What you'll learn
- How to use the free and open source Godot Game Engine version 3.x, from absolute beginner to intermediate levels
Requirements
- have basic familiarity with using your computer
Description
Discover Godot!
The amazing free and open source game engine you've been waiting for is a joy to use. In this course we'll take you from an absolute beginner with no experience in coding at all to someone able to make 2D and 3D games in this lovely little engine.
As a student in this course, you'll go through a series of five projects, each bigger, more awesome and more feature rich than the last.
Loony Lips - a simple word game that will teach you the basics of coding and of Godot
Hoppy Days - a delightful 2D platform game starring a cute bunny
Heist Meisters - a tense 2D top-down stealth game
Cubedude Kickabout - a local multiplayer 3D football/soccer game
Food fight - a third person shooter
We'll be working with GDScript, Godot's powerful python based language that will allow us to get awesome results very quickly. You'll be provided with all the assets you need and the skills to take your games (and your future projects) even further.
Some of the things we'll cover include;
Variables, Arrays and Dictionaries
Tilemaps and Gridmaps
PhysicsBody nodes
Local multiplayer
Using external JSON files
Showing 2D in 3D
And much, much more!
Your instructor will be Yann, who's taught thousands of students Godot since 2017, loves making things and seeing what his students make.
And much much more!. So pick up Discovering Godot today, and I'll see you in the course!
Who this course is for:
- People jsut starting their coding adventure
- Folks curious to learn Godot 3.x
- Aspiring game designers
Instructors
Founded by Michael Bridges and Yann Burrett, Canopy Games delivers high quality game making tutorials with a focus on mastery though play and community engagement. We've been working as online and offline educators for years and are passionate about bringing the best possible courses to people who want to learn new skills.
Hi! I'm Yann!
I'm a theatre educator with a Master of Science in Theatre Education degree from the City College of New York and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmith's College, University of London. I currently live in the UK where I teach on a variety of subjects (mostly online)
I'm a passionate advocate for quality education in all fields, and my pedagogy is routed in a "learner-centered" model. I love my cats, teaching, playing computer, board and card games, exploring forests and cooking.