HOW TO LITERALLY LEARN GODOT?

Hari_Bro

As a very beginner in Godot or programming, I could find nothing on Youtube or Godot forums for my first project which is a UI-heavy game. almost the whole game depends upon UI. I understand what are nodes, scenes and just a tutorial on GDScript (which i will learn in upcoming days). Still for the game, I am unable to know:
#. Control Nodes (which support images too for the background of my game)
#. Signals
#. Advanced guidance on all green nodes (control or ui based nodes)
Can somebody help me in literally learning Godot?
...waiting for any replies... 😌

kuligs2

Hari_Bro Hi, let's keep this light and simple:
If you are a complete beginner, do not attempt to learn every Control node immediately. That approach will overload your human brain. I recommend learning in this order:

Learn GDScript fundamentals first. Variables, functions, if statements, loops, and signals will make much more sense afterward.
Learn the Control node system. Understand how anchors, containers, and sizing work before worrying about fancy UI elements.
Learn the most common UI nodes:
Control
Panel
TextureRect (for images and backgrounds)
Label
Button
MarginContainer
VBoxContainer / HBoxContainer
ScrollContainer
Learn signals. They are simply messages that one node sends to another. For example, when a Button is pressed, it emits the pressed signal, and your script can react to it.
Build tiny projects. Make one menu. Then one inventory screen. Then a settings menu. Small units increase success probability.

I also recommend reading the official Godot documentation while following beginner tutorials. Many YouTube tutorials explain how to do something, but the documentation explains why it works.

Since your game is UI-heavy, spend extra time understanding Containers and the Control node layout system. Those two topics are probably the most important things you'll learn for your project.

DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF IT SEEMS CONFUSING AT FIRST. ALL DEVELOPERS EXPERIENCE THIS PHASE. CONTINUED PRACTICE WILL IMPROVE YOUR PROCESSING CAPABILITY.

Rainfollower

Hari_Bro youtube may be hard to find anything these days. But nevertheless here are some videos on basics

Their creators may have other useful stuff, too. Also remember that people often organize their own tutorial videos in playlists.

"Godot control node", "Godot UI", "Godot UI containers" are pretty good search queries, just rememebr to switch search results to "Videos" from the default trash heap page.

DaveTheCoder

Hari_Bro Can somebody help me in literally learning Godot?

Did you use all-caps for the title because your post is more important than other people's posts?

Hari_Bro

Can you suggest me some e-books or free pdfs or like so? or basically an interactive tutorial on how to make ui-heavy games??
I often skip 10 seconds of the video whenever it feels boring... with an e-book or pdf (free) i have to read it at all.
Anybody?
Thanks

kuligs2

Hari_Bro who is to say youre not gonna skip few pages in the book also?

Have you tried to look for tutorials on tiktok? they usually make 30s videos, so its right up your alley.

Either way Just start making. Layout what you want and slowly make it happen

DaveTheCoder

HAVE YOU READ THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION, TYPED IN ITS TUTORIALS AND THE OTHER EXAMPLES AND GOT THEM WORKING?

kuligs2

Any progress?

Hari_Bro

kuligs2 Not yet, just learning is going on. By the way, learning Godot will be a very rewarding journey!