Guide to the Godot game engine/Your first game

Creating a blank project edit

The basics of making your very first game (that has nothing in it) are placed below:

  1. Open Godot. Press "New Project":
     
  2. Choose a name for the game:
     
  3. Press "Create Folder", then "Create & Edit":
     

First game tutorials edit

This book will not contain full game tutorials, as they have already written (and are more likely to be up-to-date). Instead, use the links below.

  • Your first 3D game - Note: it's a good idea to make a 2D game first, as making use of the extra dimension makes it four times harder to make games.



Guide to the Godot game engine

Getting started [edit]
Installation
What is a node?
Programming
Resources and importing
Signals and methods
Your first game
Making it work
Debugging
Input
Physics
Saving and loading
Multiplayer
Making it look good
UI skinning
Animation
Advanced help
Servers (singletons)
Platform specific
Optimisation
Encryption
Exporting
Plugins
Miscellaneous
Helpful links
Authors and contributors
Print version


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