Godot 4 - Forest Night Environment From Scratch

Wind shader code snippets: pastebin.com/cdAnGDgw
How to make a low resolution 3D nighttime forest environment for Godot 4 using FOSS tools.
Krita: krita.org/en/download/krita-d...
Laigter: azagaya.itch.io/laigter
Blender: www.blender.org/download/
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Find Starting Textures
1:53 Pine Needle Texture
3:51 Foliage Texture
5:09 Sky Texture
6:04 Bark Textures
6:51 Ground/Particle Textures
7:58 Ground Normal Map
8:38 Foliage Model
10:33 Pine Tree Base Model
12:33 Pine Tree Needles
14:38 Pine Tree Array Modifier
16:49 Campfire Logs Model
18:43 Blender Export
20:00 Godot Import
20:32 Pine Tree Scene
22:19 Foliage Scene
24:23 Campfire Scene
28:21 Environment Gridmaps / Pre-layout
31:47 Environment Layout
34:10 Environment/Project Settings
36:30 Outro

[@DevLogLogan]

CURRENT ISSUE WITH BETA 9 - 12: When creating the tree scene shader (around 20:46) there's a small bug in the process, just use these steps and resume the tutorial. Once this bug is gone I'll delete this comment. :) 1. Make unique on the mesh dropdown 2. Make unique on the surface materials starting with 0 (bark) and then 1 (pine needles), if you try the pine needles first they will create an issue with the bark. 3. Convert needles material to shader material in the dropdown, and resume tutorial from there Github issue for the bug: github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/70579

[@skaruts]

Perhaps you should pin this, if still relevant.

[@OwenOrsini]

thanks a million, I thought I was going crazy. Still an issue as of beta 14, but maybe the newer ones have fixed it. I would pin this fix either way.

[@DevLogLogan]

@@OwenOrsini Weird, I definitely pinned this before. Thank you!

[@clipPRmusic]

@@DevLogLogan I believe the issue has been fixed by now, the GitHub page says it has been closed.

[@user-ug6hh4qg3n]

For the Fire Scale Issues: I am using the stable Godot 4.0 and, when creating the campfire draw passes material, in the billboard, you need to also check "keep scale", otherwise the scale effect won't work

[@drobison100]

@DevLogLogan Please pin this comment

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[@DevLogLogan]

Thank you for the thoughtful comment, I definitely plan to keep going with these! Hope you continue to enjoy :)

[@jam-etc]

this is the most concise, straightfoward, no-fucking-around, educational godot tutorial I have ever seen. No screwing around. I think I've learned more from this one than like 30 different other tutorials that mess around with things for 10 different parts. This is amazing. I learned blender from similar tutorials to this- no bullshit, just someone doing something tangible that we're graciously allowed to watch over the shoulder of. That's the best way to learn. If you did just a bunch of lil demos like this, that'd be fantastic. I can't wait for the next one... subbed and recc'd to everyone I know

[@DevLogLogan]

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[@DevLogLogan]

I plan to make more, thank you for the kind words! :)

[@YourDudeAdam]

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[@BRBS360]

Your fast-paced and to-the-point tutorials are a breath of fresh air. Thank you!

[@segsfault]

this art style is beautiful!

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I really like these videos! Fast paced, but concise and pedagogical. Never boring even though they are long.

[@funkymushroom]

Bro these are lifesaving videos. 🔥 Thanks for making them

[@da_roachdogjr]

omg thanks for showing me laigter! This is the first solution I see to generate normal maps on linux.

[@luckysun1852]

thanks for sharing the entire environment making workflow, you are a hidden treasure, amazing tutorials, keep on these amazing works

[@TheBuffED]

What a FANTASTIC tutorial, thank you for making this one. I have been poking around for a while looking for snippets of helpful information when it comes to building out night scenes, and this is a massive help.

[@migueldc6845]

These (and obviously all the other) videos are really awesome! You make it seem so easy (: and a lot of fun. Thank you!

[@fockyutuub5193]

bro, you're killing it! your tutorials are god tier level and i have never seen anyone do the like you do. Keep it up!

[@OnyxIdol]

Enjoying these small contained projects.

[@MP-pv4eb]

You are my favorite Godot youtuber, I love your work. Thank you

[@codyhop1]

You should make more of these, honestly this is an amazing way to learn how to make a basic level, and personally this gives me a good Idea for the general steps to take when working on a project so thankyou!

[@YourFavoriteEnemy]

I'm speechless, I will just say thank you. Keep it up, that fire was so sick... Omg.

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Thanks bro for your contribution to the Godot community. 😇🙌🏻

[@Owalpo]

Thank you so much for this. Just started learning Godot and this really opened my eyes on creating my own assets. I took it a step further and created the textures myself by taking some photos and editing them to match the ones you grabbed at the start. It turned out great!

[@hazar357]

this was the best godot tutorial I have watched, thanks a lot

[@druidkey1449]

you are single-handedly putting out the best Godot Content out here. I especially like the fact that they span over multiple programs and concepts in the shortest amount of time without wasting any time. not only I am learning how to do things in each, I also learn the pipeline and the workflow. thank you man, please never stop with these

[@MrJohnnyImba]

Your videos mare gold! Keep it up! You explain it so well and youre teaching fundamentals with the smallest example. This is the way I like to learn!

[@paranomaxligthning6398]

thanks a lot for this tutorial, took me a bit of time to understand what was going on but it was very clear !

[@SergzOFFICIAL]

You are a master at this. Great stuff.

[@GerN7]

I like your workflow and how you explain everything in a way that make Godot easy to use, thank you so much for this videos! Its good to reanimate my dead dream of making a game

[@ranqemax]

I love how you show the entire workflow. My asset production is orders of magnitude faster since your last video.

[@DrOzzey]

Really like your tutorials. Good job. Waiting for another one.

[@DevLogLogan]

Thanks. :) There will definitely be more!

[@teo2805]

More of these environment videos please! I love everything about this video, from how you use smart hacks to model quickly in Blender, to shaders to animate and bring life to static objects to how you make it look so easy to assemble a good looking scene and environment! May I challenge you to do something with water in it next?

[@DevLogLogan]

Currently I'm working on a non-environment video, but afterwards I plan do do another one of these. Water will probably find its way into that one! :)

[@roastinpeace2320]

Isn't using shaders to create animations more demanding than animating meshes themselves?

[@tedmosby1235]

@@DevLogLogan oh yes please

[@slimebuck]

your videos are so dope, I watch them even if they have nothing to do with what I am currently working on, as they always give me ideas, and knowledge that help me regardless of what I am doing. Just seeing the way you handle code, the methods you use. Like gridmaps. I never would have went out of my way to learn of those, but now I know how useful they are and will be playing around with them more.

[@nourbounasr553]

KZbin suggested this video, I clicked and GOD... you are a legend, thanks man, you are showing exactly all the required steps to create this scene from the very scratch and not giving the assets saying here you go just put it all together like other youtube videos, keep it up and I would love to see more videos like this especially covering godot 4, definitely subscribing to your channel, thank you again

[@hydrorex5644]

Thank you for this tutorial and your dungeon tutorial! (I found them at sort of the right time as for my final project in college I was planning on making a roguelike dungeon crawler.) SO thank you so much! :)

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i came here because of rapid eyes and now i'm gonna use it

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same!

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Dude, your content is awesome. I know Godot tutorials is a pretty niche category, but I'm surprised you only have 3.61k subs

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Love your videos. Helped me a lot to get started with 3D game development and working in godot!!

[@DevLogLogan]

Thanks very much! Just keep trying to make stuff and you will improve! :) I'm glad I can help at all along the way.

[@chifodic6758]

Thanks! it gives the vibe I've always wanted in a game, tysm

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Love these! ❤

[@davidb1191]

¡Increible! ¡Maravilloso! Muchas gracias por compartir esto. Tendré que verlo muchas veces e intentaré realizarlo yo para aprender todo lo que se puede aprender en tan poco tiempo.

[@hensola]

wow, currently in tutorial hell as of 1 week ago, and this is definitely next level for me. Thank you for posting and showing how to use the apps and textures prior to using Godot.

[@USBEN.]

This is very relaxing and fun format to rest and learn.

[@vladscp6579]

Thank you for the tutorial, you did an amazing job and I've learnt a lot A small note: I am using the stable Godot 4.0 and, when creating the campfire draw passes material, in the billboard, you need to also check "keep scale", otherwise the scale effect won't work

[@fabiol3394]

Thanks for the tip! The scaling wasn't applying and It was driving me crazy

[@mojadem]

Thanks for this! I was running into an issue with this as well.

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You need to be pinned

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Thank you!!!! Was ripping my hair out over this

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Nice content, please continue the good work!

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I think this is my favorite video of yours so far. its hella fast paced but straight to the point and very helpful.

[@DevLogLogan]

Thanks very much for watching them! I plan to make more. :)

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this is fantastic!

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Awesome video, thanks a lot!

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This video was so awesome and helpful - thank you!

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Impressive. Fantastic tutorial

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Your channel is total gem, thanks!!

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What a great tutorial!

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I love these videos

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I followed your Video and it worked pretty good, Thank you! 🙂

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I normally dislike video (as opposed to text) tutorials, but this is perfect! The effort you made to go at a consistent fast pace, mention every hotkey as you use it, and choice of only freely-available tools and assets really makes the difference. I hope you'll make more of these!

[@DevLogLogan]

Having my efforts appreciated like this definitely motivates me to make more, thanks so much! More to come for sure!

[@zacharyfissler]

godot environment any% glitchless lol love that you show all the behind the scenes steps most people don't!

[@lennster_hi]

Great Video!

[@TheRealKeyvan]

Great video. As someone like me who isn't really an artist this workflow is absolutely fantastic. :)

[@imberny]

This is an absolute goldmine. Thanks for showing the entire workflow while being succinct!

[@poisonivy2677]

THIS is what tutorials should all be like!

[@nezbro2011]

This was really good!

[@alexk118]

This is AWESOME. Thanks a ton.

[@doarner]

Really liked your tutorial, it helped me take my first attempt in Godot 4. The only problems i had were the character controller that i couldn't import so i made it from scratch and the fire that keeps the same size no matter how high or low i put the scale value. Aside from that, thanks for the help and i'll be seeing the rest of your videos.

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Straight to the point, no bs!

[@DevLogLogan]

I try my best, thanks for watching. :)

[@marcuskobel6562]

@@DevLogLogan hey Logan, love your tutorials. I have several game ideas and always wanted to start developing games, but I'm always overwhelmed by the amount of details I need to learn on multiple tool, and you made learning them super easy by teaching step by step, with all the commands and shortcuts required. Perfect! Love it. Appreciate your work! 😃

[@DevLogLogan]

@@marcuskobel6562 So glad they've been helpful to you, Marcus! Starting out is always the hardest part.

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@@DevLogLogan absolutely! On top of that, I have motivation issues, where I lose motivation quickly everytime I stumble on step small steps I don't know how to proceed. And watching your tutorials makes things look like a breeze. Thanks again and greetings from Brazil! 😃

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2 words: rapid eyes

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Tutorial so fast, I was stuck at making textures and he was done with the video twice

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Fantastic stuff!

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Wow! I was watching this thinking how ugly the assets were, and then at the end everything just came together in a beautifully atmospheric scene, I must try this style myself!

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amazing

[@epchain]

Great video! The part I most liked is using GridMap for level design and setting up environment. I'd really like to see more on Godot level design nodes and best practices around them. Thanks :)

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That's awesome.

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wow amazing

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It's actually super helpful. I feel stupid for not even being able to make a basic scene after 2 years, but you fixed that right up, didn't you?

[@DevLogLogan]

A couple months ago, I was in the same boat! I wanted to make these videos to force me to learn how to make stuff like this quickly. Glad you've found it helpful as well. :)

[@Gabirell]

This is great! Thanks!

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I can only hope to one day be as skilled as you are...

[@DevLogLogan]

These videos make me look more efficient than I really am a lot of the time haha. It's a process, just stick with it! :)

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what a good video

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Amazing tutorial! love that style a lot, if you can make more tutorials on Godot would be great!

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I love the fact that you're using open source tools too.

[@Trench_762]

thank you so much

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bro, I just start learning code. It's hard for me but Godot is more friendly then other engines. Seeing stuff like that inspire me to learn more, thank you. Maybe someday I will be able to make things like that myself

[@sumitrawat167]

Very informative videos.

[@hvafornoo]

When setting the particle billboard for the campfire at ~25:18, it now seems that ticking "Keep Scale" is necessary, without it scaling the Process Material won't work (using Godot 4.1.1)

[@wonfii4776]

i know this is an old comment, but i wouldnt have fixed the issue without the inclusion of the time stamp to find where the check box was. Thank you!!

[@question_mark]

ohh thank u soo much

[@amitbt69]

Great!

[@Sharal3D]

I watch this for fun now 😊. Will try it someday combining that previous stone thingy and this 😮 and a third person controller 😮

[@horroid2760]

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[@preetamdas4048]

Cool 👍🏻

[@fire7side]

This is really a cool tutorial. One thing I noticed. I don't know if Krita does it but Gimp does, you can scale with interpolation set to none and it gives sharp square pixels. Maybe you don't like it but I think it would look good.

[@JohnVue-ne9oz]

If you have issues around the pine needles section at 12 minutes, to the right of "global" (the middle upper dropdown) there's a dropdown menu called transform pivot point and in there, select: individual origins and then you'll be able to scale like he does in the video without it scaling from the 3d cursor.

[@ShuShuShop]

Low res PSX & N64 horror is so good. There's something so much more eerie about it.

[@douglasmartins8254]

Thank you very much for these videos! The entirely process is essential for newbies like me! If I can ask you something, please make a tutorial for tile movement used in first person dungeon crawlers, like Etrian Odissey and Wizardry. Or how to make an editable mini map that fill automatically only the path (again, like Etrian Odissey). Keep the excellent work!!

[@lyghtkruz]

A while back, I wouldn't have been able to follow the blender stuff, but I've been doing a lot of blender recently, so I followed it pretty well. I was wondering why you were shrinking the images to 32x32, until towards the end when I saw you dropping the resolution. Excellent video! I can't say I learned a lot, but I hadn't done any of the gridmap stuff yet, so that was definitely new for me. I have done tilemaps, and it's pretty similar.

[@mynameishaile]

how do I add an evil demon with red eyes

[@hirskyiTikych]

Hey, thats the tutor the Rapid Eyes guy watched

[@an4ximander]

Great video! It would be great if you could do a video about something like that "sci-fi corridor" examples (blender videos) ...like interior sci-fi walls. (textures/lightning etc)