Godot

Title. I plan on making something using vector graphics, to simulate the old Flash style, stretching to accommodate any screen size and zooming in and out without losing fidelity is something I'd like.

Now, I know that I can import a svg file into a TileMap node, but it'll be rasterized and act just like a png. Searching around YT and google aren't yielding many results about using vector graphics with Godot.

(For TL:DR just read the docs)

So you might know Godot has the ability to import blender files directly. (If not, well now you know!) This is nice, but I was trying to make some large levels and I found the workflow less than ideal. The import dialogue is a bit clunky, so it's hard to specify what objects have collision if there's a lot of objects.

Import hints help a lot. Basically, in blender, for each object you want to have collision, you can append -col or -convcol to the end of the object name and Godot will add it automatically!

You can use -colonly or -convcolonly to make the geometry only import as collision. This isn't even limited to geometry - you can add it to empty objects and it will create primitive collision shapes.

-noimp can also be used to simply skip importing an object. I actually found a really cool workflow tip with this: Lets say you have a large level file, and maybe you want to split it up into multiple .blend files for organization or convenience. (For me, it was due to lightmaps. I wanted to separate far detail so I could lower the lightmap resolution.) In Blender, for each file, you can go to File->Link, select the other blend file, and add its main collection containing everything else. Then, add -noimp to that linked collection. Now, you can view the entire level in blender but Godot will keep them all separate on import!

There's a few other hints and I recommend you check out the documentation for all the details.

Hopefully some of you found this useful!

I'm trying to run Godot 4 with the Forward+ Renderer on an older Thinkpad (T420 i5 2520M). So far I've installed vulkan-intel, lavapipe (vulkan-swrast) and vulkan-ultis for vulkaninfo. Now I don't get the "missing drivers" errors anymore, but now it just crashes. The console output is this:

handle_crash: Program crashed with signal 11
Engine version: Godot Engine v4.2.dev3.official (013e8e3afb982d4b230f0039b6dc248b48794ab9)
Dumping the backtrace. Please include this when reporting the bug to the project developer.
[1] /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x3e710) [0x7f0529df1710] (??:0)
[2] llvm::CmpInst::getInversePredicate(llvm::CmpInst::Predicate) (??:0)
[3] [0x7f05140264c0] (??:0)
-- END OF BACKTRACE --

Is vulkan just not supported for older intel CPUs, or am I doing something wrong?

https://github.com/BenjaTK/Criss-Cross. A simple addon that adds 2 nodes: Grid2D and Grid3D, which contain cells and its values, and can be infinite or based on regions.

Nice app I saw shared

Source: https://github.com/MakovWait/godots

Download Links (Win, Macos, Linux): https://github.com/MakovWait/godots/releases/tag/v1.0.stable

CBT Panic Emulator is a very short walking simulator about someone who experiences panic disorder.

Play it here: https://vaporshark.itch.io/cbt-panic-emulator

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I know that motivated people can generally crack encrypted saves, but in general, if I have some saved dictionaries which I don't want the player to be able to access directly, is an encrypted save the best way to handle this, or is there a better way?

Military Conscription Simulator is a satire clicker game made by Skinner Space.

Play it: https://skinner-space.itch.io/military-conscription-simulator

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MMM is a first-person turn-based shooter made by KiKO TOMAZ.

Download: https://kikotomaz.itch.io/mmm

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Verses of Enchantment

Koi Zen: Opposite Colors

SokoSolitaire

Vanaris Tactics

Broken Lens

Endless Adventure

Gozen Video Editor

Death Unphased

Maces and Dices

Engine Roar

Continuation of lukky's fps tutorials. First one was posted here https://programming.dev/post/1433628

Yay for 2D HDR! Shame it isn't for the compatibility renderer, though.

Nice multiplayer tutorial

Once it gets to ~5 it gets to be a lot to scroll through on some UIs 🥲

1. Constraint Solving
2. Deformable Mesh
3. Wiggle bone
4. WigglyAppendage2D
5. Third person camera
6. Auto Layout
7. Panku Console
8. Mirror
9. RL Agents
10. Inventory System

Hey all. I have been tinkering on and off with godot for a month or so now, and I've spent a decent amount of time writing shaders and checking out some of the different lighting & post-processing features the engine has to offer. It's been a lot of fun!

However, despite a lot of practice and research, I haven't really been able to create something that really feels polished. Of course, I know that it takes time and effort and iteration to make a beautiful environment, just as with any other medium. Despite knowing that, I still feel like I can't really see the path from tinkering with lightmaps to something like Hyper Demon or Heavy Bullets or even something simple like Muck.

For example, I've been trying to capture the atmosphere of some of the art from Julian Faylona, especially something like this:

I had a lot of fun learning how to model the buildings, how to set up lighting and bake lightmaps and enable post-processing effects like glow, etc, etc. But it seems like I'm always missing something that brings it from "Game engine project #2857" to a striking, or at least compelling, environment.

So, I wanted to ask y'all: how do you approach polish in your projects, visual or otherwise? Is there anything specific you focus on, or anything you've had challenges with in the past that you learned from?

Again, I'm not expecting some magic trick that will magically make my projects pristine-- like any piece of art, polish is the result of many small details coming together to form a whole. I just think some pointers on what to spend time on, things to practice, details a beginner might overlook, or resources to study would be super helpful to me and many other newer devs in honing their skills!

Thanks for reading :)