Re: ODP: [godot-tutors] Looking for peer reviewing of teaching material.

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I think showing multiple languages in one tutorial is likely to lead to confusion. Your target audience is likely to be overwhelmed already, so your goal should be to simplify - cut away everything extraneous besides the focus of the lesson. If that's coding in Godot, stick to GDScript.

At this time, C# is of greatest interest to programmers who know it already (likely coming from Unity), so they're not going to be the ones watching a "basics of gamedev" course. And the beginners would have to learn not just Godot but a C# ide (or at least VS Code) at the same time.

I'm still on the fence about VisualScript. It has potential but is still very rough around the edges.


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On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Ivan Skodje <ivanskodje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
While sitting in the train drafting out a plan - A question came up.
I have originally planned to write this course, using GDScript.
However I did plan to bring up C# and VisualScript in one module - comparing them and talking a bit about their history and possible future.

What do you think - Should I keep it like that, or should I add C# equivalent parts in each module where I use GDScript? (Keep in mind that anyone following this for one language will most likely skip the parts where we do it in the other languages they are not interested in).

Thanks for the feedback

Vennlig hilsen,
Ivan Skodje





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Subject: Re: ODP: [godot-tutors] Looking for peer reviewing of teaching material.
Local Time: October 19, 2017 5:42 AM
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I'm not saying I wont contribute - however It probably wont happen at the same time as I work. It is hard to say right now, as I still haven't had a single day to sit down in this yet due spending 3h travel every day... Once I move closer to the capital of Norway, everything will become more stable.

That being said, anyone that are interested will be more than welcome to C&C and use/retrofit my course material into the official docs - when we get that far :)


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Ivan Skodje






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Subject: Re: ODP: [godot-tutors] Looking for peer reviewing of teaching material.
Local Time: October 19, 2017 12:00 AM
UTC Time: October 18, 2017 10:00 PM

Anything you build for the community would be welcome, but I'd also like to second the recommendation that you consider contributing to the official docs. It's going to be the first place new users come, so it's important that we make it a comprehensive and welcoming resource.

There are currently far more tasks than there are volunteers to complete them. A lot of the work can't really be completed until we reach a feature-freeze stage - I've already had to rewrite some KinematicBody2D code examples to reflect changes - but drafts and first versions are certainly appropriate to contribute now.

Cheers,
Chris

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Ivan Skodje <ivanskodje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I dont think I could cover, or rather create 'the' godot game that would promote Godot that way.

Of course, I will do my best to create an open and worthy course. (Albeit slowly) :)


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On Oct 18, 2017, 17:09, Leszek Nowak < leszek.nowak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I would like to volunteer.
I’ll put as much time as I can into the process. I personally teach geometry by example using Godot. And it looks like we (department)  are going to use Godot to teach simulations (as modules) this semester.
Anyways I would love to help with your idea. Having good courses should guarantee steady increase in Godot users, which will secure Godot future.
As a side comment. A Godot biggest drawback at the moment is a lack of “serious” developers/studios using it. At some point we should invest some time in making state of the art, eye catching examples. Something that is targeted at people that know game development. Maybe the third course could address that?

 

Best regards,

Leszek Nowak

 

 


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I have been on and off working for material for a Godot Engine Fundamental course (3.0).

The plan is to create 3 courses, where the first course is dedicated to learn Programming with Godot Engine / GDScript. Not very exciting, but very fundamental and important - especially if you are new to programming. Here you will learn the basics about variables, OOP, and so on. This does include theory on each topic, and not just "teach by example".

The second course will be dedicated teaching basic game development principles with Godot Engine.. Nothing fancy, but you will get your feet wet and learn what you need to make your own 2D games.

The third course will be dedicated to 2D and 3D game development. This will be a bit more advanced, but we will go more in depth and work towards developing a "bigger game".

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Why am I posting about this? Because I care that the learning material is excellent. I want people to be safe about learning good coding. Good working principles.
What I would like to ask of every single one of you, are volunteeers to peer review the materials, during and after creation.

Lately I have been busy due to getting a new job - dedicating my own time to learning everything I need in order to do a great job at ... my job. 

Now I am finally ready to go back in Godot, and - I figure while I spend 3 hours on the train rides, to write material for the course. 

Volunteers willing to review the material will get access to a Trello board, where I will post the content as I go. (I could go for Google Docs, but... well - let us try first and see how it goes).

Thoughts? Theories? Game theories? :P

Vennlig hilsen,
Ivan Skodje






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