How To Make A Video Game - GDevelop Beginner Tutorial

[@GDevelopApp]

CAUTION! The way variables are presented in this video is out of date, see the updated variables video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZmciIObmLehrtE&ab_channel=GDevelop The new tilemap object has also been launched, so watch this video to learn more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noTLhXSInamIrZo

[@ZepAnimations]

This is by far my favorite game engine As someone who has zero hope in learning how to properly code, I LOVE behaviors and how everything functions It's the only engine you can pickup and learn entirely by yourself

[@Zick-ub9cq]

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[@queuethegamedev]

Gdevelop is on the rise📈

[@Nemazares]

Stonks

[@weeeeeeew7275]

Can you make mode 7 effect in gdevelop

[@Nemazares]

@@weeeeeeew7275 What's that

[@Nemazares]

What is it, yt bugged​@@weeeeeeew7275

[@1MBD1]

Brother I want make a game with you

[@mikulusaurus]

I saw Brackey's video about Godot, got really excited to follow his video and start learning but I enjoy GDevelop too much. I started making games a few months ago with no experience and zero knowledge of coding and I've been able to make 2 simple games already. A top-down shooter based off Master Wesley's excellent tutorials and my own "Breakout" type game 😎 GDevelop is amazing for beginners, 10/10 👏🏻

[@AvectaInteractive]

It's honestly so amazing to see how far and HOW FAST GDevelop is evolving

[@chillbro2275]

I'm impressed with this. It's the first game engine that I've seen in action. I don't have a developed vision of what I want to create yet, but I'd like to try this.

[@SasinduAbeysinghe]

I'm a beginner to game development and gdevelop actually motivated me to not give up. Mainly because it's free and is very beginner friendly. I didn't know much about game engines but I was able to jump right into it and make a game without frustration. I love Gdevelop!

[@KrismondStudios]

I love how gdevelop is getting closer to being one of the best open source game engine

[@NiQsterVX]

@goreldeen It does, use the manual export. One click uses their servers to do it for you, that's why it's limited.

[@pauselock5581]

@goreldeen It is still there

[@NiQsterVX]

@goreldeen Use web version

[@NiQsterVX]

@goreldeen Use the web version, the mobile version has been marketed as a perk for subscription users from the beginning and it's closed source.

[@1MBD1]

​​@goreldeenانت حتى هنا تاعبنى و مش مريحنا من صداعك خفعلينا يزلمي😂😂😂 مستر جودوتاوي

[@mr.baumguard]

I'm using Gdevelop on my android phones and i'm soo so happy to have this engine! I've been waiting for a long time to finally have an engine i can use on a phone. First screenshots of my development on my channel

[@nicholasjackson8709]

YES! These are the tutorials you need to upload. Your other ones are way too fast and assumes people are watching that have already worked with the engine.

[@Gravitino900]

There's been several times I'd have to go back to sections of some videos and replay them at 0.25 speed because he was going WAY too fast.

[@ShivaParida-cj4fg]

Of all the gamemakers I tried (Gamemaker, Godot, Construct and others), the logic of gdevelop is the most intuitive! You guys created something amazing. IKeep growing and improving. hope all the success to gdevelop team!

[@IbrahimGamee-ie3um]

Bro this game engine is underrated😢😢 one day you will be popular ,Gdevelop😁😁

[@3dblendermodeler]

wonderful, first time I make a game, you have to keep teaching. Thank you for leaving the resources ready to download, that makes it easier to follow the tutorial

[@L2TRETAROX]

Já desenvolvi diversos jogos excelentes utilizando o GDevelop. A plataforma é extremamente intuitiva; você utiliza mais a lógica do que códigos para criar praticamente qualquer coisa, o que é verdadeiramente incrível. Mal posso esperar pelo momento em que esse mesmo sistema estará disponível para a criação de jogos em 3D.

[@EderRSW]

Tecnicamente ele já consegue fazer jogos 3D, porém, bem simples. Dá uma olhada em seus tutoriais... Eu espero que, no futuro, essa questão melhore nele, assim como aconteceu com Godot que não era muito bom para 3D no começo...

[@L2TRETAROX]

@@EderRSW Eu tenho uma boa noção dos limites atuais da capacidade 3D da Gdevelop - são bastante restritos, incapazes de criar algo verdadeiramente cativante por enquanto. Contudo, mantenho a convicção de que em poucos anos ela se tornará impressionante. Quando os motores gráficos perceberem que simplificar a criação de jogos para pessoas comuns é mais vantajoso do que priorizar apenas a técnica, e quando entenderem que explorar a criatividade pode ser mais lucrativo, criando oportunidades para colaborações rentáveis entre desenvolvedores e criadores, o mundo dos jogos se transformará em algo verdadeiramente incrível.

[@EderRSW]

@@L2TRETAROX sim, é o que eu espero também da GDevelop. Ela é muito intuitiva de se usar e se melhora mais a área 3D seria uma ferramenta incrível

[@PICO-8-Bit]

I love that you guys are doing this! I've bounced around a lot and I've learned my most complete small games have been made in Gdevelop! Love you guys, keep it up!

[@TheOnlyPiTA]

I love how easy it is to jump into making a game I'm definitely going to have to post my progress

[@TonyTylerDraws]

A good tutorial but also I like the workflow you showed. It was about getting one thing right before moving on. I also think showing common things happening helped

[@williamramos3350]

I am wanting to create my own game. Was wondering what I can do which does not require programming. This is starting to attract my interest. Great video. Thank you.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I appreciate this because for a while I was starting to feel like Gdevelop was getting a little to heavy for me. Brackey came a long and was like "I'm gonna show you how to use Godot!" and I was ready for some super easy tutorial in it being I started with it back in the day, but after a while I just kept thinking "I could do half this game in Gdevelop in 15 minutes," (nothing against the guy, I was hangin' in there with his explanation for a bit at first) but when I was done watching I was ready for a new Gdevelop tutorial.

[@squiddu]

I think this speaks more to you as a person. Yes, a lot of the stuff in Brackey's video can be done in a shorter timeframe with no-code engines like this one, however that was only covering basics, so it's not the fairest of comparisons. Of course the engine meant to be super-beginner friendly can do all the basic stuff quicker. It's when you get into more advanced stuff where an engine like this might struggle.

[@IndieGamesSpotlight]

Switched from Construct 3 and it's insane price to G Develop, loved it so much and never looked back!

[@PrasadOfRA]

how is No-Code part is different between them, with what engine you can build more complex games without coding?

[@IndieGamesSpotlight]

@@PrasadOfRA not a big difference. I honestly say Construct is a little be more easy and convenient. Gdevelop has a bit bigger learning curve (just a bit). But once you learn it - it has same opportunities, functions and it is free! Construct 3 prices are ridiculous.

[@IndieGamesSpotlight]

@@PrasadOfRA but they both very very similar. It took me to switch and get used to Gdevelop - maybe 3-6 hours.

[@PrasadOfRA]

@@IndieGamesSpotlight thnx for your reply and the info!

[@levpuvlishin9330]

I am trying to make a game for a gamejam, will be reporting in 10 days. It is not my first time trying and this seems to be the only engine which actually doesn't rely on programming. Loving it so far.)

[@yu-sama]

While i love that you showcase that a lot of things can be easily achievable with only a few clicks (with extensions), i feel like you could have included other paths of achieving certain things in engine. For instances, the animations can be done in so many different ways and you can personalize your code for your use cases quite a bit, something that may be not that important, but when you do it by extensions only, it can make people feel like you are using the same cookie cutter for every game you make. Like I said, Extensions are cool and powerful, very good when you have something in mind and want to make it fast, but pushing a little bit of exploration, working around the engine capacities before jumping into those options can lead to people learning better about how powerful Gdevelop can be.

[@planktonfun1]

for beginner friendly, usually ide separates which part are executed at the beginning and which parts are executed per frame to avoid beginner friendly confusions.

[@FrozenWaffles752]

What I like about this is that this is that the game engine doesnt look very overwhelming

[@InvasionAnimation]

A similar game in half the time! Gdevelop is awesome!

[@02adhritgupta14]

i am loving this , especially for who doesnt at all codes like base codes c++ or c# it has pretty organised interference

[@artspas]

Eu amo essa engine !!! Curto de mais a simplicidade de como a gente pode fazer as coisas nela e triste por não ter ainda um grande jogo pra representar ela pra que vejam que ele foi feito nela , adoro

[@QatariGameDev]

GDevelop! I love how it's a no-code game engine and is FOSS! 🔥

[@maddoxthorne2297]

More of these please and thank you!❤

[@sktawsifzaman2394]

im so happy that you guys are doing this ❤❤❤❤

[@Brian-vs9sd]

Was going to recommend this to someone completely new to game programming. But you tried too hard to make it look like GDevelop is way faster. You point to the Brackeys assets for the game, and you just gloss over that you had already pulled the knight images out to separate files, whereas Brackeys described what a spritesheet was etc and why they are used. So, the very first step in the video of creating a game character would have the person leave your video, on to another trying to find out how to get individual images from a sprite sheet. Maybe you could have created your own resource folder with this already done (with attribution to the original author).

[@squiddu]

I do appreciate Brackey's for, while not explaining everything (namely the code), still explaining some more basic game engine functionality so you weren't completely in the dark about how everything works. It's something he's very good with. I do have to commemorate GDScript for being pretty human readable as a programming language, assuming you already know basic language terminology.

[@Agudname]

Ok so I'm not just dumb

[@andreahudgins1960]

This comment right here! I was just about to post the same thing, but you beat me to it.

[@fabriciolanzillotti9153]

Excellent video, waiting for an intermediate/advanced level tutorial. Thank you so much

[@shakytailstudiosshakytails2239]

This was supremely helpful!

[@craigcashman2275]

Brilliant tutorial. Thanks.

[@gautammistry2286]

awesome tutorial also thank u for using larger mouse cursor

[@mr_compoohter]

Thank you for this tutorial. I think the older ones are outdated, they don't really work. I think this is way better then makecode arcade.

[@pyushkumar3785]

He he he, I'm making a great action platformer!

[@ЕгорСоловьёв-к7т]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial video, but I think most Gdevelop users are really looking forward to GDevelop developers updating the documentation.

[@rykerhopkins7598]

how can i play the cooking game from the start

[@WishingIris]

Can we get a video like this that shows how to make a 3d game from start to finish?

[@jackiedevils1ever]

this is helping me to make a game because when i first used gdevelop i was like what is that whats that oh my god

[@Burnnskii_Gaming]

I love the engine, I just really want it to finally release on steam, I know I can download it elsewhere and obviously have. But there's just something about having everything there in my library 🤣 call it an OCD level thing but I neeeeeeddd itttt hahaha

[@anyadocious]

With GDevelop, are you able to create a game that is top down based with side scroller mechanics as well. For example traversing the overworld in top down but when entering some caves or forests, the scene switches to side scrolling?

[@ed5142]

Great video, Thanks

[@brawl_secrets]

Can u make a tutorial video on how to add "cheat codes" to your game For example if u type "coins" in the main menu of the game you'll get 9999 coins and stuff simular to that (like getting a special weapon after typing a specefic code) it will be a great addition to the game also keep up the great work

[@lucifertheremagcito]

Ok, I'm going to make my little horror game in Gdevelop (now I'm making another game that is quite big, so that project I'm going to do it in Godot, but good tutorial :D)

[@nazodreemur8284]

I would love to see a tower defense tutorial like this

[@HotSaladWater-ep2bq]

GDevelop on its way to be one of the best game engines

[@dibyendumondal2091]

truely great!

[@manusia5405]

Can you make tutorial about split screen/share screen multiplayer?

[@ulisesthornock4098]

Thank you, prince Zuko

[@Handle_availible]

Just heard a sick beat after thee platform tutorial

[@jeffersonsmith5959]

After finishing your game can you export it and put it on other platforms like Google play store or the App store?

[@GDevelopApp]

You can. 👍 -Wesley

[@Shadowthevampire]

If you want to make the engine great include full 3d and also tilemap/tileset tools. It's very tedious you can't build your world directly inside of the engine. Also there needs to be severly more tutorials :/ otherwise you're my fave engine but in the long run you will fall behind the others if u don't change it up a bit :)

[@heidevok1086]

13:26 here is the problem that appears for me , I have followed alongside with the teacher but I can't make this sub event and of course the enemy isn't moving around as usually

[@GDevelopApp]

There is an example game in engine, it's linked in the description or listed as "simple platformer" in the example game list. You can open that up to. See what might be different with your game. Hope that helps. -Wesley

[@heidevok1086]

@@GDevelopApp yes ok but the point is to make it from scratch in order to learn but thanks anyway

[@benthomson1132]

@@GDevelopApp Hi there! I'm having the exact same issue. I have both the example project and my identical open side-by-side on with their Events tabs open. And despite their being exactly the same (up through this point in the video), the enemy is not moving. Any help would appreciated, thank you!

[@GDevelopApp]

@@benthomson1132 There are a lot of things that might have been done wrong, it's best for you to reach out to the community on Discord, where you'll be able to share screenshots and more specifics about your game. -Wesley

[@benthomson1132]

@@GDevelopApp Hi Wesley! So while everything *looked* the same to me, I fell back on the ol' standby of, "just delete it and do it again." So I deleted the enemy controls, did it again, and it works fine now. Actually I went back and redid the enemy controls from another GDevelop tutorial video first, but then I decided I wanted to try this again. Both worked for me. Anyhoo, just thought I'd follow up for anyone else who finds this comment in the future if they have a similar issue. Thanks!

[@ChuckNg]

my enemy is not moving back and forth

[@chaz4842]

same

[@ChuckNg]

I fixed it, thanks Wesley 👍

[@alivingpumpkin098]

thanks for that tutorial gdevelop, but my character keep turning into enemy's skin

[@TheLTak3r]

Yeah that seems to be happening sometimes when u duplicate an object

[@IfauslineTelfort]

i love gdevelop its like a free no code game🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TOOTY-t8w]

Thx sooooooooooo much

[@OGD80]

My Fav KIV engine now... I swear to move from Unity to this since most of my backlogs is 2d games. But pls pls pls make an internal tilemap😁🙏🙏🙏 it think i can easily best C3 and CF. Tilemap 🙏

[@louiixo]

amazing tutorial! but with the enemy ai, only seems to work properly when you've got only one

[@jgarcin666]

thats really awesome, you should make a book about it, ill definitely buy it, btw i still new to game and i dont understand about px-s1 in configurations of modules, how much 400 px speed ?

[@Fiv5XD]

Thx bro😊

[@KoubToub]

How do you get the individual frame by frame images?

[@GDevelopApp]

We added a link in the description to a google drive with the assets cut up to use along with this video, and there's an example game you can open in engine with all of the art already in engine. Hope that helps. 👍 -Wesley

[@KoubToub]

@GDevelopApp thank you. In general though I have been downloading different assets and when I try to for example load the sprite it will have the image with like 8 sprites? I'm not sure if this a common thing and I'm missing something?

[@GDevelopApp]

​@@KoubToub It depends on who created the art. Some creators will have each frame set up as it's own image, and some will have sprite sheets like you're describing. If the art is in a sprite sheet you'll need to cut it up to use it. Hope that helps. 👍 -Wesley

[@kenworldtechnologies1567]

I have done exactly what you did, thus Enemy is horizontally flipped part but the enemy does not move. it stays where it is

[@MonsterShun741]

If you mean it runs into the object and doesn't turn around, check the placement of your "checker" point. I had problems myself because I accidentally moved my "center" point instead of my "checker" point so it didn't register the collision. Hope this helps!

[@MBX08]

thanks guys, ill try it rn

[@hamsamuhumed9727]

hey guys love the video can you guys make a mega man like game tutorial like how you guys did with zelda

[@rafaelinvancouver3085]

my monster was just standing still. i tried but i cant fix it

[@rafaelinvancouver3085]

me too

[@GDevelopApp]

Try opening the example game that's linked in the description and comparing it to your game to see what might be done differently. -Wesley

[@Bellephrontos]

Godot really deserves to be ridiculed in songs for its name 😂

[@Fiv5XD]

Bro there are gaps between my tiled sprites what to do? The gaps only shows when I'm in certain area both in editor or in preview I'm using 16×16 tiles I can't find any solution for this so I think I need to ask you. I'm using Android Pls answer bro🙏

[@LDEV-l3p]

Hello, thank you for your tutorial. I've encountered a problem: why does my character become blurry as soon as it starts moving, but appears clear when it stops? What could be causing this issue?

[@GDevelopApp]

Check the resources tab and scroll to find the images for that animation in your list, check to see if they're set to "smooth image". That's a common issue, people adding images to their game when it's set to linear in your game properties will automatically set that checkbox to smooth the images. If that's not the issue, try checking the example project in engine(Linked in the description) and compare your game to that version. Hope that helps. -Wesley

[@Fiv5XD]

Bro can you make a tutorial on how to make enemies move in a 4 directions top-down and how to animate it?

[@atulshukla9776]

G in GDevelop stands for 🐐🐐🐐

[@GDevelopApp]

Goat Developer, the next Goat simulator game. lol. -Wesley

[@atulshukla9776]

An RPG game where you have to build a goat Empire 🐐 😂

[@knss113]

When I extract the asset pack it is coming like images what can I do

[@ChuckNg]

I can't find the change number variable in "Add action". Please help.

[@GDevelopApp]

The number variable action doesn't exist anymore, there are only two variable actions, one for objects and one for the other variables. Check out the new variables video in our intro tutorial playlist on the homepage. -Wesley

[@ChuckNg]

@GDevelopApp So what do I do if the number variable doesn't exist anymore

[@GDevelopApp]

@@ChuckNg Watch this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZmciIObmLehrtE -Wesley

[@andrewkeshan8649]

@@GDevelopApp Bro you didn't include putting and endscreen or ending when you complete the game. How do you do that?

[@Mujininja]

very nice brother also make a part 2 🙂

[@VaibhavrajGiri]

hi this is a good app but it would be better if it would be ofline i m not very much happy with this engine but h it can work very fast and make us it our fan

[@Kivon219]

You can use it offline

[@IamNewbo]

Uh oh yall didn't do the singing like Brackeys? Doh maybe thats a thought for the next tutorial ;b jk cool vid

[@keth8947]

This broke for me around the moving the enemy left and right. I did it 3 times and the enemy would refuse to flip. I give up.

[@UZAIR-eg]

Bro the tutorial is awesome.but in latest version most of the behaviors are missing . Please post a new tutorial for gdevelop 5

[@eDy0n]

Hey! Is there a way to choose multiple sprites at once from the asset store when creating an animation? I have to add them frame by frame. The asset store closes every time after I add 1 sprite, can not ctrl+click or shift+click.

[@FrancescoTattoli]

I downloaded the sample assets from the website but images in the sprites folder are all on the same image sheet (for example, all the knight animations are on a sheet, platforms on another, and so on). Do I have to manually cut them one by one or is there some kind of utility inside gdevelop which helps me doing it faster?

[@qmerk2661]

takes a lil time but yea, need to manually do it. and i think piskel does it but ive never tried it. i always just use aseprite

[@zainabmohammed6418]

thanks for this grate video , Everything went perfectly for me, but when I reached the enemy's part and its movement did not work, that is, it did not move in the imposed way. I do not know what to do. can someone help me ?

[@1Frizbe]

hello gdevelop , i downloaded the asset you used in the video but the original asset is a tileset and i dont know how to use tilesets , i've seen in the video the asset was in Single Images not a tileset . Can i get the normal asset or the program you used to Convert a Tileset to Single Images ?

[@deuswulf6193]

That is one of the worst parts about Gdevelop, it does not support tilesets. You have to manually separate and save them.

[@Dustie1984]

@@deuswulf6193 there is an extension which apparently lests you load animation sprites from spritesheets, but also Piskel which is built-in in GDevelop lets you do that. probably a matter of time until they natively implement spritesheets.

[@TeejayTrehan-s6k]

how to import image on mac

[@deuswulf6193]

I wonder how many will just give up once they realize Gdevelope cannot work with tile sets. Not a good idea to make this video with assets that are just that.

[@upmotiongame8015]

Yes , please implement tilemap in the engine!

[@BeronikaMusic]

I'm making a game with a very complicated hitbox. But that's not possible with Gdevelop. Help me.

[@Greek_Mapper24]

the enemy is not flipping

[@bes12000]

I bet Godot devs are kicking themselves now for removing the visual scripting it had which made things a lot easier...

[@akiez1788]

for some reason when i press preview, everything is just pink squares and what i think is the player, just falls through the ground? can anybody help?

[@FrozenWaffles752]

I cant make it because the preview button only says "Update", I tried to make another Project but it says the same thing >:(

[@Kynick-2501]

Can GDevelop do isometric view?

[@creepyghostproductionz9026]

Does anyone know how to include a video player in gdevelop with playback controls for each video? Something like a reading app where you click on each story/book that you want to hear and you can manipulate the controls like fast forward, rewind, etc.

[@Thatonecat11-m]

how do i get the pixel operator file to the website bitmap

[@dramkilgallen5237]

I can not figure out how to access the assets. everytime i click on the images it takes me to a photo app on my computer.

[@GDevelopApp]

Not sure why that's happening, but this game is also an example game in engine. So if you open the example games up and look for "simple platformer" you'll find a project with all of these assets already added to the project. Hope that helps. 👍 -Wesley

[@VaibhavrajGiri]

hi

[@windadar211]

it's possible to use tileMap to make level instead of tiled srpite ?

[@GDevelopApp]

It is. 👍(The new tilemap object just didn't exist when this video was made, that's all.) Check out our latest tilemap video to learn how to use it. -Wesley

[@windadar211]

@GDevelopApp thanks !

[@wheleplex2745]

Hey when i was doing the moving platformer thingy 9:02 it wont go 8 blocks, it only goes 6 blocks diagonal

[@GDevelopApp]

You can adjust the distance the platform travels in the behavior. 👍 -Wesley

[@wheleplex2745]

@@GDevelopApp thanks it works now (kinda?)

[@ARUFAST]

what do you mean by down key?

[@samiganteng1804]

im using the same methods for enemy, why mine cannot move to other direction

[@Mr.StumblerYt]

Same problem with me

[@torq21]

The method of detecting Enemy collision with the environment doesn't seem that efficient. What is an easy way to check if the enemy colliding with ANy of the platforms?

[@Mr_Shig]

You could make a collision object and make it invisible at runtime, then place them where you want the enemy to flip. I haven't tried it, but it seems like it should work.

[@torq21]

@@Mr_Shig This might work. I have to little girls trying to make it through this tutorial and all of their monsters run on the same logic... I will have to do some experimenting myself to find out. Thanks.