Build a Metroidvania in Godot!

Building a character scene starting with a Character Body node.

Receive input from the player to move the character.

Make movement feel more realistic by applying physics forces.

Make the character jump at the push of a button, and control how high they can jump.

Alter a character's gravity, and how much control the player has over their character while they are in midair.

Alter a character's movement speed while holding down a button.

Make the character feel easier to control by implementing input buffering and coyote time.

Draw the character from a sprite sheet using an Atlas Texture.

Animate the character sprite using an animation player.

Change which animation the animation player plays by creating a state machine in an animation tree.

Add sound effects to the character's movement mechanics.

Play simple sprite animations to create dust effects.

Add and remove nodes from the scene tree and respond to signals.

Make it easier to control different kinds of audio streams across the entire project.

Use a tile map to draw tiles from a sprite sheet.

Add physics and terrain editing to a tile set to quickly draw terrain.

Allow the camera to follow the character so they can move further.

Tween the camera to gently look ahead of the player character.

Hold down the up or down directions to tween the camera up or down.

Restrict the camera's movement to stay within the boundaries of a room.

Move sprites relative to the camera to create the illusion of depth, and auto scroll to simulate wind.

Draw a second copy of the world on the game's canvas to use as a map.

Have the map camera draw a simplified version of the game's world.

Draw a map of your game's world so the player can see where they are.

Laying out elements to be displayed on the canvas layer to communicate information to the player.

Using themes and style boxes to draw your control nodes.

Animating an icon on the game's HUD to indicate when the player character takes damage or recovers health.

Writing a script which will animate the health icons to count the player's health in a way the player will intuitively understand.

Creating a hurt box component that can be attached to anything in the game to take damage and recover health.  Connecting this component to the icon counter on the HUD.

Creating a custom resource to track the player's stats and progress through the game.

Writing a global script we can use from anywhere in the project to manage and provide access to the player's save data.

Creating an unlockable ability that allows the player character to jump a second time in midair.

Getting started on the unlockable wall jump ability by allowing the character to slide down a wall at a reduced pace, simulating friction.

Overriding physics to alter the amount of force produced by jumping, both vertically and laterally, and providing the character more air control for a short time afterward.

Give the character an ability to suddenly move forward, or away from a wall while sliding.

How to add invincibility frames to animations so player's can avoid taking damage.
Restrict how often players can use their unlocked abilities with a cooldown timer.

Using alterations to your character's appearance to convey a passive upgrade.

Allow the character to cast spells that shoot a projectile at the cost of their magic points.

Make an enemy which will pace back and forth, turning around when they hit a wall.

Keep enemies inside the room they were spawned in by adding invisible walls the player will be able to walk right through.