Additional Resources

Here’s a list of learning resources and assets for you to use in your Godot games.

1. Additional Resources
2. Learning Resources
   1. Community Forums and Discords
   2. Trenchbroom Manual
   3. Other Editors
   4. Video Tutorials
   5. Creating Textures
   6. Creating Character Controllers
   7. Level Design
3. Free Assets
   1. Free Textures
   2. Free Character Controllers

Learning Resources

There are an amazing handful of resources on how use Trenchbroom and Godot. Here are only a few of them:

Community Forums and Discords

If you need help during any step of the process, you can reach out to these communities to get more info about the corresponding process.

• Qodot Discord
• Quake Mapping Discord (Provides J.A.C.K. and Trenchbroom support)
• func_messageboard on celephais.net
• Trenchbroom Discord

Trenchbroom Manual

Most quirks, setup, and explanations of Trenchbroom’s features are in text through the Trenchbroom manual: https://trenchbroom.github.io/manual/latest/

Other Editors

Technically, other editors can be configured to support user-made game definitions with Qodot.

QuakeWiki provides a list of mapping tools for Quake.

Video Tutorials

dumptruck_ds’s Tutorial Series: Quake Mapping in Trenchbroom

JohnathanLinat’s Quake Level Design Starterkit exists as a way to help speed up the setup process of the above tutorial series.

Creating Textures

AmbientCG’s PBR creation process documented in-full: https://pbr.one/

Quake Builder’s YouTube video on Creating Quake-like textures with Asesprite.

Creating Character Controllers

Where to learn to make your own character controller in Godot.

Name	Link
Shifty’s Manifesto	Markdown Pastebin Link
Nvidea Gameworks on Stair-Stepping	Nvidea Gameworks Docs

Level Design

Quake Builder’s YouTube Videos on:

• Layout theory
• Designing multiple difficulties.

Chubzdoomer’s YouTube video on John Romero’s Level Design Rules in DOOM.

Following a style: Archived gamespy text interview with John Romero.

Free Assets

All asset download sites here are free, or provide free downloads of some sort. Any site that require registration or offer additional resources behind a paywall are noted.

Free Textures

Name	License	Link
Kenney	CC0	https://kenney.nl/assets?q=2d
Prototype WAD	CC0	http://khreathor.xyz/site/prototype/
AmbientCG	Public Domain	https://ambientcg.com/
FreePBR	CC0	https://freepbr.com/
OpenGameArt	Varies	https://opengameart.org/textures/all
Polyhaven	CC0	https://polyhaven.com/textures
JulioVII’s Texture Packs	CC0, some paid	https://juliovii.itch.io/
Sketchup Texture Club	CC0, requires email	https://www.sketchuptextureclub.com/

Free Character Controllers

Version	Author	Node Type	Link
Godot 3	fossegutten	KinematicBody	fossegutten’s Simple Q3 Controller on Github
Godot 3	GarbajYT	KinematicBody	GarbajYT’s Godot Updated FPS Controller on Github