We will be using a video tutorial from Brackey's YouTube channel.

Instead of going through the one long video (on the right), we have split it up into topics below.

Steps:

• You don't need to install Godot on school devices, but it's left in so you can see how to install it on your own devices if you wanted to.

• We are using Godot v4.2.1 (stable release) as it is the version used in the videos, although v4.3 is very similar.

• On your computer, create a directory named Godot in your Documents/11DTEC folder.

• Start Godot:

  • on the top left click New (project)

  • name your project First Game

  • set the Godot project path to your newly created Godot folder on your computer. EG: Documents/11DTEC/Godot

• Click Create Folder button.

• Click Create & Edit button.

Steps:

• Nodes are the fundamental building blocks of Godot.

• You combine & extend nodes to make games.

• However, just using nodes would be unmanageable.

• Instead we use scenes which allows us to bundle together nodes into reusable packages.

• Scenes can be inside other scenes - this is called nesting and results in a Scene Tree.

• The scene at the top is called the root and it is coloured blue in Godot's filesystem panel.

Steps:

• Delete collider platform - we will be replacing it with tile based ground.

• Add TileMap node

• Load the TileSet

• Edit the TileSet

• Paint the background grid using tiles

• Save & run - player falls through tiles

• Add physics layer to your tiles

• Camera to follow player

Steps:

• Create new scene for platforms

• Add an image node

• Add a collision via an AnimatableBody2D

• Save as platform.tscn

• Drag platform scene into game scene for as many platforms you want

• Allow player to jump UP through platform via One Way Collision

• Make the player appear in front of the other sprites via Z index

• Make the platform move

• Save & run

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• Create new scene for coins

• Add animation via tiles to make the coin spin

• Add collision node - a shape so we can detect when player "enters" / touches the coin

• Save as coin.tscn & run

• Create script

• Detect something hit the coin by adding built-in signal code

• Restrict hitting to the knight by setting coin to use physics layer 2 AND knight to use physics mask 2

• Remove coin when knight collects it

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• Create new scene for enemies

• Animate sprite

• Link in Killzone & add collision shape

• Move enemy back & forth via script 

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• Slow down time and make player fall off map by removing its collision shape 

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