Game Development with Blender and Godot: Leverage the combined power of Blender and Godot for building a point-and-click adventure game

Cover
Copyright
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: 3D Assets with Blender
Chapter 1: Creating Low-Poly Models
	Technical requirements
	Understanding low-poly models
		Parts of a 3D model
		Low or hi, what’s the difference?
	Advantages of low-poly models
		Limitations of low-poly models
	Creating a low-poly barrel
		Starting with a primitive
		Editing the model
		Shaping the body
		Separating the lid
		Finishing the body
		Placing metal rings
		Finalizing the lid
	Automating with modifiers
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Building Materials and Shaders
	Technical requirements
	Introducing materials
	Creating materials
	Assigning materials
	Discovering shaders
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 3: Adding and Creating Textures
	Technical requirements
	Understanding UVs and texture coordinates
	Using the UV Editor
	Importing and applying a texture
	Creating textures procedurally
		Noise Texture
		Bump
		Emission
		ColorRamp
		Principled BSDF
		Mix Shader
	Exporting your textures
		Changing the rendering engine
		Baking a texture File
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 4: Adjusting Cameras and Lights
	Technical requirements
	Rendering a scene
	Understanding light types
		Types of light
		Basic properties of light
		Specific properties of each light type
		Wrapping up
	Introducing MatCap and Ambient Occlusion
		MatCap
		Ambient Occlusion
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 5: Setting Up Animation and Rigging
	Technical requirements
	Where to build animations
		Animating in Godot Engine
		Animating in Blender
		Wrapping up
	Understanding the readiness of models
		Topology and rigging
		Grabbing
	Creating animations
		Rigging
		Animating
	Getting animations ready for Godot
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 2: Asset Management
Chapter 6: Exporting Blender Assets
	Technical requirements
	Getting ready to export
		Deciding what to do with n-gons
		Setting origin points
		Applying rotation and scale
		Naming things properly
		Wrapping up
	Exploring glTF and other export formats
		Comparing gITF with other formats
		Introducing glTF
	Deciding what to export
		Include
		Transform
		Geometry
		Animation
		Creating presets
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 7: Importing Blender Assets into Godot
	Technical requirements
	Making a scene!
	Going between Blender and Godot
	Deciding what to do with materials
		Labeling Blender materials by purpose
		Labeling Blender materials by color
		Importing your models into separate folders
		Using a staging area in Godot
		Wrapping up
	Importing animations
		MeshInstance and Skeleton
		AnimationPlayer
		Separating actions
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 8: Adding Sound Assets
	Technical requirements
	Learning about different sound formats
		Introducing WAV
		Introducing OGG
		Introducing MP3
		Wrapping up
	Deciding on looping or not
		Turning the looping on and off
	Playing audio in Godot
		Playing background music
		Playing a sound effect on demand
		Increasing gameplay experience
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 3: Clara’s Fortune – An Adventure Game
Chapter 9: Designing the Level
	Technical requirements
	Creating the cave
		Erecting the walls
		Sinking the walls
		Placing the rocks
		Distributing props
		Finishing the rest of the level
	Constructing the missing materials
		Fixing the leaves
		Creating the water
	Laying models on a grid
	Taking advantage of MeshLibrary
		Using a mesh library with a grid map
		The necessity of using multiple grid maps
		Wrapping up
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 10: Making Things Look Better with Lights and Shadows
	Technical requirements
	Adding different types of light
		Lighting candles
		Introducing candles to the level
		Mimicking the sunlight
	Enabling and adjusting shadows
	Creating post-processing effects
		Background
		ToneMap
		Screen Space Reflections (SSR)
		Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
		Glow
		Adjustments
		Wrapping up
	Using global illumination
		Turning on Light Baking
		Adjusting Indirect Energy
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 11: Creating the User Interface
	Technical requirements
	Creating a simple button
	Wrapping in a panel
	Filling the panel with more control nodes
		Adding a MarginContainer
		Styling the Label node
		Positioning the Close button
		Adding the close functionality
		Wrapping up
	Taking advantage of themes
		Creating a new theme
		Styling a CheckButton
		Changing a CheckBox and discovering radio buttons
		Attaching a theme
		Altering a vertical slider component
		Wrapping up
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 12: Interacting with the World through Camera and Character Controllers
	Technical requirements
	Understanding the camera system
		Tidying things up for interactivity
		Deciding on a type of projection
		Adjusting the camera settings for our game
	Detecting user input
		Knowing where the player interacts
		Distinguishing useful mouse events
	Moving the player around
		Creating walkable areas with a Navigation node
		Introducing a basic player character
		Preparing a clickable area for raycasting
		Using Navigation node for pathfinding
		Moving the player to their desired spot
		Wrapping up
	Triggering animations
		Understanding how Clara looks around
		Adding a looking behavior to moving functionality
		Playing the right action for Clara
		Blending animations or actions
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 13: Finishing with Sound and Animation
	Technical requirements
	Playing music and sound effects
		Setting background music
		Conditionally playing a sound
		Understanding the volume through decibels
	Creating reaction spots
		Placing trigger points in the world
		Getting to know a better collision detection method
		Lighting the candles and sconces
		Adding the trigger for the backpack
		Interacting with the door
	Building simple animations in Godot
		Creating the door animation
		Playing the door animation on a condition
		Waiting for the door animation to trigger an event
		Let there be flickering lights
		Wrapping up
	Loading another level
		Using an event bus
		Listening to the EventBus signal
		Discussing some of the choices we can all make
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 14: Conclusion
	Technical requirements
	Exporting your game
		Preparing your project for export
		Creating a mechanism for turning the game off
		Configuring Windows export settings
	Offering different gameplay experiences
		Having an iterative creation process
	Discovering different genres
	Summary
	Further reading
Index