You might remember Thibaud Goiffon, aka Tibo, and his very stylish game Wild Cosmos, where you play as an astronaut lost in a mysterious alien world. While working on assets for GDQuest's courses, the developer also showed off an adorable version of the Godot Engine mascot, affectionately known by the community as Gobot.

It's actually all 2D nodes, and Thibaud has a blog post on this topic with more details. The effect relies on Godot's built-in node parenting system, where any transformation applied to a parent node is automatically inherited by its children. By taking advantage of this behavior and carefully arranging 2D nodes, it's possible to establish anchor points for sprites that create the illusion of a 3D character. For the tutorial, the developer used a duck character, which has fewer moving parts than the one featured in GDQuest's example. You can also download the free project files from GitHub to follow along.

Those interested in following the development of Wild Cosmos can also tune into the developer's Twitch streams or keep up with updates through his Bluesky account:

[WIP] Visual exploration for an underwater cutscene :) #wildcosmos #godotengine

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— Tibo (@heytibo.com) 25 октября 2026 г. в 20:28

- Flute UI fix (There was a precision error in the score calculation) - Root system polish #godotengine #gamedev #wildcosmos

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— Tibo (@heytibo.com) 12 октября 2026 г. в 17:37

🎈 Balloons (still need to polish the flying state and disintegration animation) #godotengine #gamedev #wildcosmos

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— Tibo (@heytibo.com) 27 сентября 2026 г. в 22:52

In Wild Cosmos, you take on the role of an astronaut stranded in an unfamiliar asteroid field after a crash landing. You'll need to explore this strange alien world, jump between asteroids, uncover your surroundings, and find your way home.

Those interested can try the game now with a free demo available on Steam.

Want to get started with game development in Godot? Check out The GameDev Tavern's tutorial series and GodotGameLab's courses:

GDQuest is also a great place to get started with Godot or level up your skills, there are hundreds of free tutorials and open-source demos available:

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