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?

Hari_Bro

DaveTheCoder I feel reading documentation hard 😅. i don't know where to start and how to percieve it?
like consider an example. when i go to documentation for learning, i feel like they are teaching and making game (especially 2d) simultaneously...
So... it feels hard.
Say, i don't know how to read a documentation

kuligs2

Any progress?

Hari_Bro

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

Hari_Bro

kuligs2 Though... I am learning and progressing. I've learnt connecting signals. it was the 'WoW' moment for me 🔥
Its been two or more days, the game is progressing as well 😄

kuligs2

Hari_Bro dont assume there where be a documentation page on how to make "your" game.. its a reference "book" for you to learns what functions or classes of objects in godot engine do.

You have to ask questions here, for your own growth. You have to think of smart questions to ask before you can learn. otherwise you just waiting for someone to make the thing for you.

Start by:
How to make a game? - Learn to code, learn to make assets (sound, music, drawing, 3D). Find a game engine.
Now that is a broad question. And this will overwhelm you. Thats why you need to narrow down.

How to make my character move in godot? - https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/first_3d_game/03.player_movement_code.html

And then when you get to the point you dont know what the function does, you just look up what input data this function needs and what data it outputs.. etc etc...

Just do something, fail, and look for solution.

You are living in the best age to do this. You dont need to haul your ass on sundays to library to look for book, to spend hours reading the basics of programming then to make the connections in your head how all these principles need to work together to output something on screen.. no.. you just need to ask the right question to chatgpt and he will guide you almost true.. he will give you good enough examples if you ask it right..

As the god once said: Ask, and you shall receive. If you ask poorly you shall get what you asked for.