Learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Learning How to Program

1

Setting Up the Environment

Technical requirements

Godot game engine and open-source software

Some background on the engine

What is open-source software?

Getting and preparing Godot

Downloading the engine

Creating a new project

Light mode

Creating the main scene

A brief UI overview

Writing our first script

The Godot Engine Documentation

Join our community!

Summary

Quiz time

2

Getting Familiar with Variables and Control Flow

Technical requirements

What are variables?

Variables – Drawers in a filing cabinet full of data

Naming variables

Variables in GDScript

Printing out variables

Changing a variable’s value

Mathematical operators

Other assignment operators

Data types – Integers, floats, ...