save hours of programming using curves | Godot Tutorial

This tutorial explains how you can use curves in Godot to easily create dynamic and interesting relationships between different values.

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Night Walk - Steven O'Brien

Godot, Gamdev, Tutorial, Curve2D

[Slipy]

To those of you that don't know how to make the curve actually appear, make a line near the top of your code that's something like
@export var curve = Curve (The capitalization is important)
The inspector on the right will have a spot for a Curve that says Empty. Just click that drop down and click New Curve.

[Maffia]

I appreciate that this video is short, thank you for bringing to my attention that curves exist.

[JackAlexRose]

Got me thinking outside the box about what else could be curves. Please make more videos if you can/want to, this was very inspiring

[pogolaugh]

This is exactly what I needed for my camera movement, trying to do something like the camera in the game oddsparks, where you can zoom in and out and it goes in on a curved line. I only wish you added how to make these graphs in godot, now I gotta go search how to do that lol.

[jonatanrobledo]

Another good tutorial of something simple yet very powerful and useful. See again you in 4 months Ace.

[JSena-ffwe]

So much value from a single tutorial. Thank you very much.

[Ironpecker]

This is such a wonderful tool for a dev! I was thinking of doing a fighting game prototype next, and having curves to make like fireballs that are stronger upclose or stronger after they've traveled for a while sounds awesome!

[crudewax]

Amazing, short, informative tutorial!

[erkintek]

Fast-paced wonderful tip, expecting longer version with creating curve+ binding in codepanel

[BryceDixonDev]

Fantastic video; succinct, informative, and contains extremely useful information.
I'm a professional game developer and use this technique both in my personal Godot projects and in my professional work.

[breakerboy]

I've seen this concept similarly applied to 3D model animation smoothing. There was a developer for the game Overgrowth (though not on godot) who demonstrated this technique. It was really interesting. But I have just started tinkering with godot 2d programming and this toolset for animations and keyframes have definitely made programming a much easier experience.

[kartopod]

I wish the UI to edit curves was even remotely usable in godot. It's tiny and limited, personally I find it to be borderline unusable. Anyways, great video, you've showcased their power really well!

[seyproductions]

That's actually pretty interesting, might make it easier to compare damage as level increases vs hp increases as level increases, for instance.

[thomasmaier]

Superb! Also easier for artists to tweak behaviour in-engine

[TheBootlegProgrammer]

Earned my like and sub. I've been wanting to get back into Game Dev and Youtube. Thanks for the tips!

[fernandoiraira]

Great video, this is soo powerful, i'll try to use this for jumping, thanks a lot!

[MellowKlug]

Man it feels like this video is addressed to me. I always spend hours in desmos tryna find the mathematic function that produces the kind of graph I want. And it's not like I didn't know curves existed I do but for some reason most of the time I do it in code.

[qwqmaple]

cool video! your scrolling background is a bit too fast imo, but good video :)

[ViceAdmiralHoratioNeIson]

Really nice explainer video, only complaint is that the music is kinda distracting

[NeonfireStudio]

Thanks, I just forgot about my powerful weapon, the curve.