Learning Materials

Learning From Others

You made it! This is the last episode in the Pong GDSCript Basics Series.

Here I will impart other resources to consume for your journey if you so choose.

Steps to improve yourself

Just make something; it’s that simple.

The way to improve yourself is through practice and iteration.

Constant learning to the point that it’s eternal.

Learning from others

Here are some great resources for improving yourself:

Harvard CS50
Other Pong Videos
Other Godot Inspired Channels
- KidsCanCode
- Game Development Center

Have fun!

Most importantly, have fun!

You live only once, so use your time wisely.

Live without any regrets.

Lastly, let go of your ego and don’t worry about being right or wrong, look past the present and into the future you wish to be in.

When you get to your destination, you’ll look back and laugh at where you started on your journey.

It’s ok to be a noob!

Transcript

Godot tutorials is not sponsored by or affiliated with the Godot game engine, the series has officially concluded. Thank you so much for joining me. I just want to go over a few things, as always, when a series ends and that is other resources to learn game programming and game development, I'm going to go over three things. First is the Harvard Game Development Course, the second or five other YouTube channels where you can learn more about creating Pong in Godot. And lastly, I want to introduce two channels for other Godot related content. Of course, as always, I want to make sure that you know that Harvard makes free courses on game development, especially their YouTube channel called CBS 50. Their YouTube channel shows a lot of different aspects of programming in general and as always, is a great resource, especially for beginners. More specifically, I want to talk about Harvard's 650 Game Development Track, where you get to learn Pong as the

first episode, so please feel free to check that out. They also teach you how to make other games as well, such as Flappy Bird and Mario. Next, I want to go over five different channels. They are Davie's Dev Clear code game Dev with Fab's Ayak Nene's and Buche teachers typing with Davies Dev Davies. Dev will show you how to create a pong game in under seven minutes. What I like about this is that Davie's dev shows you quickly and clearly how to get the basics of a pong game in Godot through the use of the node system. Next, I want to talk about Clear Codes, YouTube channel and their video on creating Pong. It is a two hour video which clearly explains step by step on how to get Pong set up in Godot, though with a playable eye. On top of that, I also enjoy the background music game. Dev with Fab's is a great video on Pong and setting up with the note system as well. And I like to think of it as the OG of Pong

videos in the last two years and they also have a video on Snake in Godot and it is worth checking out. Next on the list is I need YouTube channel and their video called Ping Pong with Recast Cast. And as a matter of fact, I believe it is an impressive solution to getting a pong game working using recast. The channel is great because you learn other great ways of getting things working, such as a dialogue system, security cameras and a snake game using tyo maps. Last and not least is Buche teaches typing TRD and Pong. It is an awesome tutorial that teaches both test driven development using gut or Godot unit testing and pong all in one. Sadly, they do not upload anymore. However, I recommend it as a must to watch if you want to get into test driven development. Now, lastly, I want to bring up two different YouTube channels. They are kids can code and Game Development Center. They are both YouTube channels.

Let's start with kids can code. As a matter of fact, I recommend that you start watching the Godot Recipes series. The recipe series is great in that it teaches you a bunch of small individual things that, when combined, make the foundation of a game. Speaking of small individual things, now the next channel I want to bring up is Game Development Center and their newest series, Tower Defense. As an avid lover of strategy games myself, I am ecstatic about their newest tutorial on creating your very own tower defense game. The Tower Defense series just started about two weeks ago. I binge watched it myself about last week and I highly recommend you check it out, especially if you are into strategy games. Well, that's all I have for you in this episode. Thank you so much for joining me and thank you for taking the time to follow me through the journey. That was this series. Thank you for subscribing and thank you for clicking the like button. And I look forward to seeing you in the next series. Have an amazing day.