PLEASE HELP ME AM A COMPLETE BEGINNER 😭

I_loVe_bakeinG

This is gonna sound stupid but bare with me. I would like to create a super small game where the only objective (for now at least) is to pipe wiped cream an a pancake. I don’t know what tutorials to look for because I don’t know the language associated with the thing I’m trying to do 😕 but my main inspiration is those papa’s pizzeria flash games.. the game should go as follows
1. A plate or pancake appears.
2. A whipped cream piping tool follows the mouse/touch.
3. When the player holds a button or presses, cream is “piped” onto the pancake.
4. After release, the game evaluates how well the cream is placed.
5. Player gets feedback or score.
All I’m asking for is tips on what exactly I should look up to achieve this type of mechanic. maybe you guys can educate me on the vocabulary I’m currently lacking 😃

kuligs2

I_loVe_bakeinG Start drawing out the game, once you have all the frames drawn out like an animation then you can start thinking on how to make it interactable..

Toxe

I_loVe_bakeinG

DaveTheCoder Start here:
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.4/getting_started/introduction/

This. And don't worry if you don't understand everything at the beginning. That's fine. But make sure to do the "Your first 2D/3D Game" tutorials.

DaveTheCoder

Start here:
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.4/getting_started/introduction/

housatic

^ Definitely go through the docs and tutorials first to get a hang of the basics, but on top of my head I'd do...

1. A plate or pancake appears. - Since it's purely visual, it could be a simple "slide into view, slide out of view" animation that you play every time you want a new plate (see: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.4/tutorials/animation/introduction.html)
2. A whipped cream piping tool follows the mouse/touch. - Should be as simple as "tool position = mouse position", which if I remember right you could do in both _input or _process (see: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.4/tutorials/inputs/mouse_and_input_coordinates.html)
3. When the player holds a button or presses, - again, read through the docs/tutorials for Input

Assuming you want to "draw" the cream where the cursor is, not to have it fall down:
cream is “piped” onto the pancake. - This I'm not sure about, spawning a cream sprite on every frame would probably tank performance quick. Maybe particles can be used but I'm not experienced with them. You could add a simple drawing tool and just set the color to white (example: https://github.com/godotengine/godot-demo-projects/tree/master/gui/gd_paint).
4. After release, the game evaluates how well the cream is placed. - How do you define what "well placed" is? How do you calculate it? If you want the player to "draw" within boundaries to succeed, maybe have a CollisionPolygon2D (which will be the boundary) and as long as the mouse is pressed, keep track of if the mouse position is inside the boundary or outside. This would need more math/checks so you can't just cheese it by holding the mouse in one place. This is the kinda thing I'd wanna think through and figure out on paper before I try to code it 😃
5. Player gets feedback or score. - Create some Labels, hide them at the start of a round, write values to them and show them at the end of a round... This is basic stuff you should know how to do after looking through the introductory docs.