Introduction to Godot
Welcome to the Godot section of the SMHS club guide!
These guides will help you get comfortable with the Godot game engine, whether you’ve never opened it before or just need a refresher on how we use it for the club’s projects.
What’s in this section
Section titled “What’s in this section”What is Godot?
Section titled “What is Godot?”Godot is a free, open source game engine that we use for the club’s game project. It supports both 2D and 3D games, has its own scripting language called GDScript (which is similar to Python), and is beginner-friendly compared to engines like Unity or Unreal.
Why do we use it?
Section titled “Why do we use it?”- Free and open source - no licenses, no costs
- Lightweight - barely takes any storage (~160MB) and runs well on most computers
- GDScript - easy to learn, especially if you’re new to programming
- Active community - lots of tutorials and help online
Installing Godot
Section titled “Installing Godot”Download Godot from the official site: godotengine.org
Download the standard version. The .NET/Mono only adds programming in C#, which we will not be using in this club currently, and having the mono version restricts some features.
Just unzip it. There’s no installer, the small exe file is the entire editor and engine.
Useful resources
Section titled “Useful resources”You can find more in depth videos about Godot in the Resources section of our discord server. This guide is mostly for what we’ll be needing for this club’s usecase, rather than teaching everything.