Gamedev Experiments

Devlog

• Selection Box
  August 06, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  In the Selectable Object experiment we’ve seen how to use Area2D to create a SelectableArea to trigger selection on a single object at a time. But…in strategy games, especially in the RTS genre, i... Continue reading

  
• Selectable Objects
  July 30, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  In many strategy games is common to have multiple controllable units. A cool mechanic to have in these situations is to allow the player to select only one unit to control at a time. Download the Sele... Continue reading

  
• Jump with Snap
  July 24, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  In the first experiment about moving on slopes , I mentioned that with the move_and_slide_with_snap jumping would become a tricky feature. This is because since the character will stay snapped to the... Continue reading

  
• Jump and Fall Through Platforms
  July 23, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  Still on the mood of platform games, I’ve made a quick experiment that even simplify a past approach I’ve made previously on this topic: Jump through platforms . The idea behind this mechanic is q... Continue reading

  
• Path Follow Platforms
  July 15, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  We saw in the Moving Platforms post that is very easy to achieve Moving Platforms in Godot Engine, but as mentioned at the end it is kinda annoying to design their movement using solely the AnimationP... Continue reading

  
• Moving Platforms
  July 10, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  Moving Platforms One of the most iconic objects in a platform game is…a platform. But I’ve been experimenting with them and look, they are kinda complex if you asked me. There’s this variant cal... Continue reading

  
• Tilting on Slopes
  July 01, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  In the tutorial about handling slope movement, @intelligenced asked about tilting the character parallel to the slope. So I decided to make a quick experiment reusing the Slope Movement, which also ju... Continue reading

  
• Slope Movement
  June 27, 2020 by Pigdev

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  #godot, #tutorial

  Making platform movement is always a challenge, you have all sorts of nuances, tricks, and wizardry to achieve what you’re looking for. One of those challenges has a name and shape: slopes. But fear... Continue reading