How To Use Blendshapes and UVs in Godot 4 To Customize 3D Objects

a screen capture of my current game project, with one of the custom fishes made with this technique

I’ve been working with Godot 4 for the past few months. I worked with the Unity game engine for over 10 years before I switched to Godot for… reasons.

In general I’ve been finding Godot really pleasant to work with for 3D games, but there are some things that are a little trickier to find resources for, especially since most of the content around Godot…