Are there any pointers or resources you can give me to start out that can point me to the right direction to learn GDScript? I have no experience in coding in general and I’m looking to get started with Godot and using GDScript. Thank you.
My biggest piece of advice is to start small. This is extremely important in my eyes. When you’re just starting out, you will almost certainly be super inefficient, writing code that’ll cause you a ton of headache down the line. Prepare to abandon tons of projects. (I feel like this is something that gets said a lot, but no one actually pays attention to.)
A big help with this is starting with 2D projects. They are a whole lot simpler and they let you put more focus on things like learning how scenes and nodes work.
From there, you can read stuff like the GDScript reference page on the docs but ultimately the best way to learn is by doing.
My preferred way of learning things was to set my sights on adding some kind of feature, and then whenever I hit a wall, or I don’t understand what something does, then I search it up. The docs are incredibly useful for learning about what different things do, and there are a lot of questions on ask.godotengine.org with answers that have been very useful to me.
There are also a few built-in script templates (at least in Godot 4). For example when you create a CharacterBody2D node you can get an example script for a basic platforming character. Although these came into existence after I learned the basics, I imagine analyzing them would prove very useful.
This is really good advice. I’d say try to pick up the basics by following along with a tutorial or two so you understand the syntax and core concepts and then move on to implementing some simple gameplay mechanics that you’re interested in. I’ve seen people fall into an endless loop of doing tutorials, but without having an actual reason to keep pushing yourself it’s easy to lose motivation.
Making games can be incredibly rewarding - it’s all about getting into that positive feedback loop by seeing progress on projects you care about.
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/about/introduction.html
The website itself is a fantastic resource, with plenty of links to tutorials including their own. Documentation is built into the editor, and functions are searchable.
https://gamefromscratch.com/?s=godot I really enjoy his youtube channel and is overall a great resource for anything game dev.
I’ll check out the website and that channel. Thank you!
