or assets
#godot #GodotEngine #GodotTips #Gamedev #Indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmxg...

Time to gear up! ⚔️🛡️

Part 4 of the Godot Character Creator tutorial is LIVE!

We are taking customization to the next level by building a system to swap Armor and Weapons dynamically during runtime.

Watch here: youtu.be/3VU6zlqstNA

#GodotEngine #GodotTips #GameUI #MadeWithGodot #BuildInPublic

If you want to monitor your #godot code quality when using gdscript, you can use gdradon which will give you a cyclomatic complexity indicator for each methods of your script
This tool is part of github.com/Scony/godot-...

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My Plugin TileMapLayer3D is available for free. This allows the use of 2D Tiles (or any Texture) to create 3D levels. This was made for my own 2.5D Pixel Art project, and it's heavily inspired by Crocotile workflow. #godot #GodotEngine #GodotTips #Gamedev #Indiedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogpy...

Today I learned you can create your own BBCode markup to use with a RichTextLabel with #godot #GodotTips
I will create a dedicated [highlight] tag to avoid exporting this code into my po files:
[color={{Constants.DIALOG_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR}}]red flowers[/color]

docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tu...

I'm using @trytalo.com in order to implement a leaderboard in #AlixRPG with Steam syncing
Documentation is well written, support via Discord is very fast, Godot addon is complete with multiple examples, prices are fair
What is it missing?
#GodotEngine #gdscript #indiegamedev #GodotTips #gamedev

Godot quick tip. You can have custom icons for your nodes / global classes. Just add [GlobalClass, Icon("res://path.svg")] to your calss declaration.
For GDScript the syntax is @icon("res://path.svg") with class_name.

#GodotEngine #indiedev #gamedev #GodotTips

Monitor Layout UI Users can have multiple monitors. Here is a custom UI node to display their layout.

Have you wondered how to do a monitor layout / selection screen in #godot - look no further!
thegodotbarn.com/contribution...

#indiegamedev #godottips

Coming soon at @thegodotbarn.com , ultra-simple small terrain generation (based on FastNoise). Script + Shader. This example is a 128x128 terrain with a bicubic Bezier interpolation vertex shader to smooth. #GodotEngine #gdscript #glsl #indiegamedev #GodotTips

Hey #godottips, remember: if you have a texture with normal and specular maps for lighting and result is just dark gray even with a light, your light's height is probably too low for the maps' generated height. 🌠

Been working with the #GodotSteam addon for #GodotEngine and noticed that one of my very frequent tips regarding properly utilizing your project settings in Godot is particularly helpful. Here's a #GodotTips thread on how.