u/Paxtian

Mildly funny story from the course today

So I used to play a ton many years ago, then stopped playing, but got back into it when my step son said he's into disc golf this year. I pulled my bag of discs out from the 90s and early 00s and have been playing with them. Recently I decided to rebuild my bag and my form. So I got both a Hex and a Buzzz and decided to play a full round at a beginner friendly course using only those discs individually, head to head (separate times), to see which one to bag, since they're so similar. So one full round with the Hex, then one full round with the Buzzz.

So I got to the course and it was mildly busy, not crazy. But I was alone and playing behind a group of two. One guy was very clearly more experienced than the other and was teaching his friend how to play. They said I could play through. The hole is tricky as a fairly straight, downhill, 265 to the basket, but with tight tree cover on all sides and above.

I was running the Buzzz at this point, and stepped up and absolutely nailed the line. I was parked within 7 feet. Better than I've ever played that hole.

The inexperienced guy said to his friend, "Well why didn't you throw it like that?" The other responded, "Well I tried to!"

I just thanked them for letting me play through and went about my game, but it felt glorious. Hit the putt and moved on. But it felt wonderful.

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u/Paxtian — 1 day ago

Making a 3D Grid-based Dungeon Crawler in Godot

This is the first video in a series I'm making about how to create a 3D dungeon crawler in Godot. This type of game is similar to Eye of the Beholder or other such first-person grid-based movement games. This video covers creation of the environment, making the player move around without passing through walls, and creating a UI that includes buttons for movement (in addition to keyboard movement), and a compass to show the direction you're facing.

Next time, I'm planning to cover how to make the UI more interactable (like how to use weapons/items in the characters' hands). In future videos, I'll cover items and inventory, combat, interacting with stuff in the world (like buttons/levers to open doors or other secrets), or the like.

Hope this is helpful!

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u/Paxtian — 1 month ago