Ludum Dare 38
I'm all ready to start Ludum Dare 38! In case you don't know, it's a game dev competition / game jam to make an entire game in 48 hours. It'll be my first go at it, so I'm super pumped.... Read »
Godot Gestures: Pinch, twist, and drag gesture detection for mobile games
As it turns out, writing gesture detection is not an easy task. I gave it a shot anyway, and wrote a re-usable scene for the awesome free software Godot Game Engine. It all started when I decided to switch the focus of my work-in-progress game Sawdust to "mobile-first". To provide... Read »
My pre-post-mortem of rescuing my scope creeped-out puzzle game
It's been nearly 6 months now that I jumped head-first into game development, I've had a fantastic time so far. During these 6 months, in addition to teaching a program on web development, I've been working primarily two game concepts: One ambitious 3D game that is still top-secret , and another,... Read »
Wow, I've made quite a few free Godot packages by now
I've noticed I've written a total of 9 open source packages for the Godot engine! I'm pretty pleased with this number, nothing makes me happier than giving back to the world of free software. I created a page that I'll keep updated with links to all of the repos: http:... Read »
Godot Pannable Camera: A re-usable camera helper for Godot
I put together a little camera script that should be useful for RPGs, platformers, and RTS games in the free software Godot Game Engine. It has a top-down (or angled) camera that has built in key-bindings for panning around using WASD keys. I wrote it to quickly prototype things like... Read »
Snippet: Godot Resource Queue
Need to build a loading screen in Godot? I took the resource queue example from the Godot Documentation, and cleaned it up a bit and put it in its own repo. This allows for background loading, a progress bar type screen, etc. Maybe other people will find a use for... Read »
Game dev with Godot: I wrote a Godot package to crossfade between playlists and make adaptive music
For the puzzle game Sawdust, I needed a powerful enough playlist and music mixing system so I could crossfade between tracks based on what's going on in the game, and so that I could make the soundtrack less repetitive by composing a collection of shorter ambient pieces that are played... Read »
Snippet: NIUM's 3D effect, in Godot
Recently on /r/gamedev there was a nice article about achieving NIUM's isometric voxel-ish 3D effect using layers of sprites. It's a very simple and obvious technique, you should read it if have a minute: 2D 3D in GameMaker Studio. Well, I implemented it in Godot! A hastily put-together example... Read »
