GAME DEVELOPMENT FOR BEGINNERS
In this tutorial, we will see how to move a 2D sprite in a pre-defined path in Godot. What you will learn How to create a path. How to make your sprite follow the path I will be using Godot 3.4.2 for this tutorial. Let’s get started. Creating a path in Godot Add a path2D … Read more
Ever wanted to make a space game? The biggest challenge is creating the gravity for your object in space. They need to exert different gravity forces based on their mass. You can bend physics laws a little but if you need the game to look realistic, you must apply the physics in your script. In … Read more
When moving a 2D object it’s important to make it look in the direction it’s going. In this tutorial, we will see how to find the direction of movement and make the 2D character look in that direction. Finding the direction of motion You can find the direction of motion by simply subtracting the current … Read more
Render pipeline can be a bit difficult to choose when starting out with your game. Unity has 3 render pipelines built-in, URP and HDRP. Switching from the built-in pipeline to URP or HDRP can boost a lot of features in your game. But whether you should go for URP or HDRP is a touch choice … Read more
While searching for assets for 2D games we end up finding 3D models similar to what we are looking for. What if we can convert those 3D models into sprites along with the animations? If you are looking for a free way to do it then you need to take screenshot of at least 5 … Read more
Rising mist is a story-based game developed by WASD games and will be available on steam from 24th February 2022. You can get the game from the download link below. VionixStudio interviewed the developer and here is the development story of Rising Mist. What is the game about? You basically start off in your home … Read more
In our last tutorial, we learnt how to destroy a node during runtime. In this tutorial, we will include a delay timer to the script and destroy the object after the delay The simplest way is to create a variable and subtract it with delta in the _process(). When the variable hits zero, destroy the … Read more
In our last tutorial, we learned how to create a button in Godot. In this tutorial, we will use that button to destroy the node in our scene during runtime. Godot has a little weird terminology for destroying a node. They call it free. You can just call “Free(node)” in your function to destroy the … Read more
In our earlier tutorial we learned how to move an object in Godot. In this tutorial, we will create a button to increase the speed of the object. What you will learn Creating a new button. Adding text to the button Linking the button to the object script. Let’s get started Creating a new Button … Read more
UI is an integral part of a game and UI like health bar is very important to communicate the player’s health in a combat-oriented game. So, the next step in our journey to learn Unity, will be to create a health bar for the player. In this tutorial, we will design a simple health bar … Read more