how do i learn godot
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
At 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godot
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
I suggest making something else. Then making a bunch of other things. Then maybe try your dream project. There's a very high chance you won't make your dream project come true because you frankly aren't good enough to make it yet. Everyone needs practice.
At 5/29/23 02:27 PM, MSGhero wrote:At 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godotI suggest making something else. Then making a bunch of other things. Then maybe try your dream project. There's a very high chance you won't make your dream project come true because you frankly aren't good enough to make it yet. Everyone needs practice.
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
how would i even make "something else" if i cant muster the strength to learn in the first place
besides its more like a nightmare project but
i know its your job to make people smile and everything but i think this guys a lost cause
At 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godot
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
I have learnt Godot by learning only basics (nodes, basic scripting), and then I've started programming a game. If I didn't know something, I searched it on the web. Just a small tip: If you feel like your game is too big project, you can start with some simple 2D games (platformers worked well for me) and then you can start working on your dream game.
At 5/30/23 12:43 AM, Dynamic0 wrote:At 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godotI have learnt Godot by learning only basics (nodes, basic scripting), and then I've started programming a game. If I didn't know something, I searched it on the web. Just a small tip: If you feel like your game is too big project, you can start with some simple 2D games (platformers worked well for me) and then you can start working on your dream game.
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
im scared of searching things on the internet so
At 5/30/23 06:52 AM, ddnikki wrote:At 5/30/23 12:43 AM, Dynamic0 wrote:im scared of searching things on the internet soAt 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godotI have learnt Godot by learning only basics (nodes, basic scripting), and then I've started programming a game. If I didn't know something, I searched it on the web. Just a small tip: If you feel like your game is too big project, you can start with some simple 2D games (platformers worked well for me) and then you can start working on your dream game.
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
If you aren't even going to try then you won't go anywhere and we should stop giving you advices. You yourself have to take the step in to trying it out. If you don't like it then don't do it.
What the others have said is very true. Start with something small. See how the progress goes from start to finish no matter the quality.
My first "game" was literally just a test with premade assets and barely any game in it. Now that I know how the game making progress feels I started a bigger project.
You should do the same. Make something just for testing then when you are down with that you can decide if you want to continue. It's better to test out and giving up while doing that than having the feeling of being forced to making a game.
Look at him spin
At 5/30/23 07:38 AM, aapiarts wrote:At 5/30/23 06:52 AM, ddnikki wrote:If you aren't even going to try then you won't go anywhere and we should stop giving you advices. You yourself have to take the step in to trying it out. If you don't like it then don't do it.At 5/30/23 12:43 AM, Dynamic0 wrote:im scared of searching things on the internet soAt 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godotI have learnt Godot by learning only basics (nodes, basic scripting), and then I've started programming a game. If I didn't know something, I searched it on the web. Just a small tip: If you feel like your game is too big project, you can start with some simple 2D games (platformers worked well for me) and then you can start working on your dream game.
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
What the others have said is very true. Start with something small. See how the progress goes from start to finish no matter the quality.
My first "game" was literally just a test with premade assets and barely any game in it. Now that I know how the game making progress feels I started a bigger project.
You should do the same. Make something just for testing then when you are down with that you can decide if you want to continue. It's better to test out and giving up while doing that than having the feeling of being forced to making a game.
yeah its just more of a mental health problem than a trying to make a game problem
At 5/29/23 03:14 PM, ddnikki wrote: how would i even make "something else" if i cant muster the strength to learn in the first place
besides its more like a nightmare project but
I'm not in the best position to give advice since I've been meaning to learn Godot a lot and got started at one point too, but ended up basically putting it on an indeterminate hiatus due to a combination of reasons including a lack of motivation to do anything useful with it.
That said, if you are daunted by the idea of learning everything there is to Godot, then maybe try adjusting your perspective from "needing to learn" to "tinkering" with it? You won't be able to make what you want, and you'll largely be "wasting time", but the best equivalent analogy would be, I dunno, creating throwaway doodles or tracing simple comics for practice.
Put another way, since you're probably having trouble getting started with going through the motions, it's possible that following tutorials won't help. What you could try doing instead is:
There's no guarantee that this will work. You'll of course, not be able to do anything with the end result, since you're tearing down rather than building up, but it could help you gain enough momentum to overcome the initial barrier.
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At 5/30/23 11:40 AM, Gimmick wrote:At 5/29/23 03:14 PM, ddnikki wrote: how would i even make "something else" if i cant muster the strength to learn in the first placeI'm not in the best position to give advice since I've been meaning to learn Godot a lot and got started at one point too, but ended up basically putting it on an indeterminate hiatus due to a combination of reasons including a lack of motivation to do anything useful with it.
besides its more like a nightmare project but
That said, if you are daunted by the idea of learning everything there is to Godot, then maybe try adjusting your perspective from "needing to learn" to "tinkering" with it? You won't be able to make what you want, and you'll largely be "wasting time", but the best equivalent analogy would be, I dunno, creating throwaway doodles or tracing simple comics for practice.
Put another way, since you're probably having trouble getting started with going through the motions, it's possible that following tutorials won't help. What you could try doing instead is:
There's no guarantee that this will work. You'll of course, not be able to do anything with the end result, since you're tearing down rather than building up, but it could help you gain enough momentum to overcome the initial barrier.
considering im using 4.0 most of them would probably be broken anyway
At 5/30/23 11:49 AM, ddnikki wrote: considering im using 4.0 most of them would probably be broken anyway
Do you know that tutorials for 4.0 don't exist, or are you just guessing? I used to think Python 3 had no books for it since I learnt it early on when Python 2 was still overwhelmingly popular. Now that it's the default there's tons of resources for it. Likewise, 4.0rc is already out, so there will be tutorials being made over time.
And if there aren't, then switch back to 3.x. It honestly sounds like you're stuck in "analysis paralysis" and are looking for reasons to delay. None of it matters! You'll pick it up once you start.
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At 5/30/23 02:52 PM, Gimmick wrote:At 5/30/23 11:49 AM, ddnikki wrote: considering im using 4.0 most of them would probably be broken anywayDo you know that tutorials for 4.0 don't exist, or are you just guessing? I used to think Python 3 had no books for it since I learnt it early on when Python 2 was still overwhelmingly popular. Now that it's the default there's tons of resources for it. Likewise, 4.0rc is already out, so there will be tutorials being made over time.
And if there aren't, then switch back to 3.x. It honestly sounds like you're stuck in "analysis paralysis" and are looking for reasons to delay. None of it matters! You'll pick it up once you start.
yeah would probably take longer than it will for my sanity to drain apparently
At 5/29/23 10:36 PM, ddnikki wrote: i know its your job to make people smile and everything but i think this guys a lost cause
so is the smiling friends quote actually applicable at this point and i should just give up since like ive just shown myself to be incredibly pessimistic and stubborn so
At 5/31/23 09:56 PM, ddnikki wrote:At 5/29/23 10:36 PM, ddnikki wrote: i know its your job to make people smile and everything but i think this guys a lost causeso is the smiling friends quote actually applicable at this point and i should just give up since like ive just shown myself to be incredibly pessimistic and stubborn so
I'm going to be harsh for a moment. Nothing we say can help because all your responses thus far have been excuses of some sort. I'm not saying you have to agree with everyone and everything here, but this thread seems as effective as teaching a pig how to sing.
Why ask if you should give up now? You did so even before you made this thread.
Edit because I don't want to end the post on that note: It's alright to want to know something and not want to go through the trouble of doing so, that's very common. Just don't stay feeling sorry for yourself, either accept it won't happen and move on to something else, or find the push to get you started and actually put in the work. You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
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at this point i just want someone to talk to since i cant get myself to work on anything and its like 6 am
These are some good lessons:
At 6/2/23 08:23 PM, tydaze wrote: These are some good lessons:
https://gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscript/
At 6/1/23 03:56 AM, ddnikki wrote: https://ddnikki.newgrounds.com/news/post/1362535
I'm glad to see I was wrong about my earlier impressions based on your previous post, since that looks like a very decent demo! Don't denigrate yourself over not being able to accomplish more because I just noticed you're still a kid! There's plenty of time for you to improve, especially if you've just been starting out recently.
Hell when I first started out my first few flash were terrible by objective standards, the very early ones have long since been removed (and even the ones that remain from 2009 or so weren't much better). I could go on with loads of examples, but hopefully you get the point - keep at it and you'll get there in due time.
Slint approves of me! | "This is Newgrounds.com, not Disney.com" - WadeFulp
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At 6/3/23 01:22 AM, ddnikki wrote:At 6/2/23 08:23 PM, tydaze wrote: These are some good lessons:
https://gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscript/
Godot 4 is still very new. You will have to wait a while if you want comprehensive tutorials for it, though some are starting to pop up on YouTube. In the meantime there are plenty of resources for learning Godot 3
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/community/tutorials.html
At 5/29/23 02:27 PM, MSGhero wrote:At 5/29/23 08:11 AM, ddnikki wrote: how do i learn godotI suggest making something else. Then making a bunch of other things. Then maybe try your dream project. There's a very high chance you won't make your dream project come true because you frankly aren't good enough to make it yet. Everyone needs practice.
i have been putting this off for several months i planned to read through it on pico day
this is urgent i have a project that i cant make because of this fact and it has been driving me insane SINCE I WAS 13
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET I CAN THINK OF TO ASK ABOUT THIS I KEEP PUTTING IT OFF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I WONT GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER AMOUNT OF ATTEMPTS
I've moved on from Godot to RPGMaker because I wanted to refocus on my art skills, and roughly before the transition I was looking at smaller "demo" projects and open documents on engine programming. Godot had a major overhaul since I last used it, but focusing on smaller scale mini projects first before moving onto bigger works is something I should have followed sooner, even when I was 13 too.
