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Henrique Campos
Henrique Campos
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Henrique Campos

Henrique Campos is an indie game developer and game designer working in the industry since 2015. Starting as a University teacher in the Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence chairs and working for the GDQuest team from 2018 to 2022, he has also been providing consultancy for solo developers, studios, and schools. Under the alias of Pigdev, Henrique has been creating game development content on his YouTube channel since 2016. Among his projects, he wrote the Top 7 Godot Engine Recipes and the Platformer Essential Recipes ebooks where he presents design patterns that people can use to make games with the Godot Engine. A passionate open-source enthusiast, Henrique has been working and contributing to the Godot Engine project since 2016.
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Setting up the HTTPRequest node

As mentioned in the chapter’s introduction, we are going to implement a feature that allows players to use custom sprites on their spaceships.

To prototype this feature, we will download images from a third-party image-hosting service that offers free image hosting. We will accomplish this by using a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request to retrieve the image file from the third-party servers. Let’s delve into the workings of HTTP to fully understand how it operates and grasp the implementation process.

Understanding the HTTP protocol

HTTP serves as the foundation for communication on the World Wide Web. It is a protocol that defines the interaction and data exchange between clients and servers. Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s, HTTP was initially designed to facilitate the retrieval of hypertext documents, commonly known as web pages. Over time, it has evolved to support various types of content, including images...

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Published in: Dec 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803232614

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Henrique Campos

Henrique Campos is an indie game developer and game designer working in the industry since 2015. Starting as a University teacher in the Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence chairs and working for the GDQuest team from 2018 to 2022, he has also been providing consultancy for solo developers, studios, and schools. Under the alias of Pigdev, Henrique has been creating game development content on his YouTube channel since 2016. Among his projects, he wrote the Top 7 Godot Engine Recipes and the Platformer Essential Recipes ebooks where he presents design patterns that people can use to make games with the Godot Engine. A passionate open-source enthusiast, Henrique has been working and contributing to the Godot Engine project since 2016.
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