My Thoughts on the Godot Game Engine - Pros & Cons
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You forgot to mention the incredibly superior UI components of Godot. Probably one of (if not) the strongest aspects of it
How did I totally forget to talk about that! XD
@@Goodgis Because designing UIs in godot feels so natural you forget it was even ever an issue elsewhere.
IKR? Vertical align with CSS was pretty hard for me, yet Godot does it effortlessly :p
Superior to what?
@@foreignwarren7361 Unity's (clunky ui editor that constantly requires bandaid solutions in order to make stuff work/interact properly, such as separators, etc), GameMaker's (gotta make most of them from scratch... for reasons), Construct's (same as gamemaker, since the web-based ones don't even interact w normal layers and are a pain to customize), etc
Okay, my thoughts on Godot are simple..
*i love Godot more than I love myself*
Okay, don't do that haha but I feel ya.
That's not saying much...
For me, I tend to make 2d 8/16-bit style games so almost all the problems with Godot are non-existent so it is the perfect engine for me! :D
Yeah, even with 3D I've never really run into issues.
Any reason not using Game Maker Studio 2?
@@RealFableFox One of the reason would be budget, Godot is 100% free
@@JinggaSona Same. And I dont think gms has linux support.
@@yuri0568 it does but you have to pay 100$ for a desktop version and i see "ubuntu" but im guessing it can run on all debian versions
I feel like you could have elaborated more on why the node system is so good. I had a different experience from you when it came to the nodes -- I felt that the system was intuitive right away and probably the only reason I continued to use Godot. The power in the node system is that once you learn the system, you essentially know how to work with any possible object at the highest level. When I learned how to make shaders during a game jam, I only had to watch a tutorial on creating them, but as soon as it was done, I knew exactly how to interface it with other objects in my game because it behaves exactly like every other object in my game. The node system essentially makes it so that all of the learning happens up front and you immediately reap its benefits for the rest of your time using the engine.
I agree, it's hard to explain it well in a 9 minute video haha. Thanks for sharing though.
I tried teaching a friend to use Godot recently and noticed that the stumbling block is the difference between Scenes and Nodes. Conceptually they are very similar and both allow for reuse as well as a certain degree of inheritance. But sometimes it's a bit arbitrary as to whether you need to use one or the other. I feel like the Scene concept is not really necessary and perhaps the entire system can be Node-based.
The node system is not very efficient though. It's a serious performance bottleneck having too many nodes in the tree.
im still new to godot
but after watching some of GDQuest talking about how node works and its concept now i feels like in home
Node system is prety much like what i used to do in my cinema 4d for maing animation and do some rigging stuff
@@EmblemParade scenes are just about encapsulation, you can create an entire game in a single scene, but it will get hard to navigate a big tree and you will end up with a lot of unnecessary redundancies that will be prone to bringing in bugs if you only update some of those redundant nodes and miss others that needed the same changes.
Breaking out related nodes into self contained scenes just clears up most of that redundancy, makes it easier to update things in a way that will automatically propagate out to all scenes with a shared origin, and just makes organizing and navigating a fair bit easier.
I am new to game development, and your channel has inspired me to choose Godot as my first engine. Thank you, Goodgis + team!
Super glad to hear it! :D Thanks so much.
I make godot tutorials for beginners. If you are interested, you can visit my channel.
Smash
19 Years ago I chose Game Maker (one of the earliest versions). I've been blown off by this engine these days. It allows you to make game even without single line of code.
Change you're mind! Godot is not a good first engine at all. It is setup completely different than most engines and there is little to no learning material.
my favorite thing in godot is the input manager, its so easy and quick to setup !
Heck yeah!
Oh yeah
With Godot, you could literally DRAW your levels with pencil and paper and put it into your game. I made a tutorial talking about that and showing people that. It's like somebody thought of almost everything when they made Godot and YES, it's only going to get better because more people are discovering it, are happy with it, and there are LOTS of approaches that a person could take to making their game in Godot because it's set up that way.
Thanks for sharing! :D
Wait really can i ask how?
Yeah how does it work?
I have hopped between 3 game engines, Godot is 100% my favorite and I have only been using it for 5 days. I can finally fufil my gamedev dream with godot and make games. I don’t care if the games don’t succeed,I just love making games.
Glad to hear it!
One of the strengths of the AnimationPlayer is, that it can animate each and every property of any node and can even call functions with arguments etc. Once you get used to the possibilities it's such a benefit.
Secondly the scene system (similar to prefabs in Unity) together with the node system make it so flexible and easy to recycle or assemble features, assets or whole levels.
On top, Godot is so small in size (just a few MB, compared to UE or Unity with their GB size).
It is open source, there are some specialized versions of the engine from people out there with additional features.
And after all there are absolutely no liabilities with respect to the projects you create. I never felt comfortable that Epic wants a cut of the revenue generated with UE games. Godot fits way better for smaller indies valueing their independence.
Heck yeah, I love it!
"Godot fits way better for smaller indies valueing their independence."
This rings true today more than ever, considering Unity's recent runtime fee starting Jan 2024. We are switching to Godot tomorrow morning. Bye Unity.
I had to choose between unity and godot, and i'm VERY happy i chose godot. One thing you forgot is that godot is super small and runs on even a potato PC. Thank you for your video's!
:D Glad to hear it!
Yes bro I too ran on my potatoe pc
Unexpected
Meanwhile I'm still waiting for my unreal project from last year to finish compiling
Sure as long as you don't plan on developing a graphic intensive game
The coolest thing about the AnimationPlayer is that it can animate animations from other AnimationPlayer nodes. That way you can combine multiple animations without needing to make separate animations for it. I also use them a lot to animate AnimationTree properties, to create transitions within things blend spaces. And they're great for doing vfx, by doing things like combining particles with screenshake.
The second best node is definitely the Tween node, it can make everything look buttery smooth within a matter of minutes.
Thanks for sharing!
I agree about the AnimationPlayer. Heck you actually do full cinemactics with the animation player. It due to the fact you have access to the entire scene. I love it.
Godot FTW!
HECK YEAH!
The first con of having little learning resources is why I started doing tutorials, I didn't want others to have the same headaches I have and I try do obscure, intermediate tutorials as there are tonnes of resources for beginners.
Now godot learning resources is growing seriously fast with many decent channels I'd say its no longer a con now.
That's awesome! Thanks for the help.
2D in godot I must say that it's quite good, but you are right in saying that the 3D lacks improvements, I could see slowdowns, every time I tried a small scene, I hope that Godot 4 improves the 3D approach a lot.
But despite everything, it's my favorite engine, I especially love it for its nice language, GDScript
I've never really had any issues with 3D though, I never made anything that crazy. Honestly, it could be how your implementing it as well.
Nice! I know this is off topic, but I’ve finally switched off of scratch and am trying to learn C#! Looking forward to this video!
That's awesome! :D
Tbh I have a lot of respect for people who manage to do stuff in scratch
@@scarfyoid8192 well TBF scratch does allow you to make stuff THICC
@@scarfyoid8192 ikr they're magicians!
Scratch is pretty good, I made a simple room engine with it that I used in projects I never published
I'm working on my own Engine... I just watch these comparisons for fun! I find them entertaining!
Woah, that's awesome! What language are you using to built it?
just stumbled over your channel and i love your videos already. the background musics fits perfectly
Glad you like them!
The node-based system + the fact that it's 100% free are probably Godot's biggest strengths.
:D
This was super useful! I’m currently learning C# in unity because I’ve never learnt a written code. But my plan after that is to use the Godot engine for 2D and unity for 3D based on the flaws you mentioned. I really like the sound of GD script and the node system. Something I don’t like in unity is the way I have to use visual studio rather than the code writing being built in the engine
Yeah, I feel ya! :D
I'm in the exact same scenario, I'm learning C# in Unity but honestly now i want to try out Godot for 2D
maybe you need to foccuses on C#
since godot have too,plus its more powerfull than GDScript(in the smallest margin) but hey you can uniform it and make your transition smoother
@@ShiroCh_ID what do you mean in the smallest margin? Just started learning godot there a way to incorporate C# into it?
@@monadoboy1887 Godot has a mono version that works great with C#.
I love using it an I prefer it to GDscript due to the power of C# (LINQ statements, working with dictionaries, Arrays, Lists etc...)
i just started making my first game ever last week, and i’m using godot to do it! i discovered your channel shortly after, and i love it :) i haven’t even seen the video yet, but i know i’m gonna really like it!
Good luck! :D
I dunno what it is about your videos but you're the only UA-camr I come back to and watch old videos for inspiration.
I started with godot 5 months ago, and I never looked back! Love GDSCRIPT, and the animation player is amazing! I wanna dip my toes in 3d very soon
Heck yeah, that's what I love to hear!
I had to read your first sentence twice. Thought you were from the future there (Godot 5.0)
@@yosuanicolaus haha oh man godot 5.0 geez 😅
I really like Godot’s lightweight, but every now and then I think about going to unity because it is already a “stablished” engine. Even though I dislike going back and forth between unity and visual studio(pc freezes sometimes)
Same for me. But still you should try to stick with one engine. For me , its godot
I'm way more used to c# so trying GD script is kinda wired , it seems like there many short cuts and I don't Understand it as much as c#
Anyway c# is my first language , maybe that's why
But Godot has such a user friendly interface that's really functional
Yeah, I have done two games in both engines(block breaker and ping pong), and they were both relatively easy to be accomplished with both unity and Godot. I guess you will see bigger differences when the project gets larger
@@jaymhlurbaloyi7813 you can use c# in godot, if i recall correctly
Yeah, Visual Studio made my computer fans fly away. XD
I could even 3D experiment (with cel shading) with Master Chief metal bending against Zuka Zamamee the fire/PLASMA bender as an animation. WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL! If I become a master with this program, I could make whatever I want. Sounds like a fever dream considering I've never had experience with developing nor creating anything. But I just come up with the best ideas that need to be shared and yet, I may never be the person to pull any of them off.
For my stylised water implementation, I need a way to write to a custom depth buffer so I can create underwater fog. Also, not sure if the decal node in Godot 4 already supports animated texture but last time I checked it didn’t. I really wanna have that water magic working😎
Definitely!
I think I saw your video few months ago when u had 10K sub. Now 65K. Wow. Love to see your growth 🥰
Thanks so much! I appreciate it.
I recently started learning Godot after using Unity for a year and I can definitely notice some of the Pros and cons you highlighted.
That's awesome! :D
I'm a Game Maker user, but I really am interested in Godot. I tried it sometimes, but I never made a complete game with it, not even flappy bird. You pushed me forward to try it another time, so thanks :)
Go for it! :D
Ex GMS2 user.
I switched to Godot because GMS not doing anything new. Adding "real" objects and functions is great, but it's still lacking in so many ways.
Godot is already good and getting even better! :-)
LTS, new multiplayer, SDF font support, Opera.gx, move and collide function, particle editor, and much much more.
As it stands, GM is superior, it is just a little behind in terms of features.
Helped alot. It's everything I ever wanted!
Super glad to hear it!
Possible Unity refugee here, trying to diversify my skill portfolio a bit after recent events. How much would you say the scene has changed in the two years since you made the video?
Personally, it's pretty similar, I would say the 3d functionality got better. Also, since a lot of people are moving to Godot, there will be more tutorials and resources if that's important. Also, it will get more funding because of more users so it will get better faster
Thank you for this video I decided to start my game development and so far I like this engine the most
You're Doin Good you're channel has grown alot! Subbed
Thanks so much! :D
@@Goodgis you"re just so inspiring :)
I would like to see more about godot performance, graphics and other technical aspects. So I decided to continue my searching about it. Thanks for the video!
Actually the thing abt godot i like the most, is that the code editor is in the engine. Coming from unity its really ccomfortable not having to wait 20 secs after making aa change to test it out
Heck yeah!
This looks interesting, I’ll definitely make sure I watch the video as soon as it releases.
I just started Godot, maybe this will help me a bit?
P.S, love your content!
Thanks so much! :D
I love how you addressed the "experienced programmers" "yeah, that's how it's supposed to work" ...
godot is the only engine that ever really got me hooked long enough that I feel I understand it a bit .. and apparently it's because of how well it does code reuse..
Very Informative video!
Well done
Glad you liked it!
At the beggining, I wanted to choose Game Maker Studio, but he is pay, so I saw Godot, but I cannot test her because of the old OpenGL version that I had, but now, you inspired me to love and search Godot again! Also I want to make a game with the art style seem like your "Rat Roguelike"
Glad to hear it. :D
I tried Godot a year ago and it was really fun programming and making stuff. I'm really exiting to return in v4.
:D
Definitely gonna use Godot once I've gotten the basics of coding down! (Still messing with Scratch at the moment haha) The node system looks really helpful, plus I wanna make games that look like they crawled out of the PS1 so most of the 3D issues don't affect me :-D
That's awesome, you should! :D
Thanks for the feedback. I've been using Phaser3 on my current game for the past 3+ years. Once released I'll be looking into Godot after a long rest. 😵
Game Development center helped me finally understand damage and HP like i was stuck on that for sooo long ._.
Heck yeah! :D
I'm into making visual novel with Godot, and I love it so much... theoretically. ^^'
On paper Godot could be an incredible engine for such projects, way above solutions like Renpy, Twine etc. Hell it could be even better than Unity + Naninovel. Because most VN developers are not coders but writers and graphic designers working alone, we need an easy to use framework, and such thing doesn't exist yet.
So far best few frameworks we got are focusing on dialogs branches, and as soon as we need other functionalities like character's skills, items lists, input settings etc, we got to do it outside of the framework, and spend a lot of time and energy to figure out how.
Only serious solution is Dialogic, that comes with tools to do such things, and it is a very promising solution (build by quite a bunch of kind folks, which is a good plus). But Dialogic is still quite in early development, although it can do a lot of things there are a bunch of rough edges. It's the kind of tool that pushes you to use dev's version because stable one lakes features you need, but when you can get it from dev's version you get into bugs, and there's also a huge lake of functional documentation, so you need to get in touch with devs through their Discord channel to figure out your questions, which is pretty cool has they are nice people, but make them lose their time (and yours) into going through questions that could be salved through a neat manual. It's very interesting to talk with them, but at some point you're like "OK, fine, I like you guys, I really do, talks are pretty interesting, but I should be developing my story, not fooling around Discord..."
Then you end up a bit like Emilio (main dev of Dialogic) : "goal at the beginning was to make this tool so I can build games faster, but I ended up working more on the tool itself rather than my games". ^^' If I'll contribute (documentation, translation..) I'll be very glad, honestly I would, but it's not what I come for in the first place. But well, project is awesome, people are great, it's free to use, open source, all the good stuff, so it's just fair and pleasant to give time to help if possible.
There's also Dialogue Designer, but although the way the interface is designed (a bit like Twine) makes it great to visualize your story tree, as soon your story is full of content it becomes a mess to locate what you want to modify. Dialogic (more like Tyranobuilder) is way better on that point. Oh, and also you got to buy Dialogue Designer, then buy Dialog System 2 so you can use Dialogue Designer into Godot, then you may want to buy GridlessDB to get a better grasp on lists... and at some point (even if it's cheap) you wonder how far this economic rabbit hole will go. Plus the support is non existent, everything looks to rely on one guy that hasn't been able to answer on his UA-cam presention this question : "looks like it hasn't been updated in some time and still has a few small bugs, do you plan to keep supporting it?" posted one year ago... and yes, it looks like there are bunch of bugs, and troubles on exports, and no answer to people complains. It looks neat but sounds like a nightmare...
It is quite frustrating, because it is sure thing Godot can be a very powerful VN engine, if not the most powerful solution possible. There's no doubt about this. But right now for most creators it is more of a possible future than a reality.
Wow, thanks for sharing! :D
After 2 months of development on my 2d game in godot. I screamed hell ya when yoy brought up Animation Player, all NPCs have the same Animations, just different sprites. On top of that you can animate values! Such as a volume fade, it's crazy
Heck yeah!
Have you ever thought of going into music engineering for games as well? Your choices for music in the video are perfect and keep attention rolling.
Hi Goodgis, do you have any tips for somehow who uses C3 and wants to move to Godot but can't code that much? I have a heavy background in illustration so that's why I use C3. I got used to visual script very quickly and I think I'm doing OK with that. What were your first steps to change the mindset from visual script to actual script?
The secret is, I used to properly program before I started using Construct. But honestly, I would recommend watching some Python videos to get you started. :D
Great video! I come more from the retro-community and your comment is very true: limitations create more creativity. I tried Godot 4.0 today first time. Its an incredible efficient tool for 2d-game developing.
I use GameMaker Studio 2 to make my games. After seeing this video I tried Godot. And it was really good! Even though my main Game Engine is still GameMaker Studio 2, I will also try to make games in Godot.
I love this music, very fun! Lol. I like your content, very high quality. Why don't you have more subscribers? I'm subbing.
Thank you so much! :D
I am so proud of myself for learning most of the stuff in html and css!
That's awesome! :D
Do you prefer html, css as first programming language?
@@ralsei7170 HTML and CSS are not really programming languages. They're markup languages for making the frontend of a website. They don't have any logic, so no real "programming" or "scripting". They let you display and provide static information.
@@elegeto I know that, I was just joking
Godot's animation player node is basically the unidentical twin brother of Blender's keyframing system
Heck yeah!
@@Goodgis :)
It’s really cool that you actually care about your fans and reply to their comments other people don’t want anything to do with their fans and don’t even bother to reply your really nice and awesome 👍
Without you guys, I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing. Plus, I love talking with and interacting with everyone. You guys rock!
Really great video. This channel inspired me to pick up Godot.
Glad to hear it!
Great video. It's great to hear what people think of it.
Thanks for watching!
It's such a shame other apps don't have such a flexible animation tool! Here's a tip: AnimationPlayer can call functions! I used this when I made a bullet hell shmup in a rush to animate bullet spawners position and other parameters (with visual gizmos, thanks _draw()!) and just call "shoot()" when I wanted it to shoot! I made every pattern an animation and cycled between them to fill the screen!
Thanks for sharing! :D
YES ANNOTHER VIDEOOOOOOOO
:D
Another banger from goodgis as always.
Thanks so much! :D
Great video! :)
Thanks!
I’m new to Godoy but I love watching videos like yours,I’m just wondering what was the series you watched that helped you make networking in Godot?
Game Development Center has a whole, in-depth advanced tutorial series on networking in Godot. I think that's part of the tutorials he was referring to.
@@pangotango5207 thank you!!!
Heart Beast Action RPG series!
@@Goodgis Thank you for replying, I love your videos!
Finally someone else who knows and somewhat understands lua, from your description of gdscript being a mix of it and python, both two languages that I like. Also, AnimationPlayer is the best animator out of any engine I have tried. (being mostly scratch, very laggy and unbearable unity due to my potato pc and game maker in which it didn't really click for me)
Hey!
I'm a Gamemaker dev, but I think I'm starting to get jealous about all those amazing features that Godot have, might consider to try it and maybe even switch to it when I'm done with the game I'm currently making
Great video!
As a former game maker dev for over 9 years, I can say it's worth the change. :D
I’m also a former GM8 user! Maybe there’s a bit of the same 2D DNA running between Game Maker and Godot.
Only if you want to make it harder on yourself to make a game lol. Godot has a steeper learning curve and it takes longer to get things up and running. Also the manual is really bad lol.
I really like gdnative. It allows you to script your game in whatever language you want as long as there are bindings for it
Heck yeah!
I'm mostly trying once again to make a game on Godot to get some practice for programming, because I sure won't be able to finish it without any help. GDscript being similar to Python is good, considering I'm mainly a Python dev...
Nope, we are the managers. :D
Hey great video but do you know when you'll make your next dewdrop dynasty video.
Not sure yet! :D
Interesting thoughts, I really liked the video. If I may, though, I do disagree about the whole limitations thing regarding game engines. I do abide by that with other things, such as the restrictions given in game jams. However, it is really frustrating when you are looking for a tool that you just don't have, so I disagree with that idea for game engines, at the very least with larger projects. For a game jam, it is obviously good to lean into the strengths of an engine you are used to, it doesn't make much sense to try and learn Unreal if you are more proficient in Godot when you only have 48 hours or so. With larger projects, I think it is a much better idea to use whatever idea you have to determine which engine you should use, not the other way around. (For instance, the expandable nature of the Unity Engine is why I am using it for a large project that I am working on)
Also, I am really intrigued by the node based system. As I fall much more on the programming side, you are right when you say that it is important to design things to be reused and recycled, and I take great care in doing that in my game systems, so hearing that Godot does it better than other engines you have used sounds really awesome, so I'm excited to check it out. I've been going back and forth with wanting to learn Godot because I don't have too much time right now, but this video makes me super excited to check it out!
Spoken like a true programmer! haha I don't disagree with you that you want something that will work for your large scale project. Honestly, I think organization is more of an issue with larger scale projects then limitations. And Godot is fantastic with organization. But I think saying that using a tool with limitations is a bad thing is silly, literally every game made from the NES - N64 had to fight major limitations to create. Limitation breeds creativity. Now, I'm not saying making a 3D game in Binary or something crazy like that. All I'm saying is Godot's "restrictions" aren't that big of a deal that could make or break a game. :D
@@Goodgis ahh, that makes a lot of sense! And it’s also good to hear that Godot is good with organization, as I really want to mess with it at one point, and organization is very important to me. Thanks for the response
Godot is also completely open source so if there is something you don't like or that limits you, you can literally go in and change/add it yourself. In that way, Unity is technically more limited than Godot. If you want to add or change core features of Unity, there is nothing you can do about it.
Although Unity does give you a head start in 3D of course. Unity has money and several years of development ahead of Godot in that department.
I'm jumping in from javascript engines, so I highly doubt the 3D limitations or performance implications will be an issue lol (especially because I'm making a voxel game)
Yeah haha
Alright, I gotta know, how much program learning do I have to do before I start making a game if iv never coded in mu life? Might not be the best place to ask? But is this engine good for newbie programmers?
It can be if you start by learning Python. Take a python course online and you'll be set.
Your explanation of Godot's node system reminds me a lot of Unity's prefab (and nested prefab) system. You can create reusable components and compose them to create something totally different.
It's like prefabs but actually usable. XD
@@Goodgis Maaan, that's too much salt! :'). I get your point, sometimes I want to murder the guy who invented prefab overrides in scenes!
if you have a nintendo switch, you should use game builder garage! its a very simple node based coding program that has lots of limitations, but I think that makes it a lot more challenging to make things work, so id love to see what you would do with it
I'll check it out! :D
godot dont have lod support, but its easy to implement and there are some add'ons that do that for you...
well i never tried, but it looks easy to do or to use.
one big issue with godot is not having occlusion culling (well godot 3.4 and 4.0 will have it, but at least in the beta of 3.4, you have to do some manual tweaking, its not just "click to enable oclusion culling" you have to specify oclusion areas or something like that.
i hope they make an better algorithm by the time they relase the 4.0 version, on the other hand an generic algorith to try to solve any situation may not provide an performance as good as if you manually tweak it to fit your game.
another thing to consider is that godot currently dont have an automatic subdivide, so you have to create an model of your assets for each LOD, i think some one is developing it, but i dont expect it to be as good as the one that unreal 5 will have, the automatic subdivide/lod from unreal called nanite may not work for every 3D model, i'm not sure if it can handle complex shapes like an human being or just stuff like rocks, but it should be much better than anything godot will have for the next couple of years.
oh, and godot dont have texture streaming afaik, this is an important feature for games that you fast travel on the map, such as racing games.
Yeah, the 3D is definitely lacking in a few areas. :D
I started with godot 2 weeks ago and I love it.
Glad to hear it!
I wonder is godot good for making a retro game similar to psx or n64?
I saw recently Godot getting recognized by everyone. So I am now setting in motion to work with Godot and I know Python as a programming language but for Godot, I need to learn GDscript (C# and C++ can even work). So my question is should I go with Godot? Thanks :)
Go for it!
Here is one con of Godot I don't see tossed around so much: audio clips and breaks easier than other engines. I've had a very bad case of audio breaking in my game, I've seen a couple of people asking around what was wrong with their audio and I've seen some people mentioning that Godot games had audio issues on their PCs.
I've never had that issue. Make sure you're using the right audio formats. OGG for songs, Wav for sound effects. (OGGs are harder on performance.)
POGGERS!!!!!!!!!! a new vid!
:D
Is it possible to design models and textures inside of Godot. I just had to stop using it after playing with it for an hour and a half just pissing my self of tying to make a background. Do you really have to download a different program just to make a blue wall.
I don't think so, I just use blender. :D
Is it possible to have a voxel isometric game in godot and make it look as good as Minecraft Dungeons?
I personally prefer Unity, I like the challenge of C# and I find it really fun! Nodes haven’t ever felt natural or intuitive to me, and I always felt more confident with typed code than any node based system like unreal, godot or scratch
Thanks for sharing!
Nodes are just objects, like in any object oriented programming. Same idea as unity GameObjects.
You can write a game entirely with code in Godot if you want. But the node system is just a way to visualize what you should be doing anyways in code. Unless you're exclusively a functional programmer.
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@@stephenharperisgay can you give me some analogies to how I can think a object oriented programming language?
For anyone coming from unity, nodes are similar to components in unity. It basically the inverse of the way unity does it. You add components to build objects in unity. And In godot you add nodes to build objects.
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thank you
You're welcome
I've made a couple tutorials for things I had trouble tracking down. Who'd have thought changing widow size with code is obscure, trivial information?
XD I feel ya. I just went through that myself.
I have encountered a lot of bugs and issues in Godot, like my script not working with other objects, animations not playing properly, i thought GDScript was bugged so I even used C++ in Godot but that too didn't solve. So I finally decided to make my own engine using C++ and OpenGL
That sounds like you weren't coding correctly then. I've never encounter a single bug using Godot.
GDScript uses a python like syntax and I have never been a big fan of python that might be the issue. One more thing is that every script you make in GDScript is not a class which causes messed up code
goodgis is back.
Heck yeah!
c# is easy to read and it's string interpolation is awesome. like:
int number = 9;
print($"The number is {number}");
C# is terrible, I just think gdscript is better and easier. (And that's coming from someone who knows C++)
@@Goodgis C# is great.
@@Goodgis I don't like GDScript because I hate dynamically typed language haha, I like both C# and C++
I use Unity, and for the most part I'm happy with it. Unfortunately, it has a few problems with lack of support for 2D, and with the Animators, which you are essentially unable to access with script. It seems like it also shares quite a similar animation system with Godot, but I might be wrong.
I feel the Animator is quite modular with the attachable scripts. I feel 2D does have less support than 3D, but I think it is alright. Just my opinion tho.
I honestly have never used Unity animator to compare them.
the no learning resources point is a pro if you're a gamedev youtuber: there's a demand but there's no supply, so you can be the first on the market and it'll be super beneficial for you. it's how i gained most of my views xD
That's a very good point! haha
Here's a genuine question: I've seen other people talking about animator in godot, but I really don't see what's different from animator on unity, everything you said is possible to do in the Godot's animator is also possible on unity. Is there anything at all or people just don't understand animator on unity?
I never said it was way different from Unity, I just said it's fantastic. Honestly, I haven't use Unity's animation player to even compare the two.
@@Goodgis Oh, okay, I see. It's because my friend also told me about godot animator as you did and she used unity before and I was really thinking I was missing something.
Thanks for the reply :D
Whats the difference between unity's Game Object system and Godot's Node system? Also what can Godot's animation tool can do that Unity's animation tool can't?
they're more or less the same in my experience, w the primary difference being that a single GameObject can hold multiple components/scripts while a single node can hold one script / acts as a single component.
Godot has a really neat jQuery-like node lookup system where you can get a node by just
$"Relative/Absolute Path to Node"
The animation tools are more or less the same, with unity having a bit of an advantage in that it has a secondary tool called timeline, which allows you to chain together individual activation, animation, audio, control, and script tracks to make complex sequences like cutscenes etc.
This video wasn't a comparison of engines. I was just talking about features I like with Godot. If you like Unity and use Unity, then why does it matter? :D
I'm still trying to learn Godot. I'm kind of tossed up between Godot and Unreal. One good thing about Godot though, it is forcing me to learn a bit of coding.
That's a great point. :D
Unreal has a much higher learning curve, I'd say.
Nice video ;)
Ayyye! Thanks for all the great tutorials! :D
@@Goodgis glad you like em!
I use game maker. I want to use Godot but I’ve found it so frustrating to get things going compared to gm. My main interest in godot is that I eventually want to try making 3d. Shaun Spaulding made getting into gm so seemless. Having a bit trouble getting adjusted to godot.
Great video.
Thanks!
Sorry for asking a dumb question, is the python very different then gdscript ?I just want to learn something that I can carry forward, I know most say that do c# or c++ but that's a much bigger part of everything I just want to learn for game engine like Godot for now and mostly interested in indie games not triple a
It's similar but yes it is different.
@@Goodgis which is more future proof and flexible python or gdscript ?
In a video about Godot, there isn't a link to the game engine in the description...
I just figured people could easily search for it. :)
Where is the Moria-like game bit shown at 2:43 from?
That was just me messing around. Though I still want to make a roguelike.
I frankly ADORE gdscript. Most convenient programing language for game dev I've ever used. Python and Lua are great in a lot of ways, but I feel that they were never really meant to do game development. (With the exception of Lua being great for data driven engines or modding support.) But the sheer amount of convenient features in gdscript is astounding. I especially appreciate the move_and_slide_with_snap() built in function for KinematicBody because it turns many lines of C++/C# into one fully featured platforming movement function (I don't remember if it comes with a built in boolean for coyote time... But that's not too hard to do with a basic delta timer).
It's honestly fantastic!
Have you seen sonic colours ultimate seems to be the first major godot engine showcase
Yeah, that's super exciting!
Thanks, I should start learn godot again.
You definitely should! What engines have you used before?
@@Goodgis waw sorry I dont know u are replied it. I rewatched ur videos again. I use unity and unreal for work. But for my personal project I use unity. I try to use unity the past year but feels like fighting the engine, and sometimes makes me frustrated. And I found that some people feels the same. So gonna go to godot, especially since godot 4 has better c# support.
Still considering between this and unity. Decided to learn the basics of godot first and then try unity second.
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There's one point I also keep on making for any other Open Source program like Blender, Krita or any major Linux distro - any time you are willing to invest in actually using Open Source software is time that can not be taken away from you by a large company buying your favorite program to let it die or put it behind a subscription wall or whatever. And even in the worst scenario that the program is abandoned some day - the code is still there. You *could* theoretically hire someone to fix it enough for you to use it some more.
Also any support you show any open project is a benefit for every user and especially any user without the means to pay for subscription. And hell - Open Source software never comes with any stupid invasive OS blocking licensing DRM software launcher.
You want a cutting edge software with the best of the best art - yure: go for unreal. Hands down. Unreal is awesome. And at least currently Epic are also still an awesome company. But if your project and workflow suits it I always make the point for at least giving any Open Source Software a try.
That point alone is worth checking Godot out.
Not to mention Sonic Colors was released on Godot 3.x (probably heeeavily modified by SEGA) and TESLA are using godot for some of their cars' UIs, apparently. :)
Thanks for sharing! :D
This is most likely the only game engine I could even consider using to any degree. Screw Blender 2.93 on my 2010 laptop with DX10.1/GL3.3 graphics. I'm usin something that's greatly attuned to 2D graphics. I wanna make Halo 32x someday, or simulate what it would be like on a Sega 32x when in actuality it's just a Linux exclusive that requires OpenGL 3.3 with RGTC texture compression to save file size and maximize performance in 240p. My NVS 2100M has 512MB of effectively 1600MHz DDR3 bandwidth but raw power is weak so I should focus optimization on memory utilization to really exploit my hardware.