A Label on Screen

Part of the Game Rules section of Coddy's Godot journey. Lesson 6 of 29.

A Label node shows text on the screen. Set its text to change what it shows:

$Message.text = "Hello!"

Game labels go in a CanvasLayer. It is drawn on top of the game and stays fixed on the screen, even when a camera moves.

Open the Scene tab. This room has a CanvasLayer called HUD (heads up display). It holds an empty Label called Score in the top left corner. Its path from Main is HUD/Score.

Challenge

Easy

Put the score on the screen.

In _ready(), set the text of $HUD/Score.
Make it Score: 0.

Press Play: Score: 0 shows in the corner. Then Check.

Try it yourself

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	pass

All lessons in Game Rules

1Timers

The Timer Node Start a Timer Wait Time One Shot Await a Timer

4Spawning

A Packed Scene Place the New Node A Spawn Function Spawn on a Timer Random Positions Random Lanes

2Score on Screen

A Label on ScreenNumbers into Text Format with Percent Update the Label A Clock on Screen

5Winning

Reach the Goal Count Down Beat the Clock

3Lives and Losing

Lives Game Over Pause the Game Process Mode Restart on a Key

6Project: Dodge

Dodge: Falling Blocks Dodge: Score

Dodge: Lives

Dodge: Game Over

Dodge: Play Again

Practice on your own: Godot playground