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W. Wang, T. WalcottProgramming for Game Designhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0190-7_2

2. Getting to Know Godot

Wallace Wang1   and Tonnetta Walcott2
(1)
San Diego, CA, USA
(2)
El Cajon, CA, USA
 

The best way to learn any new skill is to start practicing it and not be afraid of making a mistake. To learn programming, you need to spend time practicing on your computer, so before you go any further, download and install the Godot game engine (https://godotengine.org) on your computer. Once you’ve installed Godot, you won’t need to install any other programs to write programs in Godot. Remember, practicing takes time and patience in order to be good at something. ...

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