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Tutorials created around game development, programming and art creation.

Itch.io for Game Devs – Quick Tip

Itch.io, as you may know if you are a game developer, is a massive indie game store. It’s a little like Steam but catering more to indie developers and experimental games. One really nice...

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Godot Quick Tip – Typing Text Effect

This is a text companion to a video tutorial. You can watch the video below. The source code can be found at the end of the article or in the video description. A common...

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The Difference Between Break, Continue and Pass

I thought I would do a quick programming tutorial explaining the difference between various control statements in Pythonic languages. I recently realised when streaming that some people might misunderstand the point of pass in...

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Godot Unique Scene Names – New to 3.5/4.0

Godot 3.5 (and seemingly originally developed for Godot 4.0) is getting a new feature that allows you to access a node using its name in the scene instead of its node path. This is...

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When You Should Use class_name in Godot 3 and Why

In this quick tip I’ll explain what class_name in Godot 3.1+ does and when and why you should use it. In Godot (talking mainly about GDscript) all scripts extend one of the base classes...

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