In Episode 4 of our Godot C# training series, we dive into the foundational building blocks of game development in Godot: scenes and nodes. You'll learn how to create your first level scene, add a ground plane with collision, and build a reusable player character complete with a third-person camera setup. This hands-on walkthrough covers everything from node hierarchy and mesh setup to lighting and reusable scene instancing. By the end of this lesson, you'll have a playable scene with a controllable character and a camera that follows the action. ✅ What You'll Learn How scenes and nodes work together in Godot Creating a level scene with ground and collision Building a reusable player character using CharacterBody3D Setting up a third-person camera with SpringArm3D Adding directional lighting to your scene Using reusable scenes for efficient game design ✅ Resources GitHub repo with starter and final projects -https://msft.it/63321t36zl Godot Website - https://msft.it/63322t36zm ✅ Challenge Create a new reusable obstacle scene that blocks player movement. Experiment with material settings to explore how they affect rendering. ✅ Chapters 00:04 - Scenes and Nodes in Godot 01:01 - Creating the Level Scene 02:32 - Adding Ground and Collision 04:00 - Visualizing with MeshInstance3D 05:20 - Fixing Collision Shape Warnings 06:45 - Understanding Node Inheritance 08:00 - Building the Player Scene 11:00 - Godot’s Coordinate System Explained 12:00 - Setting Up the Third-Person Camera 13:45 - Adding and Positioning the Camera 15:00 - Nesting and Reusing Scenes 16:00 - Adding Lighting to the Scene 17:30 - Challenge: Create an Obstacle Scene 18:00 - Wrap-Up and What’s Next ✅ Hashtags #GodotEngine #CSharp #GameDevelopment #SceneSetup #CharacterBody3D #SpringArm3D #VisualStudioCode #BeginnerTutorial #IndieDev #LearnToCode #GameDevTools #MicrosoftDeveloper #DevEducation Connect with .NET: Blog: https://msft.it/63323t36zW Twitter: https://msft.it/63324t36zo TikTok: https://msft.it/63325t36zU Mastodon: https://msft.it/63326t36zq LinkedIn: https://msft.it/63327t36zS Facebook: https://msft.it/63328t36zs Docs: https://msft.it/63329t36zt Forums: https://msft.it/63320t36zQ 🙋‍♀️Q&A: https://msft.it/63321t36zv 👨‍🎓Microsoft Learn: https://msft.it/63322t36za #dotnet

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Yesterday at GitHub Universe, GitHub announced support for custom agents. Custom agents are specialized configurations with custom prompts and context that focus Copilot on specific development tasks. On the C++ team, we have a similar goal: Provide differentiated capabilities that optimize GitHub Copilot for C++ development tasks. As a first step towards this goal, we’re […]