A Camera That Follows

Part of the Game Feel section of Coddy's Godot journey. Lesson 8 of 23.

This level is 1600 pixels wide, but the window shows only 640. When the robot walks right, it leaves the screen. A Camera2D node decides which part of the level is on screen.

The view is centered on the camera. Make the camera a child of the player, and it moves with the player. The player then stays in the middle of the screen.

var camera = Camera2D.new()
$Player.add_child(camera)

Camera2D.new() makes a camera node, and add_child puts it under the player. The first camera added to the game becomes the one the screen uses.

Challenge

Easy

Make the camera follow the robot.

In level.gd, make a Camera2D with Camera2D.new().
Add it as a child of $Player.

Press Play and walk right with the arrows or D: the robot stays in the middle. Then Check.

Try it yourself

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	pass

All lessons in Game Feel

1Tweens

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4Flashes and Feedback

Flash on a Hit Hit Freeze Squash and Stretch Floating Numbers

2Camera

A Camera That FollowsCamera Limits A Smooth Camera Screen Shake

5Animation

AnimationPlayer Play on a Key When It Finishes Play It Backwards

3Particles

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Practice on your own: Godot playground