Here's the tutorial mentioned, helped me make sense of ArrayMesh and creating a mesh from points! (why do the Godot docs on it go straight to a sphere???) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfqf...

Got distracted, started tinkering with another idea I had for a campground sim. Wanted to get an idea of how to proc gen a campsite area based on what the player clears out. Big thanks to @makertech.bsky.social for their array mesh tutorial, it was a huge help! #godot #gamedev #indiedev

What is Greedy Meshing? Why might you want to use this for your voxel terrain? And will implementing the algorithm in C# make it run faster than if we just use GDScript? This, and more, is what my newest video is about. #madewithgodot #voxelterrain

I've had such a productive day today (the ~3.5 hours I can work) Some things I did: * Wrote a big chunk of the script the next voxel video * Created a problem generator for our new math app * Started to work on a backend 'skill tree' to make the app adaptive #madewithgodot #godotengine #mathapp

The kids are testing the very first simple prototype of our new math app / game🤩 #mathgame #madewithgodot #godotengine

Today's little side track. Converting equation strings to image equations like these. This will be part of prototyping an idea for a math app / game. The main idea is just to create something that can keep our math hungry youngest child happy😅 Placeholder art from @kenney.nl 🤩 #madewithgodot

This week I began to rework the games programming system. It now supports robots and portals of different colors (+a few other new things). One of the to-dos for next week is making it possible to switch between which robot you are currently programming from the menu. #madewithgodot #programming

Tonight’s coding task is a little different. I’m battling R Studio. Hopefully it will end with a few useful plots for my next voxel video where we will compare two meshing algorithms (and also GDScript versions vs. C# versions). #godotengine #madewithgodot #voxelterrain #gamedev

Jumping down was the last task on my 'milestone 1' list on Trello. Tomorrow I start working on milestone 2 which is all about the robot programming, robot inventory and upgrading your robot🤩 #madewithgodot #godotengine #zeldalike #gamedev #indiedev

Greedy Meshing in C#😎 Now I'm ready to measure performance for both the GDScript version and C# version of a few meshing algorithms. I'll be measuring performance on a few different terrain types. #madewithgodot #godotengine #voxelterrain #voxeldev #gamedev

Today I remembered, that I haven't made much in C# before. But after ~2 hours with a lot of complaining, I got the hang of it and ported the first meshing algorithm from GDScript to C#. Tomorrow I'm porting the greedy meshing algorithm so we can measure and compare it all. #madewithgodot #voxels

Greedy Meshing, V2. Slow, but ready to be measured and compared to the previous meshing solution - this is for a mix between a dev log and a tutorial. The next step is to move this to C++ and/or C#. #madewithgodot #voxelterrain #voxeldev #screenshotsaturday #godotengine #gamedev

Chests was on the to-do list today. Last weeks Godot Wild Jam made me realize, that I kind these pixel breaking animations. A little squeeze and stretch can be so much fun! #madewithgodot #godotengine #zeldalike #gamedev

Now that Godot Wild Jam is over, I’ve finally got time to finish up a few new Godot tutorials🤩 And I’m hoping I also have 1-2 hours tonight to work on my main game🤞 The game jam was great, but it also made me miss my little programming zeldalike a lot! #godotengine #gamedev #programming

It has been really fun to participate in my first game jam ever🤩 There are of course still SO many things I wanted to add to the game, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out😎 It was especially fun working on the procedurally generated tilemaps using cellular automaton🥳 #madewithgodot

One day left of Godot Wild Jam 84! Today was extreamly fun. My little roguelike inspired game about a water vole finally got procedural levels based on cellular automaton. Our 6yo drew a tree and made art for the tiles I made that she didn't like😅 #madewithgodot #screenshotsaturday #godotengine

Godot Wild Jam, day 6. I've been working on menus, new effects that changes the view range of the player and water now floods the maze you have made, if you dig under a tile that has water at the top level. Tomorrow I'm working on sound effects with our 6yo. #madewithgodot #godotengine #gamedev

Godot Wild Jam day 4 +5. We were out of the house with the kids all day yesterday, so no game dev for me. Today we did some homeschooling and then I just needed a break. However, I did make a plan for tomorrow where our youngest kid is out of the house all day - so there are no excuses left😅

End of day 3. I didn't have as much time today, because kids, homeschooling and so on. But I managed to finish the items, effects, hotbar and energy systems. And then a limited the players view - this can also be changed by items later. #madewithgodot #godotwildjam #gamedev #godotengine

End of day 2. We now have a little inventory. The player can collect plants and save them for later. The plants will effect the player in different ways when eaten. The game will always have the same effects, but which effect an item will have may be randomized. #gamejam #godotengine #gamedev

This is why I haven't participated i a game jam before. It's just so difficult to stay focused😅 The kid wanted a golden strawberry, so I spend way to long figuring out how to create a shader with this shiny effect. And then back on track - the game can now be won! Obstacles and enemies next!

It seems that my 6yo is trying to take over my game jam project (this was expected😅) The first thing she decided was that the goal of the game is to find a giant golden strawberry. She then proceeded to draw a bunch of art for the game while I was busy implementing an energy system. #godotengine

It seems that Godot Wild Jam #84 will be my first Game Jam ever. I'm hoping it will work with having a family and many other projects going on. Say hello to my little water vole, that just wants to dig tunnels, eat stuff and avoid danger. Tile- and turnbased movement. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Voxel dev in a nutshell. 95% of the time it just looks weird😅 This is also the last meshing algorithm I'm looking at before moving the meshing to C# and/or C++ (maybe both, so I can compare the two - but I'm definitely more comfortable with C++ for stuff like this). #godotengine #gamedev #voxels

The new way I'm keeping track of both the work for my game and Youtube makes it SO much easier to get stuff done, even if I'm having a bad day🤩 Even though I'm crazy tired today, I still managed to get a few tasks done on my game. And I recorded video for a small tutorial. #godotengine #gamedev

Today I reworked the inventory. Mainly stuff changed behind the scenes, but I also made it possible to click and drag the inventory menu. This will also be added to the programming menu, so the player can move the menu, if it is blocking part of a puzzle. #godotengine #madewithgodot #zeldalike

In my zelda-like the player has to program ancient robots to solve puzzles. The player can also build and upgrade her own robot companion, that can be used to discover the world even further and help out where it's needed😎 #madewithgodot #robotics #programming #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

How to Create a Diamond Sweep Transition Shader in Godot🤩 In this tutorial we are diving into tile based shaders and use this to create a retro-inspired diamond sweep transition. At the end I'll also explain how we can pixelate the transition. youtu.be/RubMXis-kC8 #madewithgodot #tutorial #shaders

I can't even describe how wonderful it felt, when I finally got this to work. I'm probably going to add a shader animated texture between the two levels later (instead of just going black). But for now, this is just perfect🤩 #madewithgodot #indiedev #shaders #zeldalike #godotengine #gamedev

After spending 1.5 days NOT getting the elvator transition to work as I wanted, my head began to feel dizzy. So I made this as a temporary transtion instead😅 #madewithgodot #godotengine #zeldalike #indiedev #godot4

My next Godot Voxel Tutorial is done This is an introduction to chunk systems and simple-ish multi threading Next: create an infinite terrain, a save/load system, use more advanced multi threading to create and update a loading queue or something else? #madewithgodot #godot youtu.be/ItAvgeKB0Kk

I'm doing a #robotics workshop soon for 6-8 year-olds (plus a parent). My kids wants to help out, so today they played around with the robots we'll be using🤩 We'll be having two activities after the initial introductions: - drawing - moving through a known maze #codingforkids #learntocode #STEM

Join us at #GodotFest this November in Munich! 🤖 More infos: godotengine.org/article/godo...

I'm back with a new Godot tutorial! We are going to look at how we can use shaders to create smooth scene transitions in Godot. This video is an introduction to the topic and we'll create four simple shaders as a start. #madewithgodot #shaders #godotengine @godotengine.org #shaderprogramming

Vertical sweep transition based on the elevators going up or down. I have got do work on something else now😅 But I might experiment with having the scenes slide vertically later. Like if they moved with the elevator. #godotengine #madewithgodot #shadermagic #shaders #gamedev

Once I started to create the first transition shader I couldn't stop. And I will most likely create a few more even later on. It is just so fun to experiment with🤩 @godotengine.org #madewithgodot #zeldalike #shaders #godot4 #gamedev #indiedev

It still needs a few tweeks, but the basics of the elevator system is now done. Originally I wanted an exported dictionary with floor numbers as keys, and the path to the corresponding scene as the value. This isn't possible, so I had to find a work around. #screenshotsaturday #madewithgodot

Game dev life. You think this will be the day you get a lot done. And then you get stuck between z-indexes, y-sorting and collisions. How do you add an elevator the player can walk into, on a wall that has collision? (you don't)🤔 #madewithgodot #godotengine #zeldalike #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

I'm obsessed with chunk loading priorities🤩 Here based on camera/player position and viewing direction. I might take a break from chunking for now and start working on biomes. Later I will work on infinite terrain, off-loading and saving. #voxels #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #godot #madewithgodot

Chunk loading with priority. Priority here is Manhattan distance from chunk to a given center position. Next: - experiment with the priority functions and see if I can also make it depended on a (viewing) direction - remove chunks when they are to far away #voxelengine #madewithgodot #@godotengine

My husband took the kids to IKEA today. And so, for the first time in more than 3 weeks, I had three hours to myself with absolutely no interruptions🤩 I then finally played around with chunks and multi threading in Godot😎 Next is generating from the player position. #madewithgodot #voxel #gamedev

Main task for the day (if the kids are doing something else). Adding elevators back in to the game. I'm also considering changing the look of the elevator (top one is new). Inspired by Fallout 1+2, a menu for selecting destination would open when entering the elevator. #godotengine #zeldalike

Recording a video is so difficult today. I'm making a Scratch tutorial for my Danish channel, and my brain just jumps all over the place in-between screen recordings🙄 I hope I can get all video recorded and edited today, so I can continue to work on a Godot video tomorrow🤞

When you don't agree with the rest of the family that its time to go🤣 (Also, I had forgotten how slow and painful C++ can be to compile - I miss GDScript😅) #raspberrypi #robotics #programmerlife #devlife #godotengine

Batteries arrived, and all servos can now move without any problems. Now I'm going to make it remote controlled from my phone and play around with it a bit to get a better understanding of the movement. And then later I'll add a camera and a Raspberry Pi and see if I can get it to follow a line.

I'm working on to many projects these days😅 Today I'm helping our 6yo finish her first Scratch game. It has been a really fun project, and it is interesting to see how easily she could fit her game idea into to what she is able to make (with guidance). #gamedev #scratch #codingkids

While I'm waiting for new batteries for my robot, I decided to revive another old Arduino project. An Arduino game 'console' that uses a bicolour 8x8 matrix for the display. First image is just a test sprite. Second image is a port of a 8x8 game I made 9 years ago. Old Project: youtu.be/gMXmvXtGnCU

Oh the joy of having a very hands-on and 'just do it' attitude when making new things. I forgot to consider the power needed to drive the eight servos for my four-legged #robot So now I have a robot, customized code and not enough power😅 Will order a new battery pack some time next week #robotics

I was finally able to put my first Kame together today. I'm using this to learn about how this four-legged robot thing works. And then I plan to make a more polish version later. But before thinking about later versions, I first need to get this one moving 😉 github.com/JavierIH/min... #robotics

Let's optimize rendering our voxel terrain using ArrayMesh in Godot. First, we’ll draw a single cube from scratch, then expand it to generate the entire terrain. - Optimize to only draw what’s necessary - See how easy it is to add collision #madewithgodot #godotengine #voxelterrain #tutorial