How to program in Godot - GDScript Tutorial

Learn GDScript in 1 hour!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
2:25 Hello, World!
4:01 Syntax
5:00 Modifying nodes 1.0
6:33 Input
8:38 Variables 1.0
10:31 If-statements
13:00 Comments
13:45 Variables 2.0
18:28 Functions
22:27 Random numbers
24:09 Documentation
24:33 Arrays
26:35 Loops
30:24 Dictionaries
33:54 Enums
36:58 Match
37:57 Modifying nodes 2.0
40:34 Signals
44:29 Get / set
47:18 Classes
51:40 Inner classes
53:20 Inheritance
55:10 Composition
55:29 Call down, signal up
57:06 Style
57:22 Puuuh, good job!

[@Brackeys]

► Get 1 week FREE and 40% OFF on CodeCrafters: app.codecrafters.io/join?via=Brackeys Also, 11:25 should of course show "is less than or equal to" as x

[@parthsahni8952]

Love your vids

[@Maskeowl]

OG returned ???

[@spicywing1358]

I tried to follow what I learned from Brackeys' channel and created a game, which I turned into a video on my own channel. Now I finally understand how difficult making games can be.

[@mayankbhaisora2699]

Hello Wizard….. can you please also cover in future how can I setup Swift language to develop games in Godot engine using GdExtensions?

[@officialdreamplayz]

Part 2 pls

[@Bitlytic]

Being mentioned by Brackeys is unreal, your tutorials were what got me into game dev. Appreciate the shout out! Looking forward to the other Godot videos

[@NullCyan]

hey, I watched your video about components :)

[@getgrapesss]

Brackeys is bitlytic stan!!!!!💯💯💯💯💯 i know that guy and am featured on his channel!!!!!! we have very good social credit!!!!

[@getgrapesss]

bitlytic's my singing monsters' friend code is 1055659936MI if you feel like thanking him light some torches and join our tribal island!!!

[@grantharris7396]

Me too! Super important stuff explained very well ​@@NullCyan

[@Apebek]

I have a question. Is it not totally unnecessary to instantiate a node for a health script? It does some calculations but does not make use of the node functionality. If you had lots of objects with nodes attached does it not take more processing power? I think you can do the same by scrips alone and maybe extend from Object for the most basic stuff.

[@magicklai8198]

2 weeks felt like 2 decades waiting for brackeys to upload again!!

[@patrickruhan4101]

true

[@sunshinecoco12]

Yknow i was really waiting for this since my skills were holding me back, and chatgpt is outdated with godot 4.2, so that didnt work either.

[@niceEli]

@@sunshinecoco12don’t use ChatGPT for programming as you learn nothing

[@niceEli]

@@sunshinecoco12don’t use ChatGPT for programming as you learn nothing

[@ChatterDoesMatter]

i almost died waiting

[@rubixcube6]

In response to 57:48 I would love to see a tutorial dealing with 3D. In your first 2D game tutorial you mentioned that in Godot it is very easy to transfer 2D concepts to 3D so that seems like the next logical step.

[@MagicWhale]

Yes I need this

[@steventeglman]

I completely agree!

[@kingnomadxv3251]

I hope he sees this!

[@chaos2232]

I agree!

[@teegeevee42]

I would love to see tutorials on: -> how to make a 2d (pseudo 3d) game without physics but rather with mouse interaction (e.g. card game) -> how to properly implement menu systems -> how to make a 3d (insert vehicle)-simulator kind of games

[@scoundrel_studios]

oohhh - card game 🙌

[@theConcernedWyvern]

Oh I hope he sees this. I've been wrestling with mouse interaction for the past hour and a half. I was like "oh I just check if the input action is being done and if the cursor is inside the area2d" and apparently it's not that easy, or I'm missing something. I'm not sure how to use the signals and functions for that, as trying to wrestle those and if statements together is like pulling teeth.

[@tobycat7]

@@thefaksk3jk Yeah, but I would like to see a general tutorial about Control nodes and interaction with game properties (Resolution, Bus volume, etc)

[@Smabverse]

Me: Do you smell it You: What Me: It's the goat

[@LATAM_EQUINOX]

AND HE IS COOKING👌

[@MagicianofBlackChaos]

the goat is never washed

[@mikk.t.7824]

​@@MagicianofBlackChaosstinky goat

[@mikk.t.7824]

Goat turd

[@littleharry7977]

I can’t describe in words how happy I am that you are back

[@jahangirakbar4524]

Same

[@daBulgarian]

How about in sounds? I think sounds work

[@Nanorasmus]

word

[@kerhabplays]

@@daBulgarian **YAMETE KUDASAI~**

[@patrickruhan4101]

same

[@user-ts3ey5om4b]

Hello Brackeys, the market is flooded with a large number of introductory tutorials. There are many tutorials for many basic concepts that you can refer to, but there is very little information explaining the advanced concepts or mechanisms of Godot, such as the complete life cycle of nodes and hooks, and the concept and use of resources , memory management related, complete input processing flow, data serialization and deserialization, saving and loading, etc. I would be particularly excited to see these contents in your channel.

[@nevertoolate5325]

👆 this!

[@jesperjohansson6959]

This is true, but still, of all the "beginner tutorials" to Godot these are probably the best that have been made now. I hope they eventually get to making advanced tutorials too! If anything, I'd love to see a devlog series. That'll give them a way to talk about advanced topics while still keeping viewers who aren't interested in learning about those specific topics.

[@definarte]

thank you

[@liriocoentro]

Check out @christutorialsyt

[@theConcernedWyvern]

Yes! I would love some data serialization! I'm still new to the engine but learning serialization is super important for so many projects.

[@556illum]

Teacher here. Bro you're awesome. It must've taken some time to figure out exactly what to say and in which order, for you to make it so understandable.

[@tobilinz_]

I love the style of your videos. The editing is on point and you don‘t add annoying background music. This woks so great because you utilize your voice perfectly. No monotone sentences, pauses between sentences / paragraphs that have the perfect length, …. Everything is just perfect.

[@clintmilner2365]

And the volume control and compression is on point, I don't have to adjust my volume JUST for his videos. Top quality all around!

[@calebgilbertyt]

Brackeys you couldn't have made this video at a more perfect time, we love you!

[@Reymax164]

*Ey, it's you!!*

[@Emmanuel_Ojor]

Hi caleb

[@matthuber6270]

Hey Brackeys I've just got to say that I started watching your Unity videos just weeks after you left, and it is so fun to follow along while you post in Godot. Take care and keep up the good work! Making games is so much fun but I would not have ever started without your videos.

[@Diceyed]

I spent most of my week waiting for this video while I was confused with a lot of GDscript. This is a breath of fresh air and I thank you for this!

[@NicoFye]

He came back when we needed him most, after the trust in Unity has been lost and we needed Godot tutorials, the true hero

[@samwholearns3023]

Theres 100+ high quality tuts and courses before this lol ..

[@NicoFye]

@@samwholearns3023 but none of them from Brackeys duh...

[@user-xj7hz7on7v]

@@samwholearns3023 no. i want his tutorials👺

[@ramyadil605]

@@samwholearns3023 yeah but brackeys has a lot more reach,plus we are 100% sure that his tutorials will be good

[@user-sy7ct2ls8t]

@@samwholearns3023 agreed but this one is AMAZING

[@kaydenmecham1189]

Brackeys I am so glad that you are back and working in Godot! I am a new programmer working my way through college, and started making video games as a hobby. I used to watch your videos for Unity, but after all the drama last year, I became disheartened with Unity, and took a break. At the start of this year I started researching other options, and began coding in Godot. I'm still pretty new to it, and am looking forward to using your videos to help myself improve.

[@MilesKilometer]

Dude Brackeys you make this stuff so interesting and understandable. The examples you give for use-cases for all of the code you're teaching us is leaps and bounds more helpful than so many other tutorials and lectures I've seen. You make me excited to code, I have *NEVER* been excited to code!

[@retexcrafted]

i actully started to use godot like 3 days before your arival so now having this is a blessing finding whats in the second half of the video is harder than it should be

[@rummanjamil1054]

I have been watching your videos for the better half of a decade and it is no exaggeration to say that you are the sole reason for my career in game dev. I will always be grateful to you for everything you have done and are doing. I have been looking forward to getting into godot but could never find the proper motivation to do so but now here we are again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and keep making awesome videos.

[@iHeartGameDev]

Bookmarking this to come back to later 👀 thank you for this new series 🙏

[@muhammadjamal347]

Brother i have watched your videos, you're pouring pure love into those gems❤. Btw are doing any godot videos?

[@Furo448]

​@@TheMeanArenaScre you now I'm learning holyC

[@Gramini]

@@TheMeanArena Why specifically C#? Why even be a gatekeeper at all?

[@user-gl9hf7ix5d]

It's just so great that you're making videos again! I love your channel and have been subscribed for a long time! Keep up the awesome work!!

[@mwhito3o292]

these last two videos that you uploaded have been a great help! theyre very informative and entertaining. i cant wait for the next one!

[@TheRealAfroRick]

Glad to have you back. You have a knack for explaining to beginners so I'm so happy you are supporting the Godot community.

[@Phantom2124]

These Godot videos have come out exactly when I needed them. Love em

[@noxielefay9153]

Bro I love you

[@AshishSharma-pm1dc]

Brackeys, I started making games in Unity and used to follow your tutorials back in college. Now, after roughly 7 years, I have started learning Godot and this tutorial is a great way to start. Thanks for all the help man:):)

[@penguininpajamas]

A simple 3D game would be great! Now a beginner could first understand the fundamentals of programming, then use those ideas in action by creating two simple games that they could expand upon!

[@user-sy7ct2ls8t]

Get this to the top!

[@kbbbvanderson]

I'm in the middle of doing another person's tutorial, but I had to stop that and watch Brackey's video as soon as it came out. Brackeys is just too dang good!!

[@jakenewey4156]

'Hopefully you'll be able to use this as a reference manual going forward' As a visual learner, this perfect. I struggle with trawling through so much documentation when at the bottom of a learning curve. Thanks Brackeys!

[@dhedarkhcustard]

This is such a great video for an intro to gdscript. High quality and to the point, and I'll be bookmarking it for when I pick up godot again! I didn't realise how much I was missing Brackeys, so thank you for returning with your exceptional quality.

[@the.great.majora]

it been literally 2 week im waiting for this video, im soooo excited :))

[@PlushmayhemVT]

Yippee!!!!! Thank you so much for this (to be watched) and the previous video. I've learned so much already and was able to add a bunch of features to the base tutorial game like double jumping, coin blocks, moving platforms that change direction when colliding and more!! You've given me an amazing foundation to understanding godot with that one video and I'll never be more appreciative, thank you thank you!!

[@PlushmayhemVT]

Having watched it, again thank you!!! Lots of great stuff in the second half especially. As for future videos, I'd love to learn about behaviour trees! There seems to be a lack of good information on them in the Godot community and it's something I have a lot of interest in utilizing

[@NoQueso_]

Thank you King! Welcome back again and cant wait for more Godot videos!

[@colourlessbird]

You are the only person who has given me the encouragement and the tools to start making a game for real and make me feel like I am learning the tools to keep going. I really appreciate your videos and the work you put into them. Thank you so much!

[@GCrypt-ry7zh]

Love the new Godot Videos! Watching them religiously and learning so much! PLEASE KEEP IT UP! I would love to see something on more advanced 2d movement mechanics drawing from difficult games like Celeste and Jump King. Maybe a "Make your first precision platformer in Godot" or an intermediate platformer walkthrough with combat and more advanced movement, etc. THANK YOU!

[@twirlincurtis]

Two EXTREMELY good videos back to back! Thanks for these and its good to see you making a few videos again!

[@NasosDriv]

i really love that you came back from being inactive after so long. Happy to see you back and your work is better than ever! (I already learned godot thanks to your tutorial)

[@ssitalumni2525]

Those interjections that you make are really funny. They do help in breaking the monotony. Also shows that tou havent lost your funny side. 😊

[@headmill]

I've had so much fun with Godot, and I'm so happy to see the community growing. Thank you for these videos!

[@BizzareBread]

I'm glad your back Brackeys you helped me a ton when i started game creation

[@lazybird5316]

I'm glad you're back and thank you for this video. It has made me more comfortable with GDscript and has made me more confident in my game ideas.

[@erictrinque6513]

Brackeys proving exactly why I feel Abused by RNG on a roll() 20% chance to get a 5% result. Love it

[@benbutcher2608]

I have to admit, Brackeys, the new level of showmanship you put in these new videos is awesome. Way beyond using a meme or a sound effect. The cooking metaphor in your last video went way beyond what most GM tutorial producers would even dream of.

[@dotJamo]

I've been learning Godot for a few weeks now and thought I knew the basics of GDScript well enough until you got to enums, then many things past that point were new to me. Great video!

[@davdio3582]

I've got to say: the amount which I have learn in a couple days from your 2 videos (the first game tutorial and this one) has been awesome. Everything is super clear, and I really feel like I can put some at least reasonably interesting stuff now. If you're going to keep making new stuff, I'd love to see something about working in 3d space! Thank you very much for all the time you put into making this :D

[@elijahb5369]

Happy to have you contributing to the Godot community! I really hope you do some content on c# and GDExtension.

[@reddizzato_per_bene]

YAY HERE YOU ARE AGAIN! LOVE YOU BRO ❤

[@TheOnlyWaldfee]

I have been programming games for over 10 years, including over a year in Godot and GDScript. I enjoyed every second of this video!!!

[@DuctTapeJake]

I've already been working in GDScript for a while but this video was so clear and concise that I still feel like I learned things!

[@Cezkarma]

Even though I already know how to use GDScript, I will still be watching this entire video, because I'm just so happy that you're back!

[@general_jacob8949]

If you haven't, make sure that you do. I have been using GDScript for awhile now and this video still pointed out some things to me in a way that I had not thought about previously.

[@nikolaydanailov1605]

@@general_jacob8949 Exactly. I feel like even the most seasoned developers can always learn something from a Brackeys video.

[@_EF_]

Been waiting for this one

[@raht3ch]

Same

[@thegodlydemon2605]

Same

[@sean7221]

Same

[@andrewzizhen]

both videos were amazing! Thank you so much for making them! Please make more tutorials of "Make a game" style videos as they have been really helpful to me personally transitioning from Unity to Godot. Your presentation and format is so crisp and easy to understand! There's so much to cover for this lovely engine and I am sure we would all love to learn alongside you!

[@HoldUpVersuxx]

Thank you for coming back, it just feels good to learn to create games from you.

[@CfopCubing]

Brackeys!! Yes!! Please more Godot tutorials! The community is growing very fast. :D

[@VetNovice]

Making games as a solo dev has never been more accessible. These are tutorials and resources I WISH I HAD like 10-15 years ago. Thank you so much for this 1-2 punch combo Brackeys. My friends murmured rumors of the King coming back. I had to see it to believe it. I believe. I believe! 👑

[@shanekammerman9583]

So glad to have you back! I would love to watch a video on coding concepts for beginners like finite states? Thanks for the great work!

[@mishanshah6827]

Watching the tutorials from the start of the series has motivated me to keep following through. Can't wait for the next video!!

[@ijlyt]

thanks for coming back brackeys 😭

[@MentosLover87]

I never understood how Classes were structured in Godot, and I didn't feel like learning because every resource was so unengaging. But now finally I have an engaging way to learn about them!

[@DEOHVI]

So true, i could not agree more. I love how Brackeys uses examples to explain concepts. 😊

[@alexandros-markovits]

Perhaps the most entertaining tutorial I have watched! So glad you are back, thank you for this series! New to game dev, it looks really exciting so far, got me a new hobby i think :D also reminds me a lot of web dev (experienced with Vue) in a python style syntax.

[@BluesInSeattle]

I don't even make games anymore but dang it's awesome to see you on KZbin smiling again. I watch the videos to see what it's all about. You always had fun videos to watch.

[@Lionblaze-Prime]

I just started studying Godot and these videos pop up. It's like he came back just to assist me.

[@paulsteiner555]

Please keep making videos! I'd love to see a video about 3D in Godot.

[@mads2357]

These videos have been great. I would love more videos about Godot. You taught me a lot when I first started dabbling with game dev as a way to explore programming in general. I had since left it behind but recently got interested in starting again, in large part due to Godot. But honestly any topic you are passionate about would be wonderful, the joy and silliness in these videos was amazing.

[@Matt_12345]

So great to have you back! Great tutorial! Thought of considering a shader graph/particles/vfx tutorials? It can be so awesome!

[@AamitRudberg]

You are raising the next generation of gane devs i cant describe how happy i am

[@johnengland5853]

It is unreal how coding in GDScript seemed impossible to me, and this bastard comes and makes it easy!

[@saibamoe]

it was already pretty easy though, let's be real, he just gamified the docs :)

[@johnengland5853]

@@saibamoe thing is, it's not too hard, it's just that I couldn't find anyone that explained the diferent parts without being just a game tutorial

[@BlobOfAwe]

This comes at the perfect time! I watched your Unity videos religiously and they've helped me become quite fluent in Unity. This summer I was hoping to learn a new game engine, and so this is the perfect opportunity!

[@williamhawthorne134]

Love the tutorials so far. Clean and beginner friendly, while still slipping in a few useful hints for more experienced developers. I'm going to recommend these to my nephews.

[@codinghuman9954]

I do not use Godot, I don't know if I ever will, I don't even do much game development anymore, but boy do I love Brackeys and boy did I miss him!

[@codinghuman9954]

Also, yes, yes I did watch the whole thing.

[@SharkPivo]

It's hard to come up with exact words to describe how glad I am to see godot tutorials made by someone as experienced as brackeys.

[@ZETTINGZinc]

Ive been trying to learn GDScript and Godot for the past 7ish months (no prior experience on coding + gamedev) and OHMYGOD I don't know why but the way you explained properties just clicked!!! I just spent 45min on the first 7 minutes of this video exploring more and playing around with the font properties. I finally understand how to reference a class, and then read the documentation for each property like wtf!! I also figured out for example on the Label node in the Inspector, whatever Property you would like to know more about you can right click on it and you can copy the property path and open the documentation for that property. Wow thank you!!

[@gentomedia]

Great video! It's been great getting back into Godot and both your videos really helped with that. Very well-made, easy to follow, and humorous. I would love to see an in-depth video on shaders in Godot. It's something I've tried to learn before but have kind of been banging my head against.

[@fredimachadonet]

Awesome! Thanks for your amazing content. Are you also doing C# tutorial for Godot?

[@hipflipped]

No c# please.

[@TAD.Animation]

Welcome back, King 👑

[@MrC9000]

Been waiting for this since last episode and it did not disappoint!!! I appreciate this and I feel like I have a much tighter grasp on my code. Did some game maker in highschool but it felt like it tried to keep me from text coding as best it could. obviously unity and unreal exists but just doesn't click with me as much. Thank you!!!

[@underlife8858]

Only two weeks after the first Godot video, and you have made a well edited and nearly hour long video on GD script! That is really impressive, so thank you!

[@Amckinator]

I would like to see a tutorial about shaders in godot

[@drakenroft]

For me now the official acronym for GDScript is Gandalf Script.

[@BusinessWolf1]

Bro this is so awesome of you :3 thank you!! I already know how to program but I wanted a crash course on GDScript to get me going and this is perfect! I'll use your engine tutorial right after :3

[@IndieVoid-uj5nd]

Huge thanks to u brackeys i really loved your tutorial about godot i was thinking to switch to unity because of lack of tutorials of godot but since u started uploading tutorials I am really starting to get good. Huge thanks❤

[@aL3891_]

this is really awesome but i do hope you'll talk about the c# support in godot as well at some point 🙂

[@ranz1040]

@Brackeys can you teach 3d in godot to pls

[@khaelou]

Bro, glad you’re back. I remember when you first started Brackeys, it’s been so long.

[@gustavokuze]

Thank you so much for this new videos on Godot! I created my first game in Unity last year following your tutorials, but the whole drama around the Unity hit me pretty hard and I lost interest in studying game development in general. Your return has made me very hyped up to continue learn Godot. Cant wait for the next videos!

[@VitaliyMB]

What about C# support in the new version of Godot? Will there be a video about this for those who learned C# for Unity?

[@PuffyDev]

I think gd script should be the only language, two languages in one engine dosnt work well, gd script is similar to lua so it’s not that hard to learn

[@ihzangetsu]

19:07 okay, I wasn't ready for this joke, lol

[@andyhattabaugh3646]

I love his attitude, he seems genuinely happy to teach us!

[@StallionTG]

This is the best tutorial on just general programming I have ever seen.

[@VRzone-jp2fj]

brackeys will you continue to make godot toutirsals or are you leaving now

[@ayushmishra8505]

Waiting for a 3D tutorial

[@led-0185]

This video also doubles as a simple but robust introduction to programing. All the basic concepts are explained in short, easy-to-understand ways while also showing their applicability. Thank you very much for this tutorial.

[@Starlight-Cipher]

Glad to have you back.

[@Monke-12zgd5]

wil there be a 3d game tutorial

[@Sekiro-gn7cg]

the end after the beginning?

[@retrobitpixel]

Thank you so much for the time you put into this. Really high quality production. Good teacher with clear instructions that are easy to follow for someone like me who learns better by doing and whose first language is not English. I am new to the world of game development and Godot with only a little experience in PHP, HTML and CSS, but thanks to your tutorials, understanding the basics of Godot has become much easier. Through these videos I have gained more confidence to continue exploring GDScript. I am looking forward to the next video!

[@silliconchip]

Thank you so much Brackeys i have been watching you since i was 10 i used to watch your unity tutorials but over the years i kinda lost interest in game dev recently i decided to get into Godot and you just dropped this tutorial thanks for returning back to youtube bro youre a legend

[@RedSky8517]

Pyhon-syntax 0:09

[@AK34080]

Plz create a video about Godot 3d, Godot ui and Godot multiplayer

[@gameactuator7515]

This is an excellent explanation of the major codes used in scripting. I was worried I would be overwhelmed learning a new language but as always you make things easy to understand. I will definitely be referencing this as I transfer from using C# to GDscript.

[@Hog__Goblin]

Actual godsend. I just started looking into making a game last night. Thank you for the all the help!