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Our best tutorial for 2D games made by Godot engine

Name: Our best tutorial for 2D games made by Godot engine
Rating: 2.5 (6 reviews)

Learn to create 2D games: Platformer, Grid based, Ball type, Top-down, and mouse controlled

Created byMDC lessons Development company

Last updated 12/2025

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Complete creation of 2D Platformer (20+ lessons) with a Godot game engine
Gridbased 2D game creation (10+ lessons) with Godot 3.1
3D Platformer creation (10+ lessons) settings for different platforms, error and warnings troubleshooting
Ball like game (15+ lessons) as product on game market
Top-down puzzle game made for desktop or mobile platforms created as mouse controlled.
Effects for games in Particle2D system

Course content

14 sections • 90 lectures • 14h 4m total length

2D Scene4:15
Learning in first lecture include:
Creating new project
New 2D Scene adding
Adding object and setting grid
GD Script6:50
In second lesson you will learn to create your first GD Script. Variables and functions of gd script will be more familiar to you. Examples introduce print and str command also.
Process GD script function1:43
Explore how the process function in the G.D. script is invoked, using a print command to display text. The lesson shows code removing the need for repeated past commands.
Names and scripts
Movable character GD Script19:45
More than 20.min lesson include:
Advanced GD Scripting with translate and input command
Making movable main character for game
Setting work space in Godot
Repeticio - Design and coding11:10
Summary of four lesson with few important work concepts. Creating new GD Script, clear script, auto finishing code, commands like Input and translate, ...

Simple menu design3:51
After this lesson you will be able to create simple menu in new Scene. Requirements before lesson is creation of new 2D scene.
Menu functionality6:33
After lecture you will know to:
- use GD script for menu functionality
- download and install font package
Menu styling16:26
Styled menu with fonts and font settings will make your menu look better. You will also learn to make theme for all control elements like buttons and labels.
Using rich text box6:27
After lecture you will be able to create scene with styled text and button. How to play a game can be explained there.

Downloading and installing from asset library3:30
In three minute this lecture explain how to download and install resource from Godot asset library. Troubleshooting is also explained when installed folders are not shown in res folder.
Sprite animation13:37
After animation player lecture you will be able to simply animate character to look on both sides after interaction with keyboard keys.
Kinematic body 2D - Movable character15:06
After lecture you will be able to animate character to look on both sides after interaction with keyboard keys. With GD Script you will have movable character.
2D Gravity overview18:46
After this overview lesson you will understand how to make gravity in 2D game. Also you will learn how to handle script indentation.
Tileset making18:19
Making simple tileset from sprites.
Jump for main character3:19
With a simple GD script jumping for main character is possible.
Background setting3:54
Set a background for game scene with sprite is what will you learn after this lesson.
Game improvements and scene connecting11:51
Minor game improvements and using gs script for code connecting of scenes.

Add camera to player character5:08
Player character will move through game followed by camera. Your game will look more like real 2D Platformer.
Parallax background3:36
Using mirror option of parallax background.
Screen text (Score)4:04
You will be able to add on screen score or similar text (not movable when game is played).
Level start (screen text)4:42
After lecture you will have knowledge to add text on screen with timer. This can be usable for game start, level or level end texts.
Pick-able object creation12:47
Design for pick able object, and a little of code.
Pickable object functionality8:00
After a lecture you will be able to create and code pickable object for game connected with score.

Array (coding)4:08
Using array in GD script.
GD script - timer4:08
After a lecture you will know how to properly work with timer when timer events are done.
Godot rigid body15:53
Learn how to use rigid body in 2D Scene and implement gravity and bouncing combined with static body 2D. Design and coding in lecture.
Kinematic bouncing17:59
Using kinematic body 2D and static body 2D constant linear velocity.
Bouncing and sliding2:59
You will learn how to implement previous knowledge about linear velocity.
Test your Godot game11:27
Learn how to use output window, labels and Godot environment for game testing.

RayCast 2D Introduction4:01
Introduction about ray casting 2D, setting properties and visual explanation of ray casting.
Raycast2D script4:00
Simple script about raycasting in 2d games.
Raycast2D implementing a gd script4:14
Lecture cover implementation of gd script with raycast 2D collision in games.
Raycast 2D implementation in platformer3:04
Game example with raycast2D and gdscript for some game interaction.
Gridbased 2D game - introduction to concept3:27
After this lecture you will understand what is grid based game and how to start creating one.
Gridbased 2D game - using raycast2D4:53
How to add raycast2D in 2D grid based game, and more after this lecture.
Gridbased 2D game - coding1:49
Lecture will help you to code basic of grad based game movement, grid and objects.
Gridbased 2D game - arrow and trail20:53
Using raycast2D and previous knowledge for creating arrow shot and arrow trail in grid-based 2D game.
Particle2D Introduction video4:53
After lecture you will understand what are particle and what is particle2D node.

Particle2D useability14:02
Setting simple particle with particle material and understanding of particle2D node.
Creating first particle two dimensional effect8:35
Effect created with particle 2d will be used later in a grid based game.
Particle 2D effect with texture7:16
In this lesson you will learn to use texture in particle effects.
Code for particle2D2:15
Learn simple way to add a code to your particle 2d effects.
Particle 2D implementation6:38
Using particles in gridbased game.
Particle in gridbased game8:38
Completing lecture for using particle 2D in grid-based two dimensional game.

Introduction to Godot Joint2D3:37
Let's learn how to create different joint2D systems in two dimensional games.
PinJoint2D explanation5:59
Explanation for use pinjont2D for connecting two 2d body in games for physics effects.
Groove and DampedSpring 2DJoint10:57
Let's learn about grooveJoint2D and dampedSpringJoint2D.
Recapitulation13:55
Rerun for game environment, design and code.
Resizing collision shape in game6:43
Advanced gd script for resizing collision shapes in game.
Instance object with code11:22
Creation of new scene, and instantiate it in a game with Gd script code.
Using code for joint2D12:34
Learning about code for Joint2D node and properly setting of object position in a game is part of this lecture.
GD Script coding - RigidBody2D and StaticBody2D (collision and shapes)9:28
With gd script you will be able to code rigidbody2D and staticbody2D with collision and collision shapes. After it, you can set positions for each using script.
Array for objects, integers and strings in GD Script (in for loop)5:07
Using array for nodes, integers, strings created with GD script with for loop functionality.
Array and in-code object creation with for loop in GD script only5:44
Code in GD script for object creation.
2D PinJoint created with GD Script connects rigidbody2D with lot's of settings12:22
Advanced GD Script code will be possible for you after learning concept of this lecture about PinJoint2D, RigidBody2D and texturing/resizing sprite from a code.

Getting info about mouse position and screen resolution with GD script5:17
Ball game creation - mouse controled, gd cript created Godot 3.1 game - intro24:38
Learn to implement mouse-driven movement using rigid bodies in Godot 3.1, applying impulse and central impulse, handle collisions with static and other rigid bodies, and prototype a scoring system.
Ball game complete creation - props, game logic and mechanic, GD Script27:17
Ball game complete creation.
Preparing game for publishing on a on-line game market3:00
Preparing game for publishing - graphic concept for improvements12:05
Preparing game for publishing - export settings, on line game market review24:02
When you publish a game, you need to prepare to be with lot of game content but with as low as possible game size. Also, it's good to publish some probe game.
Preparing for publishing - troubleshoting errors and warnings24:02
Prepare your Godot 2D game for publishing by troubleshooting errors and warnings, cleaning code and comments, adding movable props and scene details, and configuring export settings to export the project.
Creating props with animation and bone2D system7:53
Learn to create props for a 2D game in Godot engine by building a bone2D skeleton, animating with an animation player and keyframes, and linking sprites for a natural scene.
Random number, array with objects and game example14:27
Learning to use random numbers in combination with array of objects.
Creating game to be workable - commenting, instancing scene, multy code line11:20
Many different methods for creating game workable.
Instancing a scene from a GD Script11:04
Lecture is part of advanced tutorial, you will learn instancing a scene with only use of GD script, this will give a student lots of coding freedom.

Moving node object with mouse click - introduction10:59
Mouse controlled sprite as character in game.
Top-down game - continued intro4:50
Collision for top-down puzzle game23:03
Level creation with kinematic body movement in 2D space - mouse controlled object.
Your game project - important notes4:23
Choose and complete one game project for the course competition, creating a one-level game with a main character, movement system, props, images, an open scene, and a functional menu.
Top down puzzle type game - movement, particle2D, progres bar15:17
Control a top-down puzzle character with mouse clicks, driving rotation and movement, while emitting particle2D effects and managing fuel shown through a progress bar.
TopDownPuzzle - progres bar, ingame menu, particle effects16:27
TopDownPuzzle - 2D Light and ingame menu8:44
Story in computer games - top down puzzle12:53
Game menu in TopDownPuzzle game13:20
Create a main menu for a top-down puzzle game using texture buttons with normal and pressed images, and implement hover lights to highlight play, options, and quit.
Option menu with checkButton10:45
Explore creating an in-game options menu in Godot using two check buttons to toggle music and intro visibility, linking signals to a single audio stream player.
Intro scene for game project - usefull advices9:04
Finishing game project - menu, introscene, animation, quest system20:47
How to complete your learning game project.

Requirements

No requirements, all ages and IT understanding. Learning curve start with first lectures for beginners and continue with more advanced lectures and examples.

Description

Greetings! You will learn a step-by-step game creation in Godot game engine start with 2D Platformer. In 2D Platformer video game tutorial you will learn: Making in-game menu, Creating 2D Scene with movable characters and props, Game logic with Godot game script, Dialog type action, Quiz type scene, Styles, fonts implementation and environment creation.

After this, tutorial continue with various 2D programming lessons for Godot game engine in games like 2D grid-based games, top down 2D, ball 2D games, puzzle 2D and 2D games with 3D characters.

From lecture 50 tutorial series is for advanced Godot users and GD script programmers. Lecture covers complete game creation without Godot IDE using mainly GD Script.

There is a recommendation for books:

"GD Script" - Godot 4.2 game engine script by Marijo Trkulja

"Making games with GD script" - advanced use of Godot game engine by Marijo Trkulja

In this course you will gradually learn through different game types. This will give you know-how for various game crafting situations and teach you how to optimize and resolve challenges. You will also learn to make additional stuff needed for every video game like menus, audio, sprite effects and animations.

This content is large to grasp at once, but you can learn section by section because sections are a rounded content.

Who this course is for:

Kids who like to learn Godot
People who like to make first good game in first good game engine - Godot
Godot users who like to learn new programming stuff in Godot engine

Our best tutorial for 2D games made by Godot engine

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 44min

Menu and scene design4 lectures • 33min

Game player creation process8 lectures • 1hr 28min

GAME LOOK LIKE PLATFORMER6 lectures • 38min

Improvements and stuff6 lectures • 57min

Body interaction in 2D games9 lectures • 51min

Particle in 2D games6 lectures • 47min

2D Joint systems11 lectures • 1hr 38min

Mouse in 2D and 3D game development11 lectures • 2hr 45min

Learning project 3 - Top-down action puzzle12 lectures • 2hr 31min

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