Create a Complete Grid-Based Puzzle Game in Godot 4 with C#
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This course will cover everything you need to know about creating a small 2D grid-based puzzle game from start to finish in the Godot Engine 4.3+ using C# scripting. This course covers many aspects of creating a grid-based puzzle game including:
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Building placement on a grid with variable tile sizes
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Querying grid state using LINQ with C# data structures like HashSets and Dictionaries
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Creating levels using the new Godot 4.3 TileMapLayer, including multi-level maps with y-sorting, animated tiles, and custom tile data
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Saving and loading level completion progress
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Implementing audio including building placement and destruction effects and music
This list is not exhaustive – please see the course outline for a glimpse into the topics that are covered.
The goal of this course is to show you how to take an empty project and turn it into a small, complete game. In doing so, this course will give you a robust exposure to many aspects of the Godot engine from C# scripting, to input handling, to tile maps, to saving and loading data, to audio, and more. By the time you complete this course, you will feel comfortable working on your own projects in Godot 4.3+ and C#. You will walk away from this course with a solid foundational understanding of making games that are not only functional but also fun.
This course will help you greatly if:
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You are ready to dive into a crash course for Godot 4.3+ with C#
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You are comfortable in Unity and want to transfer your C# scripting skills to Godot
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You have some game development knowledge and want to learn Godot
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You have some programming knowledge and want to make games
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You struggle to complete games and want to start and finish a project
Please note that this course is focused purely on the start-to-finish process of making a grid-based puzzle game. With that goal in mind, there is no time spent explaining fundamental programming concepts of statically typed languages. Familiarity with programming and statically typed languages is strongly recommended before taking this course.
Several lessons are available to for you to preview for free. Please take a look at those videos before enrolling to determine if the pace of this course is right for you!
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Basic Grid Operations and TileMapLayer Introduction -
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Using a HashSet to Mark Occupied Tiles
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Minor Code Cleanup
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Adding the Asset Pack and Tower Art
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Introduction to Autotiling
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Refactoring Code Into a GridManager
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Defining and Using TileSet Custom Data
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Adding a Base Building
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Using Autoloads and Custom Signals for Grid State Updating
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Using Grid State for More Sophisticated Building Rules
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Highlighting Expandable Building Area
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Adding Animated Tree Tiles
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Accounting for Trees in GridManager
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Applying Y-Sorting for Proper Draw Order
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Adding Village Buildings
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Introduction to Custom Resources
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Highlighting Resource Tiles
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Tracking Collected Resource Tiles
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Introduction to Control Nodes
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Streamlining Building Placement
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Creating a Building Manager
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Creating a Building Placement Ghost
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Indicating Whether Building Ghost is Valid
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Cancelling Building Placement
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Refactoring Building Manager to Support States
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Refunding Resources and Updating Grid on Building Destruction
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Adding a Win Condition
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Transforming the Main Scene Into a Base Level Scene
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Adding Terrains to the Tileset
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Adding Water to the Tileset
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Adding Shadows to the Tileset
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Designing Your First Level
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Adding Camera Panning
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Fixing Tileset, Centering the Camera, and Adding Configurable Starting Resources
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Fixing Shadow Tiles Invalidating Buildable Tiles
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Making UI Buttons Follow Camera
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Making Buildings Occupy Multiple Tiles
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Adding Base Building Art and Preventing Deletion
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Allowing Building Deletion by Clicking Into Occupied Area
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Preventing Building Placement on Differing Elevation Layers
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Introduction to Extension Methods
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Making Building Radius Circular
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Introduction to UI Theming
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Theme Files and Theme Variations
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Styling Building Selection UI
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Fonts and Button Styling
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Improving the Design of Building Sections
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Displaying Resource Count in Game UI
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Building a Main Menu Skeleton UI
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Building a Framework for Changing Levels
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Creating a Level Complete Screen
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Moving to the Next Level from the Level Complete Screen
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Designing More Levels
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Addressing Some Errors and Issues
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Creating a Level Select Screen
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Moving Level Definitions to Custom Resources
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Showing Levels on the Level Select Screen
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Integrating the Level Select Screen With the Main Menu
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Improving the Look of Building Placement
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Introduction to Animation Player
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Using Tweens to Animate Building Position
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Centering Building Placement on Mouse Position
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Animating Building Placement
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Call Building Placement Animation on Demand
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Building Destruction Animation
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Adding a Mask to Building Destruction
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Fixing Destruction-Related Bugs
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Building Placement Particles
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Building Destruction Particles
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Creating a Goblin Camp
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Making the Goblin Camp Functional
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Creating a Barracks Building
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Allowing Barracks to Be Placed in Goblin Camps
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Showing Barracks Attack Area
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Making the Barracks Destroy Goblin Camps
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Handling Goblin Camp Restoration on Barracks Destroy
