Some context: So far all I’ve done has been passively watching game design analysis type videos as well as Unity implode on itself without really jumping into gamedev. I only got inspired rather recently to take the dive.
I don’t think I’ll be able to dabble with the engine just yet (busy schedule and all that), but I want to at least have some rough direction on where to go and figure the rest out myself.
My main concerns are art and programming, mostly because I have no experience for those. I do have some experience with graphic design and figma however, so its not like I’m jumping in with no skillset.
The plan I had in my head was: learn UI > create a basic visual novel > create a basic rpg game > (a few more steps) > “reasonable/realistic to make” dream game.
I actually learned GDScript this summer. When the Unity debacle happened, Zenva.com was running a Godot humble bundle. While the bundle doesn’t exist, you can find similar courses on Youtube. The courses were just creating simple games, like ‘Create a 2D Platformer with Godot 4’ or ‘Real-Time Strategy Game with Godot 4’. I did about half a dozen of those. That gave me the tools to understand the basic usage of GDScript as well as the Godot engine. Anything more advanced was googling my question. There’s A LOT of GDScript developers, and with it being open source the community tends to be very helpful, ime.
The missing experience in programming might be a problem. But the general direction for Godot is to start at the documentation. They have an excellent tutorial to program a simple game.
- https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/introduction/index.html
- https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/step_by_step/index.html
- https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/first_2d_game/index.html
They also list some community tutorials later in the documentation.
Ignore me. I am wrong
Godot uses F# as a programming language so that is where I would start, look up tutorials of F# on YT or UdemyThere are some playlists on YT about making idle clicker games with Godot but those usually use Godot 3 visual coder which has been removed in Godot 4.~~One series I watched made a game in the visualiser then converted the game to F# after a bit.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQsiR7DILTcwfzXxkyDIyFA-XJoG39U9L~~Sorry (ok maybe not) but Godot uses an internal script that resembles Python, with optional .net bindings.
The .net bindings are c# native.
You could use f#, but if you’re still learning the ropes that’s setting yourself up to fail, since it’ll limit the use of documentation and add a high hurdle to clear
Well crap.
Happens to everyone, and kudos for being sport about it.
