Today I’ve uploaded another chunk of tutorials from chapter 8 of my „pixeltrain Blender Fundamentals” publication to Patreon.
Have fun!
The Godot game engine is rapidly developing into a strong alternative to established commercial giants like Unity or Unreal. Especially in the indie games sector, the Godot game engine offers everything you need for stable and flexible development of desktop and mobile games, without having to worry about licensing fees and regulations.
Well-structured training courses and seminars can provide an effective introduction to Godot and development in this engine.
For corporate training, you can find more information on my website at this link. I would be happy to put together a suitable training concept for Godot, GDScript, and C# for you. The training courses are offered remotely in English or German:
https://www.pixeltrain.net/godot/
If you are looking for a more affordable remote classroom training in English, then the pixeltrain Academy for Blender and Godot is just the right choice:
https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
If you have any questions, please contact me at info (at) pixeltrain.net. I would be happy to help.
Godot 4.4 was released at the beginning of March. The update was another major step forward for the free, open-source game engine Godot, bringing numerous new features and improvements.
Highlights included the integration of the external 3D physics engine Jolt, the interactive in-game editor, game stuttering solving with a new ubershader system and AgX tone mapping. And many, many more small improvement …
You can find a complete overview here:
https://godotengine.org/releases/4.4
As usual with such major updates, it requires a certain amount of time to get used to it and extensive testing of existing projects.
Naturally, minor issues, glitches, and bugs will also arise. Therefore, from a production perspective, it always makes sense to wait for at least the first bug fix release before porting a complex project.
Godot 4.4.1 was released today. Thanks to the great community and numerous dedicated developers, it took less than a month to smooth out the rough edges.
So here is the maintenance release of Godot 4.4.1:
https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-4-1
Download-Links:
https://godotengine.org/download/archive/4.4.1-stable
Have fun,
Helge
P.S. I offer corporate and individual training (remote, English, or German) on Godot and Game-Design / -Development. If you are interested, you can find some information on http://www.pixeltrain.net or write me an email: info (at) pixeltrain.net
More information at http://www.pixeltrain.net or write me a message to talk 🙂
The new dates for my next Blender training courses (German and English, remote) have been announced. The German-language courses will be held in collaboration with the Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH:
🇩🇪 Blender Introduction Course, March 27 and 28:
🇩🇪 Blender Rendering Course, June 12 and 13:
🇩🇪 Blender Animation Course, March 3 and 4 July:
🇩🇪 Blender Modeling Course, July 24th and 25th:
The dates of my English Blender training courses (English, remote) are also available.
These courses are each four half-days long.
More information and all dates can be found on my website:
🇬🇧 https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
Please contact me if you have any questions or specific training requests!
Done – my first German-language “Godot Fundamentals” (“Grundlagen der Game Entwicklung mit der Godot Game Engine”) course took place last week. Further advanced courses are already planned.
More information here: http://www.pixeltrain.net/events/
This marks another milestone in the restructuring of my training offerings towards FOSS:
In addition to “Blender for Production” now also “Indie Game Development with Godot”.
I believe indie productions are important for the creative future!
A quick reminder for all Blender enthusiasts:
Next week I’ll be starting two training courses for BlenderFundamentals:
⭐ pixeltrain Blender Academy – Fundamentals (with Senior Blender trainer Helge Maus)
starting from January 20th, remote, in 🇬🇧 English:
👉 shorturl.at/e8NG3
⭐ Blender Grundlagen Schulung (mit Senior Blender Trainer Helge Maus)
in collaboration with the Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH
January 23rd + 24th, remote, in 🇩🇪 German:
👉 shorturl.at/cXWj4
There are still seats available in both courses 🙂
I’m looking forward to seeing you,
Helge
Yesterday was officially my first day at work and I would therefore like to wish you all a healthy, successful and happy year 2025. All the best for you personally and for your creative projects 🎨!
Like last year, I published my annual planning and a few thoughts on my (free) Patreon
👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-119489745?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Have fun!
Helge
Let’s go into a successful and creative year 2025.
If you want to learn Blender in a structured and practice-proven way, then I would like to introduce you to our pixeltrain Blender Academy.
With our module course system you build your own learning path tailored to your needs. The modules can be booked separately according to needs and prior knowledge.
pixeltrain’s Academy is characterized by small learning groups, well-structured units while keeping room to meet the needs of each individual.
All sessions are held live by Senior 3D & VFX trainer Helge Maus.
Module 1: Blender Fundamentals
20.+21. Jan.’25
27.+28. Jan.’25
Module 2: Blender Shading & Rendering
10.+11. Feb.’25
17.+18. Feb.’25
Module 3: Blender Animation & Rigging System
10.+11. Mar.’25
17.+18. Mar.’25
What’s included?
– Each module consists of 4 live sessions with a total length of 16 hours (4 x 4 hours)
– Each module takes two weeks with two sessions each week (Tuesday + Wednesday)
– Live sessions + downloadable recordings of each session
– Exercises + feedback
– Private discord channel for the students
Information and registration:
👉 https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
If you have any questions, please let me know 🙂
Are you a fan of NPR Rendering or Anime in Blender? Big things are coming to Blender.
I’ve written a short article on my (free) Patreon about that:
Have fun!
Helge
Finally the new Godot Engine showreel for 2024 is out and and shows the work of so many talented and motivated game developers. Amazing!
👉 https://youtu.be/n1Lon_Q2T18?si=oAbSIvFzgT2-g-kC
Keep in mind that there are many, many more games out there made with Godot. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to all the developers and supporters of this amazing free and open-source game engine.
And, if you are interested, here is the link to the last showreel for 2023:
👉 https://youtu.be/W1_zKxYEP6Q?si=m655Vn92Rqyjgj4C
Have fun,
Helge
BTW, if you are looking for a remote company training for Game Development with the Godot Engine please reach out to me ( info(at)pixeltrain.net ):
http://www.pixeltrain.net/godot/
We also offer German online classes in cooperation with Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz:
http://www.pixeltrain.net/events/