Create a Complete 2D Survivors Style Game in Godot 4

Learn how to create a complete 2D arena survival roguelike game from start to finish in Godot engine 4!
What you'll learn
Arena survival roguelike mechanics - auto attack abilities, enemy hordes, experience drops, and roguelike upgrades
Godot engine fundamentals - scene composition using a variety of nodes, scripting, signals, and more
Animations - using squash and stretch to make static sprites pop
UI - containers for layout and sizing, apply theme styling using textures and nine-patch, and use of various other control nodes
Publishing - build the complete game for different platforms and update executable icons
Saving loading - save and load permanent player progression data
Requirements
Some programming knowledge
Description
This course will cover everything you need to know about creating a small 2D arena survival roguelike game from start to finish in the Godot Engine 4. This course covers many aspects of creating a survivors style game including:Auto-attacking abilitiesHordes of enemies that increase in difficulty over timeRoguelike ability and player upgradesPermanent progression with saving and loadingLevelling up by collecting experience dropped from enemiesThis 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 input handling, to tilemaps, 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. 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:You are ready to dive into a crash course for the newly released Godot 4You have some game development knowledge and want to learn Godot 4You have some programming knowledge and want to make gamesYou struggle to complete games and want to start and finish a projectYou regularly participate in game jams and want to improve your ability to craft a fun but short experiencePlease note that this course is focused purely on the start-to-finish process of making a survivors style game. As such, there is no time spent explaining fundamental programming concepts. Familiarity with programming is strongly recommended before taking this course. Any programming experience is fine - GDScript is easy to use.Several videos are available to preview for free. Please take a look at those videos to determine if this course is right for you!
Who this course is for
Beginner game developers with programming experience
Individuals looking for a complete 2D development guide for Godot 4
Intermediate programmers
Intermediate game developers
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