Godot Engine Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself: The Official Guide to Godot 3.0

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, this guide will help you create great 2D and 3D games for any platform with the 100% free Godot 3.0 game engine. Its straightforward, step-by-step approach guides you from basic scenes, graphics, and game flow through advanced shaders, environments, particle rendering, and networked games. Godot’s co-creator and main contributorwalk you through building three complete games, offering advanced techniques you won’t find anywhere else.

Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Godot engine programming tasks and techniques

Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn

Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills

Notes and tips point out shortcuts, solutions, and problems to avoid

Learn how to…

• Install Godot, create projects, and use the visual editor
• Master the scene system, and organize games with Scene Trees
• Create 2D graphics, 3D graphics, and animations
• Use basic and advanced scripting to perform many game tasks
• Process player input from any source
• Control game flow, configurations, and resources
• Maximize realism with Godot’s physics and particle systems
• Make the most of 3D shaders, materials, lighting, and shadows
• Control effects and post-processing
• Build richer, more sophisticated game universes with viewports
• Develop networked games, from concepts to communication and input
• Export games to the devices you’ve targeted
• Integrate native code, third-party APIs, and engine extensions (bonus chapter)

Table of Contents

Hour 1: Introducing the Godot Engine
Hour 2: Scene System
Hour 3: 2D Graphics
Hour 4: Scripting
Hour 5: Game 1: Space Shooter
Hour 6: More Scripting
Hour 7: Handling Input
Hour 8: Physics System
Hour 9: User Interface
Hour 10: Animation
Hour 11: Game Flow
Hour 12: File System
Hour 13: 3D Graphics
Hour 14: Project Management
Hour 15: Materials and Shaders
Hour 16: Lights and Shadows
Hour 17: Game 2: Bloxorz Clone
Hour 18: Environments
Hour 19: Sound
Hour 20: Particle System
Hour 21: Viewports and Canvas
Hour 22: Networking
Hour 23: Game 3: Networked Bomberman Clone
Hour 24: Exporting the Project