I'm going to show a single scene from my project, then break down where and why I'm using the different scene types. So let's get into it!

When I first tried adding 2D lighting and shadows to my isometric game in Godot, I came up empty-handed—until now. With the release of Godot 4.4 and some key insights from the community, I finally got it working. This tutorial walks you through setting up layered TileMaps, occluders, light masks, and even normal maps for beautiful, dynamic lighting in your 2D isometric world.

Recently, I came across this amazing write-up by Thibaud Goiffon that walked through the process of creating a fake 3D character using a...

Empty Spiral uses Godot's 2D Tilemap, which doesn't exactly have built-in support for isometric tilesets. In order to get them to work, I had to develop a sort of unique pipeline and methodology for creating quality-looking maps.

I noticed Hulu had all of them, and so I thought I'd watch the first one and see how it was. This sent me down a rabbit hole of cars, testosterone, and cool dudes (and women) kicking butt. Here's a rough review of the franchise, and what I learned from it. Buckle up. Here we go.

Operator Operator! is a game that I'm developing alongside a few close game-dev friends. The game is a 3D adventure-puzzle game that...

Some thoughts on why paper prototyping is so important in game design.

A short write-up about the experiences of writing a sourcebook for Dungeons and Dragons 5e (2024 Rules).