Godot 4 came out a year ago so they’re all new courses. They do have a forum for assisting people that own the course where a teaching assistant helps out. I haven’t tried any of their Godot courses but I have finished their Unity course and the experience was really good.
The only thing I’d like is fact-checking itself, which is impossible considering how they work (it basically guesses everything). LLMs are close to being useful but I find most of the time they’re not usable because it keeps spouting wrong info.
I’ve been following this proposal around for the past few months, it’s really interesting. Godot could be the de-facto library for complex 3D rendering in any app since it’s really feature-rich and not that huge (I think the runtime is like ~60 megabytes? It could likely be smaller with further optimization and stripping features you don’t need).
Also I don’t remember who said this but if this goes through it could allow C# web builds by loading Godot is a library.
Kind of a shame this came as 4.3 is in feature freeze, it would’ve been nice for it to be included in the next update.
Make sure you get a laptop with a modern Ryzen processor since the battery life (and performance on battery) is often a lot better than Intel. There are a lot out there that fit the bill like Lenovo’s yoga/ideapad lineup. Just be weary of two things:
Some 14" laptops may have soldered RAM or SSDs making them impossible to upgrade
Don’t go off of processor names, they’re often pretty misleading. For example a Ryzen 7 7730U is significantly worse than a Ryzen 7 7840U.
Be sure to check where the trackpad is. Centralized is better. My new one is more to the left and my wrist hits it when playing tf2 and I do occasionally get some movement from my wrist in game, but not much.
There should be an option in your OS to disable the trackpad while using the keyboard. My laptop also has a trackpad to the left and I often have my hand over it when playing but never had this issue.
A mod launcher is a program that lets you set up and configure mods for a game, then launch the game with everything set up for you. They exist because configuring everything yourself can be a real pain.
Not a game necessarily, but I decided two days ago to make my own mod launcher for Doom (specifically, GZDoom). I got fed up with the ones that currently exist that lack features I want (not to mention being really old).
UI and theming are definitely not finished, but I’m really happy with how it’s shaping up. Made in Godot, as is usual for me.
I’ve been seeing videos for it all over Mastodon and it’s really cool. I never got into Pico-8 since I felt it was too limiting, but Picotron looks a lot more open and easy to use. Really want to get my hands on it when it’s out of alpha.
Hey everybody! In this video, I would like to demonstrate how we can enhance the effect that we know from the very first video about shaders that I recorded for this channel. The enhancement will consist of displaying something like continuous plasma instead of rippling lines, for which we will use very similar calculations....
There doesn’t seem to be any affordable small phones. Small phones don’t have a big market so they’re usually $500+ and have worse specs than other phones in the same price range.
[Brackeys] The Future of Game Development (www.youtube.com)
TL;DR: Brackeys is back and will start making new videos for Godot!
Update on the Collaboration with Google and The Forge (godotengine.org)
Humble Bundle - Learn To Make Games in Godot 4 By GameDev.tv (www.humblebundle.com)
Thought people might be interested. I’m tempted to get the shaders course which is the only one in the $1 tier.
Maintenance release: Godot 4.2.2 & 4.1.4 (godotengine.org)
Great fixes here. I’ve been looking forward to some of the fixes like Camera2D’s frame delay and code completion improvements....
[Gary Marcus] Evidence that LLMs are reaching a point of diminishing returns - and what that might mean (garymarcus.substack.com)
Proposed "LibGodot" Lets You Embed Godot Game Engine Into Other Apps (www.phoronix.com)
We'll refactor this next year anyways (programming.dev)
[eieio games] Questions to ask when I don't want to work (eieio.games)
Slay the Spire 2 Officially Announced — Will be made in Godot (youtu.be)
Suggest a Laptop for me.
Hello Lemmings,...
CleanDoom - The Modern Doom Mod Launcher (made with Godot) (github.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/12340077...
Steamdeck Cassette Player (makertube.net)
Steamdeck Cassette player thingy I have been making with Godot.
Screenshot Saturday!
Share some progress, text or screenshots of some development on your game!
[lcamtuf's thing] Radios, how do they work? (lcamtuf.substack.com)
Picotron 0.1 released! (www.lexaloffle.com)
First version of a new fantasy console/computer from Lexaloffle is available to purchase now, on sale till the end of the month....
Godot 4: Warped plasma shader (tutorial) (www.youtube.com)
Hey everybody! In this video, I would like to demonstrate how we can enhance the effect that we know from the very first video about shaders that I recorded for this channel. The enhancement will consist of displaying something like continuous plasma instead of rippling lines, for which we will use very similar calculations....
Why did you buy a big phone?
Just finished watching MKBHD’s video “Small Phones are Dead and We Killed Them” yt indivio...