Just a couple of days ago, Godot 4.0 alpha 17 was announced. Today, Godot Engine 4.0 beta 1 was released. Be sure to check out the announcement. There are lots of improvements across the board; rendering, lighting, physics and navigation, animation, and scripting.
Ever had the problem where you’re firing a bullet or some kind of projectile at high speeds, and it just goes right through the collision object, instead of hitting it? Here’s a weapon that fires a bullet at random velocities, to demonstrate the issue: The bullets impact the character in various places, rather than at …
Building UIs in Godot 4
Here’s a collection of tutorials that are helpful if you’re new to using Control and Container nodes to create UIs in Godot 4.
The Game Dev Artisan video covers creating a simple UI with a reload indicator for a simple 2D tank game:
Clear Code’s 11+ hour Ultimate Introduction to Godot 4 has a chapter on User interfaces that is pretty good (as is the rest of the video).
Godotneers’ Godot UI Basics video is quite comprehensive and covers most of there is to know in 45 minutes:
Abra’s video covers creating Godot UI themes in under 10 minutes:
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Godot Engine 4 reaches beta
Just a couple of days ago, Godot 4.0 alpha 17 was announced. Today, Godot Engine 4.0 beta 1 was released. Be sure to check out the announcement. There are lots of improvements across the board; rendering, lighting, physics and navigation, animation, and scripting.
Inventory System v1.9 available
Another quick inventory system update. The Resizable Container Demo now includes preliminary support for controllers. Features: Additional bug fixes:
Projectiles going through collision objects
Ever had the problem where you’re firing a bullet or some kind of projectile at high speeds, and it just goes right through the collision object, instead of hitting it? Here’s a weapon that fires a bullet at random velocities, to demonstrate the issue: The bullets impact the character in various places, rather than at …
Inventory System v1.7 available
A couple of corrections and a new feature: Bug fixes: