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Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook

By : Jeff Johnson
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Book Image

Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook

5 (1)
By: Jeff Johnson

Overview of this book

Want to transition from Godot 3 to 4? Look no further than the Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to become proficient with the latest GUI, GDscript 2.0, Vulkan 2D/3D rendering, shaders, audio, physics, TileSet/TileMap, importing, sound/music, animation, and multiplayer workflows. With its detailed recipes, the book leaves no stone unturned. The Godot 4 Cookbook begins by exploring the updated graphical user interface and helps you familiarize yourself with the new features of GDscript 2.0. Next, it delves into the efficient rendering of 2D and 3D graphics using the Vulkan renderer. As it guides you in navigating the new Godot 4 platform, the book offers an in-depth understanding of shaders, including the latest enhancements to the shader language. Moreover, it covers a range of other topics, including importing from Blender, working with audio, and demystifying the new Vulkan Renderer and the physics additions for 2D and 3D. The book also shows you how the new changes to TileSet and TileMap make 2D game development easy. Advanced topics such as importing in Godot 4, adding sound and music to games, making changes in the Animation editor, and including workflows for multiplayer in Godot 4 are covered in detail. By the end of this game development book, you’ll have gained a better understanding of Godot 4 and will be equipped with various powerful techniques to enhance your Godot game development efficiency.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

2D

CharacterBody, setting up to move 70-77

directional sound, exploring 146-151

2D projects

NavigationServer2D, using 87-91

3D

CharacterBody, setting up to move 77-80

directional sound, exploring 151-156

NavigationServer, using 80-86

3D games

SoftBody, using 92-96

3D rotation animations

playing with 192-195

3D terrain

Heightmap, using 66-70

A

annotations

investigating 18-20

AudioStreamPlayer

working with 142-145

await keyword

using 24-27

B

Bezier curve

workflow, investigating 190-192

Billboard node

using 117-119

Blender blend files

importing, into Godot 4 130-133

bone poses

working with 195-201

C

callables

using, with signals 34-38

CharacterBody

setting up, to move in 2D 70-77

setting...