looking for minimal 3d examples

nitrofurano

hi everyone! since i'm struggling to start developing on Godot, i'm looking for minimal examples, and i'm struggling to find them as well starting with one examples like: - moving a cube from the keyboard (some keys) and the camera also from the keyboard (other keys) - the same as above, but using the gamepad, mouse, trackpad, etc. instead - etc. (like each example using each specific feature available from Godot) if someone can help contributing with such examples, please share - certainly they will be a huge help for everyone! thanks in advance!

Calinou

moving a cube from the keyboard (some keys) and the camera also from the keyboard (other keys)

The 3D Kinematic Character demo has exactly this. Note that it only demonstrates keyboard input, not mouse or gamepad input.

nitrofurano

thanks! :)

nitrofurano

(just a humble opinion: 3d kinematic character is a great example, but it's difficult for a newbie for controlling it, seeing it (magenta over black is really hard to see), difficult to edit, and difficult for a newbie for creating a minimal version based on it - i'll try to analyse it better, but this is my opinion about it )

cybereality

Yeah, I think it's a great idea. I've been wanting to start writing tutorials, but I'm still very new to Godot so I've got some time to put in before I can help. But I definitely see that some simple samples would be beneficial.

It has only been a few days of me learning Godot and many of the resources online seem outdated or using obsolete APIs. So huge opportunity here to help out. Don't want to promise anything, but I am actively investigating.

nitrofurano

for example, simple examples like this that i'm looking for: https://bitbucket.org/nitrofurano/unitysandbox/src/master/2017v4/3d/EasiestWayToMoveRotateAndJump/ (people here that have both Godot and Unity installed might have some idea about how to "convert" it...)

nitrofurano

@cybereality i really want to say the same as you did, i really want to help sharing examples if i could - for now, https://bitbucket.org/nitrofurano/godotsandbox/src (or https://gitlab.com/nitrofurano/godotsandbox ) is still way far from what i wanted to share

cybereality

Okay, I read through that, I see what you are asking about. Shouldn't be hard to make something like that for Godot. I should add that the documentation for Godot is very good and robust, more so than some commercial projects I've used. Also, when I was talking about online resources lacking, I was thinking more like random blogs with tutorials (which are usually what appear when you search for a specific thing in Google). There are for sure some good tutorials inside the docs and I am just scratching the surface of all the info housed in there.

cybereality

Here is a tutorial I made for Unreal 4, this is the sort of style I am going for: https://cybereality.com/tutorial-how-to-make-a-textured-spinning-cube-using-unreal-engine-4/

Hopefully I can stick with Godot for long enough to make a whole series, I only did a couple ones for Unreal but they are some of the most popular hits on my blog.

cybereality

@nitrofurano said: @cybereality i really want to say the same as you did, i really want to help sharing examples if i could - for now, https://bitbucket.org/nitrofurano/godotsandbox/src (or https://gitlab.com/nitrofurano/godotsandbox ) is still way far from what i wanted to share

Very nice. It seems that most of folders were empty but it's a start. I think what would be most helpful are text/blog tutorials. There is a lot of sample code for Godot already but it can be confusing looking at a big project without the explanation.

I've also seen Godot videos on YouTube, but I find it hard to follow along with those (switching back and forth between the editor and a playing video is cumbersome, but I know some people like the video format better).

nitrofurano

thanks! i never tried to install Unreal engine (i found some information about how to install it on GNU/Linux, perhaps i'm going to try it soon)

i updated now my git accounts - https://bitbucket.org/nitrofurano/godotsandbox/src/master/3v2/withoutcode/EasiestWayToMoveRotateAndJump/ - this one is what i could "convert" up to now (lacking some accuracy compared to the unity version), but i have no idea how to add code and everything else there, as i have on the Unity version

nitrofurano

I've also seen Godot videos on YouTube, but I find it hard to follow along with those (switching back and forth between the editor and a playing video is cumbersome, but I know some people like the video format better).

it happened to me with the Unity's Roll-a-Ball tutorial - i needed to extract all the subtitles and create a text file with it - only then i could follow these instructions! :D - usually, i also struggle a lot on video tutorials

Megalomaniak

@cybereality said: I've also seen Godot videos on YouTube, but I find it hard to follow along with those.

Yeah, that it can be, but having multiple monitors to work with does make it easier, for my part at least.

cybereality

@Megalomaniak said:

@cybereality said: I've also seen Godot videos on YouTube, but I find it hard to follow along with those.

Yeah, that it can be, but having multiple monitors to work with does make it easier, for my part at least.

Good point. I used to run triple 1440p monitors and that was great for game development. I would have the IDE on one screen, docs/tutorials on another, and a third for the game preview. Worked nice.

However, one of the monitors died and I traded in the others for a single 21:9 1080p ultrawide. Great for games, but working is a bit cramped (though, thankfully, the Godot editor work well on smaller resolutions).

Might consider getting a small satellite monitor for the game preview, that would let me edit while I play. Right now with one monitor that is kind of difficult.