What Is Godot?

Part of the Nodes and Scenes section of Coddy's Godot journey. Lesson 1 of 27.

Godot is a free program for making games. A Godot game is made of nodes. The robot on the right is a node, and so are its body, its eyes and its antenna.

A node can have a script that tells it what to do. Scripts are written in GDScript, Godot's language. This is the robot's script, robot.gd:

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	print("Hello")

extends Node2D says the script belongs to a 2D node. The code inside _ready() runs when the game starts. print() writes a line in the Console, under the game.

Press Play to run the game.

Challenge

Easy

Make the robot print Hello, Godot! when the game starts. Capitals and the comma count.

Try it yourself

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	print("Hello")

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

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 Sign Node Paths Onready 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: 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