Everything Game Design with STEAM Lab!

• Speaker Series
  • Speaker Series
    • Spring 2021
  • Erin Green - Finding Your Story
    • Summary
    • Video
    • Linked Resources
  • Lowell Wofford - Version Control
    • Summary
    • Video
    • Linked Resources
  • Jake Green - Graphics
    • Summary
    • Video
    • Linked Resources
• Godot Game Engine
  • Getting Started with Godot
    • Introduction
    • Downloading
    • Setting up the Environment
      • Comment Blocks
      • Indenting
  • Top Down RPG: Lessons
    • 1: Player Movement
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Code
    • 2: Walk and Push Animations
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Code
    • 3: Entity Class
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Code
    • 4: Knockback
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Code
    • 5: Item Setup
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Code
    • 6: Enemy Health
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Code
    • 7: Basic Screen Scorlling
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Code
    • 8: Object Placer
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Code
    • 9: Keys and Locked Doors
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Code
    • 10: Heart UI
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Code
    • 11: Heart Pickups
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Code
  • Top Down RPG: Template
    • Camera
      • Overview
      • Scene Tree
      • Exports
      • Signals
      • Code
    • Save Game
      • Overview
      • Main Scene
      • Map Areas
      • Code
    • Entity Class
      • Overview
      • Scene Tree
      • Exports
      • _ready()
      • Loops
      • Use item
      • Code
    • Enemy Drops
      • Overview
      • Exports
      • Normalization
      • Enemy Death
      • Code
      • Code
    • Teleporting
      • Overview
      • Scene Tree
      • Exports
      • How it Works
      • Code
    • Items (Weapons)
      • Overview
      • Scene Tree
      • Exports
      • Code
  • Top Down RPG: Making it Your Own
    • 1: Making a New Map Area
      • Overview
      • Drawing the Scene
      • Placing Items and Entities
      • Playing the Scene
    • 2: Creating a New Enemy
      • Overview
      • Creating the Scene Tree
      • Exports
      • Animation
      • Script
    • 3: Creating a New Item
      • Overview
      • Creating the Scene Tree
      • Exports
      • Script
  • Top Down RPG: Code Snippets and Algorithms
    • 1: Movement Algorithms
      • Setup
      • loop_random_direction()
      • loop_follow_target()
  • Platformer: Lessons
    • 1a: Player Movement
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Errata
      • Definitions
      • Code
      • Common Mistakes
    • 1b: Player Jump
      • Summary
      • Prerequisites
      • Video
      • Resources
      • Errata
      • Notes
      • Code
      • Common Problems
• Asset Creation
  • Graphics Applications
    • Inkscape
      • Creating a Spritesheet
    • GIMP
      • Summary
      • Getting Started
      • More Coming
    • Pixel Editors
      • Summary
      • Online Apps
      • More Coming

Game Design

This is a collection of tutorials and projects for game design. In addition to the resources collected, there will be a few recommended paths for working through the material. This is a living document and will be updated as we record, write, or find more content.

Features

• Godot Game Engine Tutorials

• Tile Maps and Editors

• Asset Design

• Version Control

• Story Development