Complete 3D Godot 4 Game Development Course

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Last updated: Oct 2025

Overview

This comprehensive course will guide you through the entire process of building 3D games in Godot 4, from the very foundations to advanced systems used in professional projects. You'll create five complete 3D games, each designed to teach you new skills and techniques.

What You'll Learn

Build 5 complete 3D games from scratch, each teaching core techniques
Work with physics bodies, collisions, physics materials, and realistic stacking
Create UI systems with score tracking, progress bars, and persistent data
Use particles, shaders, and materials to create impactful visual effects
Design modular, reusable AI with finite state machines
Develop a flexible weapon system with hitscan, projectile, and throwable fire modes
Implement advanced gameplay patterns such as strategy and object pooling
Optimize performance with LOD, pooling, and efficient scene design
Master GDScript fundamentals, classes, inheritance, signals, and node lifecycles
Understand the Godot 4 editor, nodes, scenes, and scripting basics in 3D

Course Features

What's Included

60.5 hours on-demand video
241 downloadable resources
Access on mobile and TV
Full lifetime access
Certificate of completion

Requirements

A computer capable of running Godot 4
No prior 3D experience required — everything is explained from the ground up
Some basic programming knowledge is useful, but not essential

Course Content

Course Outline
Full Description

Introduction (2 lectures • 4min)

Promotional video
Promotional video (a bit longer)

Preflight (5 lectures • 9min)

01 - Is this course for you?
02 - For beginners
03 - Godot Versions
04 - How do I get help?
05 - Our Approach

Foundations (26 lectures • 3hr 38min)

01 - Foundations Preview
02 - What is Godot?
03 - This section
04 - Setting up
05 - Running a scene
06 - Navigating a scene
06a - Vector 3
07 - Movement Positioning
08 - Scene Objectives
09 - Nodes, scenes, trees
10 - Resources
11 - Materials
12 - Materials Override
13 - Environment
14 - Position, Global Position
15 - Scale
16 - Transform Basis
17 - Jealous capsule
18 - Scripting Translate
19 - Global Translate
20 - Rotation x, y, z
21 - Rotation
22 - Rotation Local
23 - Rotation Global
24 - Aiming
25 - End

Getting to know GDScript and Godot (19 lectures • 5hr 12min)

01 - Basics - Intro
02 - Basics - Script Setup
03 - Basics - Basic Types
04 - Basics - Operators
05 - Basics - Control Flow
06 - Basics - Dictionaries / Lists
07 - Basics - Functions
08 - Basics - String Formatting
09 - Basics - Enums match and constants
10 - Basics - Review of Foundations
11 - Godot - What are classes?
12 - Godot - What is inheritance?
13 - Godot - Making our own types
14 - Godot - Adding properties and methods
15 - Godot - Getters and Setters
16 - Godot - Statics
17 - Godot - Inheritance
18 - Godot - Lifecycles
19 - Godot - Signals

Godot 4.5+: Preload Uid Setting (1 lecture • 2min)

Preloads with paths and uids

Game 1: Endless Jumper - Sky Pogo (36 lectures • 6hr 19min)

01 - Sky Pogo Preview
02 - Sky Pogo Outline
03 - Aspect resolution
04 - Environment
05 - Platform Scene
06 - Player Scene Physics
06a - Frame Rates
07 - Player Bouncing
08 - Platform Vanish
09 - Platform Animation
10 - Platform Animation Vanish
11 - Platform Collisions
12 - Platform Timing
13 - Spawner Scene
14 - Spawning Platforms
15 - Player Model
16 - Player Animation
17 - Player Movement
18 - Signal Hub
19 - Camera Movement
20 - Restarting the Game
21 - Inheriting Scenes
21a - Platform Models
22 - Random Platforms
23 - Music Effects
24 - Falling Effect
25 - UI Canvas Anchoring
26 - UI Canvas Layout
27 - Game UI
28 - Player Height
29 - Hud Score
30 - Score Persistence
31 - Game Over
32 - Pausing the Tree
33 - End of Section (almost)
34 - Project Settings

Game 2: Jenga (sort of) (31 lectures • 4hr 49min)

Jenga (sort of) Preview
01 - Jenga (sort of) Intro
02 - RigidBody3D
03 - RigidBody3D - properties
04 - RigidBody3D - code
05 - Game Outline
06 - Game Scene
07 - Mesh Textures
07a - A brief word on Color Space
08 - Lighting Basics
09 - Basic Game Lights
10 - Texture Maps
11 - Falling Brick
12 - Brick Function Review
13 - Brick Signals
14 - Signal Hub
15 - Spawner Outline
16 - Movement
17 - Spawner Logic Outline
18 - Spawner Logic
19 - Spawning Bricks
19a - Camera
20 - UI
21 - Game Over
22 - Scoring
23 - Hud Game Over
24 - Scaling Difficulty
25 - High Score Persistence
26 - Encrypting Scores
27 - Sound and Music
28 - Summary

Input Handling (6 lectures • 33min)

Input Handling Preview
01 - Introduction
02 - Callback order
03 - UI Input Filtering
04 - Manual Handling
05 - Wrap Up

Game 3: Platformer - Granny's Capers (80 lectures • 15hr 2min)

Platformer Preview
00 - Part 2 Approach
01 - Common Tools
02 - Project Setup
03 - Project Review - Optional
04 - Scene Navigation
05 - Main Animations
06 - Animation Tree
07 - Animation Method Calls
08 - Particles
09 - Player
10 - Player Outline
11 - Player Debug Collision
12 - Player Basic Movement
13 - Player Rotation
14 - Player Jump
15 - Animation Outline
16 - Animation Tree
16a - OPTIONAL - Materials Overview
16b - OPTIONAL - Particles Overview
17 - Game Sequence Outline
18 - Pickup Scene
19 - Pickup Logic
20 - Pickup Tracker Outline
21 - Pickup Tracker
22 - Hud Pickups
23 - Key
24 - Hud Tween
25 - Exit Door
26 - Exit Logic
27 - Level Complete
27a - Utility Scenes
28 - Enemies Overview
29 - Pumpkin
30 - Pumpkin Logic
31 - Ghost
32 - Ghost Logic
33 - Vampire Coffin
34 - Vampire Coffin Logic
35 - Vampire Character
36 - Vampire Character Logic
37 - Vampire Complete
38 - Turret
39 - Turret Logic
40 - Turret Bullet
41 - Turret Bullet Logic
42 - Turret Shoot
43 - Fireball
44 - Fireball Logic
45 - Shooting
46 - Create a Fireball
47 - Damage Overview
48 - Collider
49 - Damage Collider
50 - Hurt Box
51 - Collider Setup
52 - Fireball Collisions
53 - Coming up
54 - Explosion
5 - Player Sounds
56 - Player Health
57 - Player Dies
58 - Moving Platform PF
59 - Moving Platform
60 - Bomb Outline
61 - Bomb Scene
62 - Completing the Bomb Scene
63 - Scenery
64 - Scenery Collisions
65 - Bounce Button
66 - Joints
67 - Rope Bridge
68 - Score Effect
69 - Score Manager
70 - High Score Display
71 - High Scores
72 - Optional - Moving Platform Meshes
73 - Spring Arm
74 - Level Switch
75 - End of Section

Game 4: Shooter - Space Ace (53 lectures • 11hr 22min)

Space Ace Preview
01 - Space Ace Outline
02 - Setup
03 - Sky Rotation
04 - Player Scene
05 - Player Movement
06 - OPTIONAL Shaders, UV Panning
06a - OPTIONAL Shaders Masking, Fading
06b - OPTIONAL Shaders Fresnel Glow
06c - OPTIONAL Shaders Vertex displacement
07 - Shaded Wall
08 - Shaded Wall Fade
09 - Shaded Wall Box
10 - Player Camera
11 - Simple Effects
12 - Gun Scene
13 - Laser Scene
14 - Object Pooling
15 - Life Timer
16 - Laser Start/Stop
17 - Object Pool Implementation
18 - TIE Fighter Intro
19 - TIE Fighter Basics
20 - TIE Fighter Logic
21 - TIE Behaviours
22 - TIE Turn and Shoot
23 - TIE Loss of Control
24 - TIE Shoots
25 - Hit Box
26 - TIE Explosion Effect
27 - TIE Explosion
28 - Hit Box Explosion
29 - Asteroid Scene
30 - Asteroid Material
31 - Asteroid Explode
31a - Asteroid Explosion Ring
31b - Asteroid Explosion Fire
31c - Asteroid Explosion Stars
32 - Spawning
33 - Spawning Fighters
34 - Pausing
35 - Stats
36 - Impacts
37 - Health Bar
38 - Health Bar Logic
39 - Game Over
40 - Shield
41 - Power Up Shader
42 - Power Up Logic
43 - Power Up Detection
44 - Camera Shake
45 - Score
46 - Summary

Game 5: FPS - Quack Lite (15 lectures • 2hr 45min)

Quack Lite Preview
01 - Quack Lite Outline
02 - Player Scene
03 - Player Movement
04 - Player Camera
05 - Weapon Scene
06 - Weapon Script
07 - Hitscan Weapons
08 - Projectile Weapons
09 - Throwable Weapons
10 - Weapon Switching
11 - Enemy AI
12 - Finite State Machine
13 - Performance Optimization
14 - Summary
15 - Conclusion

Target Audience

Beginners who want to learn 3D game development with Godot 4
2D developers looking to transition into 3D
Indie developers who want to understand scalable systems and reusable design patterns
Anyone who wants to build polished, playable 3D games step by step

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Overview​

What You'll Learn​

Course Features​

Course Content​

Introduction (2 lectures • 4min)​

Preflight (5 lectures • 9min)​

Foundations (26 lectures • 3hr 38min)​

Getting to know GDScript and Godot (19 lectures • 5hr 12min)​

Godot 4.5+: Preload Uid Setting (1 lecture • 2min)​

Game 1: Endless Jumper - Sky Pogo (36 lectures • 6hr 19min)​

Game 2: Jenga (sort of) (31 lectures • 4hr 49min)​

Input Handling (6 lectures • 33min)​

Game 3: Platformer - Granny's Capers (80 lectures • 15hr 2min)​

Game 4: Shooter - Space Ace (53 lectures • 11hr 22min)​

Game 5: FPS - Quack Lite (15 lectures • 2hr 45min)​

Description​

Target Audience​

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