Starting with Godot Engine & Blender

Learning Journey with Godot and Blender

I learned quite a bit today, and I’ll finish off the remaining work offline for now. Overall, I consider this a big success. I initially felt a bit lazy about starting this project, but I realized that while the concepts are simple, the execution can be quite elaborate. This particular example was too complex for what I intended, and I found that there are several introductory tutorials I should go through first.

The tutorial I followed was helpful, but it moved too quickly through some important parameters that affect the visual results. I noticed that another tutorial I watched was based on a very old version of the software. I wouldn’t mind installing that earlier version to match the content from the previous tutorials, as it could provide valuable insights. It was interesting to see different approaches to achieving similar effects.

Recap

For this recap, I want to say hi to everyone on Kick and thank you for the follow—great to have you here! I’m hitting the Twitch marker now to jump to the recap for this segment. I use Twitch’s video producer tool for this purpose, and I don’t need too much sound for the recap.

So, let’s go back to the beginning. I started with the setup for the stream, getting everything ready to dive into Godot and Blender. I downloaded Godot and began exploring the asset library, where I found the demo project for the Truck Town game. I also used the export template to export it to the web, and I successfully got it running on my website in less than an hour. I even created a post on my site with the embedded game demo.

After that, I switched to Blender. I downloaded it and changed the mirror for a quicker download to my region in Europe. I explored the Blender video editor, focusing on how to use keyframes for video editing. In the middle of that, I also jumped into Paint 3D to create some basic ideas and showcase better compression techniques.

I selected a few tutorials to try out for Blender, particularly one on creating a sine wave. However, I found that the tutorial I started was quite old (for Blender 2.8), and I missed an important checkbox for the glow effect on the lines. I switched to another tutorial focused on the sine wave but got lost in the elaborate geometry nodes.

This was my first six hours using Blender, and I now know how to use the video editor and navigate the various viewports, including the shader editor and node editor. I also learned how to render and export videos.

Conclusion

Thanks for stopping by, everyone! I’m more pleased with this creative process than just firing up a game. I find that creativity tools that enable self-expression are what drive me. While I enjoy chill gaming, many games often feel linear. With a powerful game engine like Godot, I can create more than just basic websites and blogs; I can build a gamified version of a website or an interactive web app.

For my first project, I’d like to create a classic 2D shooter and then elaborate on that, eventually transitioning to 3D. Over the next few months to a year, I plan to develop the backend server-side aspects of the game, aiming for a public beta within two years.

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• Godot
• Blender
• Game Development
• Creative Process
• Tutorials

Categories:

• Game Development
• Tutorials
• Personal Journey