Node Paths

Part of the Nodes and Scenes section of Coddy's Godot journey. Lesson 20 of 28.

In this scene the eyes sit deeper in the tree. Face is a child of Robot, Eyes is a child of Face, and the two eyes are children of Eyes.

$Eyes finds nothing now, because Eyes is a grandchild of the robot. To reach it, write a path: the names on the way down, with a / between them.

get_node("Face/Mouth").position.y += 2
$Face/Mouth.position.y += 2   # the same, shorter

get_node() takes the path as text. $ is a shorter way to write it. A wrong path stops the game with Node not found.

Challenge

Easy

Make the robot look up and to the left.

In _ready(), reach the eyes with get_node("Face/Eyes").
Set their position to Vector2(-4, -3).

Press Play: both eyes move up and left, and the face and mouth stay put. Then Check.

Try it yourself

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	pass

All lessons in Nodes and Scenes

1Your First Godot Game

What Is Godot?Ready Runs Once Print in Godot The Scene Tree Set a Position Move a Node Once

4Finding Nodes

The Dollar SignNode PathsOnready Change a Color Hide and Show

2Every Frame

Process Runs Every Frame Delta Pixels per Second Move Diagonally Spin With Rotation Grow With Scale

5Project: Screensaver

Screensaver: Drift Screensaver: Side Walls

Screensaver: Top and Bottom

Screensaver: Color List

Screensaver: New Colors

3Values You Can Tune

Variables on a Node Constants Export Variables Vector2 Math Wrap Around the Screen Your Own Functions

Practice on your own: Godot playground