Video tutorial series shows how to make a 3D game in free Godot Engine

Image from a tutorial on game development in Godot Engine — (Image credit: The GameDev Tavern)

The free open-source platform Godot Engine was is widely rated as one of the best game engines. The Godot AI ban has won the software still more good will among indie devs.

Fast and lightweight, the platform's most known for creating 2D platformers, puzzle games and metroidvanias, but it's also highly capable for 3D projects, as a new video tutorial series sets out to demonstrate. If you're looking for help to get up to speed with using the software now that you can't use vibe coding, this Youtube course might be the hand you need.

First Person Controller | Godot 4 Dungeon Crawler [Ep 01/18] - YouTube

Watch On

The GameDev Tavern's free Godot tutorial series will show how to use the software to build a 3D dungeon crawler from scratch in 20 hours. The example game in question is Goblins' Den, which you can download via Itch.io.

Latest Videos From

Watch full video here:

Over the 20 video episodes, you'll be able to build all of the game's assets, from models to rigs, animations, textures and sound. Topics include shaders, lighting, node-based state machines, composition models, ragdoll physics, pathfinding and level design.

The channels stresses that the course is aimed at intermediate to advanced developers, although it avoids complex maths.

The first four episodes of the series are already live on YouTube. The next stages will be posted on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00am PST.

If you need a device to work on, check our guide to the best laptops for game development.

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.