Create 2D Games in Godot 4.4.1
by Cool Studios

In this tutorial we will learn how to create computer games using Godot 4.4.1. We will study the skills and techniques that we need to acquire, to generate many 2D type games, among other genres, of your own design using the Godot game engine.

The workflow we follow when creating projects in Godot maybe a little different to the workflow you may have followed in the past with other game engines.

We construct a project by creating Scenes, which contain a collection of Nodes of various types, which contain our resources and assets that we will use in our game design. Next we create Main/Level scenes which will hold our assets to build our levels. Below you will see many assets that we will create in the project for this example scene

Player - an animated Cave-dweller CharacterBody2D sprite which is moved around the level
Ground ? a StaticBody2D object on which the Player can move around
Bee ? an enemy, constructed of an Area2D node which can be animated and contains Collision detection
Apple ? a collectable Area2D node which can be animated and contains Collision detection
Platforms ? on which the Player can traverse to collect items in the level
End of Level ? which contains Collision detection, which will allow the Player to move to the next level if they have collected all of the collectable objects
HUD ? Displays details about the level, examples are: Lives; Score; Health etc
Background ? to create atmosphere to your levels, these can be used as parallax if required

In this tutorial we will learn how to create each of these elements so we can use these skills and techniques to design and create our own computer games for others to enjoy.

Have Fun!

Cool Studios

Having taught ICT & Computing in UK schools and colleges since 1985, up to and including present day, I have finally decided to share some of the experiences that I have acquired throughout the years by sharing my writing publicly, rather than solely in an academic environment.

This book 'Create 2D Games in Godot 4.4.1' teaches the learner how to create not only a 2D Platformer type game, using the latest Game Engine, Godot, but also equips them with the skills and experience to go on to create many types of games that they can only, at present, dream of.

It is my intention to write more books on the many ICT and Computing subjects that I have, very successfully, taught over the many years, and still teaching for the foreseeable future. These subjects include: Computer Games Development, Computer Programming - Python, VB.Net C# - Analysis & Design, 2D and 3D Modelling, 2D and 3D Animation, Multimedia creation and design, Web Development, Computer Graphics and many more essential computing skills that learners will find essential in todays electronic, digital age.