Porting to Playstation etc. isn't missing because people haven't thought of adding it. It's because it's not legal. But there are third party companies who do that for you. docs.godotengine.org/en/3.1/tutorials/platform/consoles.html
FLStudio has an unlimited time free demo with full features unlocked, the only downside is you can't open any project saved meaning that you kinda have to make the music in one go until you're able to purchase it It's really worth it though, you get a lifetime free update, getting access to FL's forum, and able to use legacy version without needing to repurchase the lowest tier is 99 USD which is reaally limiting, not able either to record nor use audio clips whatsoever second tier is 199 USD, it's what i suggest buying 'cause you get to have access to basically everything you need like audio recording, full playlist features, additional plugins etc. you can ignore the rest tier, they basically just adding more plugins and stuff
My experience with Unity and Godot. Godot is a great engine, and so is Unity, however, since Godot is a lot younger, that means it doesn't have as many niche tutorials as Unity. That might not be an issue to everyone, but since niche tutorials often cover hard subject, that can make it harder to recreate in Godot. Unity also has a lot of features built in, that might require you to write a lot of code in Godot, to achieve the same thing. Prefabs and nodes are both easy to get used to though, and the custom themes in Godot are very nice. The subscription based model Unity has is no issue, since it is virtually free, except for a few advanced features that most people don't need. Most people don't make $100k a year, and if they do, paying for either the $25 or the $125 subscription is no problem. Support in Unity is also miles a head of godot, since they have a full paid support team ready to help you at all times. Godot is free, but that also means they have to prioritize their manpower, which makes them lack a lot in the professional support part. I haven't had an issue yet with either engine, that required that level of support. You can export to so many different platforms on Unity. If it exists, Unity can export to it. Godot is not quite there yet, but it seems like it is going to happen soon. To conclude, Unity has some major advantages over Godot, and Godot is slowly following along. One last very important thing to consider is popularity and job oppertunities. There are waaay more companies using Unity than Godot. I made this way too long, but I still hope you learned something!
I have a low end PC which barely gives me 30fps modern AAA titles at lowest settings. I wanted to try Godot and unreal engine. Can my PC handle it?? Specs: i5 7th Gen dual core 940mx 4gb DDR3 8gb RAM 1TB HDD
@@ojasthengadi9681 That totally depends on the size of the game you're making. You should definitely be able to run Godot, however I am not sure about Unreal. You should also consider adding an SSD, as it will give you a more smooth experience.
Godot *can* export to PS4 and Switch. But the templates cannot be supplied with the engine due to NDAs and developer licenses. Ariel's Lone Wolf Technology can supply (paid) support and export support.
It’s ashame this is still a little known fact and that they missed it in the video. I hope once a few games are released on ps4 and switch this will get more visibility. There are atleast two i know off that should soon come out on console. Exciting times for godot
I found modifying Godot's source code, to make it to do what I want, was insanely easy. Dependencies are minimal and the source code is just so easy to read and figure out.
@@Tdoshok As an open Source Game Engine, and with your growing community they still keep working on older versions as 2.1, because people still use it. The number of material is bigger for this versions as well. You don't have to update your engine while working on your game. Remember, technology is always advancing, deal with it.
Godot is what Blender is for 3d modelling software. Affordable software available for everyone that does exactly the same thing as other way overpriced software. In fact you can even make game from scratch with just open source software. Open source is the future.
@@ojasthengadi9681 There's a difference between $0 and free. Godot is "free" because it is avaivable for anyone to use and share for any purpose, to modify and share their modifications. That's not the case for Unity or Unreal.
Several noteworthy mistakes in this video: GDScript is _not_ based on python and does not work like python. It simply takes inspiration from python for its _basic_ syntax. Godot is entirely capable of exporting to all major consoles and handhelds. It will however never be able to publicly distribute export templates for this. Since they require the user to be a licensed developer for that platform. Once you have that license, you can make your own temples, or get them through lonewolf. The Discord community has a much greater active member count than reddit. 15k users. 10k active readers every week. Hi, i'm a moderator there.
When someone says something is based on something, I usually don't think it's the same thing. C# is clearly based on Java, it's syntax is extremely similar, that doesn't mean it's compatible. Did you interpret him meaning that it was built on top of python? I've never really heard of anyone using "based on" in place of "built on top of."
If you want to be a game developer dont be mistaken that you can do completely without programming, at least programming will learn you to communicate better with programmers. And you will communicate with programmers !
Just look up a few programming tutorials it's alot easier than some people make it out to be. Hell if you want to develop game install godot and try experimenting with gdacript
Actually we shipped games on PSP, PS4, XBox One (via UWP) and Switch using Godot, but none on Vita and PS3. It's not as easy as it could be, but the code definitely exists
While working on Godot Engine, I can say, I damn awesome. I was able to create a game within 10 days without any prior knowledge of the engine. If you are using Unity and on Linux, this engine is the best choice. Apart from subreddit, you can hang out at their Discord or IRC channels. I prefer IRC since you can directly contact the core team to get any first hand info about development through godotengine-devel channel.
Thank you for an insightful video. I've been using Unreal Engine for a long time now, and it's great. It's very good at what it's aimed at, but less good at other things. Every engine has it's strength and weakness. I have recently started using the godot engine, and I must say, that I really like what I see. It's easy to get into, it's easy to expand upon and it has a great and helpful community. TH-cam channels that push out tutorials every day and a lot of written content, it's easy to make something, and finish something. I have already finished a small game with this engine and I will for sure continue to use this engine for my personal projects.
I work as a game designer at Lemonchili games and Godot is the tool I use for protoyping. The key difference about the engine and why everyone that comes to the engine ends up loving it is not about a cool script editor or a list of built in features. It's mostly the node system. If you like nested prefabs then Godot will blow your mind. Everything is a node and your whole game is a tree of nodes with the root of the tree being the viewport. There is no difference between scene, prefab and component and this simplicity is deceptively powerful, and once you wrap your mind around it changes the way you think about how to build your games. It enables you make your game more flexible and solid with a lot less code. It enables you to work in parallel with your team without fear of merge conflicts. More importantly since the only way they make money is by making the engine so good that users will donate monthly to them, it has a strong focus on listening to the community and adding the features they are needing, and no commercial pressure to add flashy features aimed at user acquisition.
I propose you a simple exercise: - Google about 3D games being developed with this engine and check how they look. - Do the same for UE4. - Take your own conclusions.
For your first game, which engine you use doesn't matter at all. Just pick one that uses a language you know, and follow through to a finished game. Stocking with it and fighting through rough spots to get to the end is 100x more important than getting the "right" engine.
@@FukushimaFriedChick I never had problems with that, but that comment is really outdated after 2.8 (Edit) Still Godot has a long way to go until it can be a serious competitor to the giants like Unity and Unreal, but some day it will have it's Blender 2.8 moment.
I'm really excited to see Godot growing and expanding in features, however I'm sorry to be a party pooper but the other engines such as Unity and UE4 also keep growing. In 2019 we will have more or less stable version of Unity using Entity Component System and DOTS, while UE4 keeps adding nice features like Chaos etc. And the price you're paying for the engine and features isn't as ridiculous as the video states, with UE4 you pay royalties when you're making more than $3k per quarter if I'm not mistaken, and with Unity can pay nothing until you make $100k per year or when your project is ready to be published and you want to get rid of their customizable logo when your game starts, and also every team member working in Unity has to get the subscription as well. In other words, the features provided by competing engines that you can pay for later if your sales exceed certain amount, in my opinion well justify the royalties/subscriptions they have, and the fact that Godot is free doesn't make it as huge big of a deal as the video states. It's still great that something like this exists, but it isn't a game changer, at least for now.
Vardas Agreed, and to your point, UE4’s Source is available and editable. I’ve compiled many a custom UE4 build with different features and tech implemented and such. So the whole “the source code is available” doesn’t hold either. It’s a great little engine. But it doesn’t hold a candle to UE4/Unity in terms of feature set and available technology. Nothing wrong with that though. But as you said, it’s not a game changer... yet.
Been helping out with godot for well over 2 years, nearly 3 now. Love the engine. Shameless little plug for my contribution, did you know Godot is also capable of VR and AR solutions?:)
Just discovered your channel thanks to @Gamefromscratch, I will probably use your VR plugin for a game idea I recenctly had. Thanks to you I won"t need to do that in unity :D Just looked at a few of your tutorials for now, they are great man !
I started with clickteam studios because that the software fnaf was made in. When I realized about Undertale, I moved to Game Maker after a few days with clickteam. Then I move to Unity mainly for the variety and I'm happy with it. I just don't like Microsoft visual studios...
As a games developer I like to swap game engines as often as I change my socks. What we really want to know is "What's the upcoming fashionable game engine for Autumn?"
I was loving this video even before I randomly found my Discovering Godot course on Udemy briefly spotlighted! :D Godot isn't the only amazing engine out there, but it's been a real joy for me to use. It;s gotten to the point where if i want to play something but can't figure out what, I'll make a quick little game in Godot to play.
Well it will, if and only if people start solving the many bugs you can encounter. I did a jam on it not a week ago. It was fine, it worked for 85% of it, but the problems we encountered with some of my friends made it really hard to recommend the engine. A future big hit yes, but not in its actual state I think !
Amazing video! I felt proud to be a Godot developer while watching. Thank you for helping introduce Godot to more people, it is a fantastic engine with so much potential.
I'm new to programming and game development and the first Engine I tried was unreal, which honestly feels like a mistake. It's too Hard to Learn for me as a bloody beginner. Then I tried Unity, which was better, but still far from perfect. I had a Hard time even following some tutorials. Then I decide to give Godot a Chance and I think this was the best decision, I have made in like the last 2 years. I'm So happy with it. It's like the CD Projekt Red of game development. People pay for it, bcs they want to, not bcs they have to. Consider to give it a Chance. It's really worth it.
@@KA-sx3sc no the BGE has been in blender since forever, but it has been removed in 2.8. there are independent projects that continue the legacy however
@@matbru9193 Godot being open source is a very big plus compared to unity for sure. I just meant that if you earn over 100k dollars a year you should have enough money for subscription fees.
The big thing about Godot is that you can compile it from source you can extend the source you can fix bugs instead of waiting for a release you can update its documentation and even have your own branch you can work on the engines development. Its a engine by devs for devs.
We've been learning Unity for a year now and just recently started to switch to Godot. It really is great! We've considered this Engine a year ago, but felt like the Unity Community was bigger so starting from Tutorials should be easier. In the meantime the Godot Community grew very fast and there are many Tutorials out there now.
@@thompsonevergreen8006 Because I've wrote of OUR (Some friends of me & myself) experiences. Sorry thought that my message would be more clear if I write in the perspective of many people I know, experiencing the same thing.
I still use unity as of now bc I'm too far into development to try to Port it over but I've been thinking about getting into Godot, just sucks that I have to learn a whole new engine but oh well
@@Adefuye Thankfully I switched before being good with Unity, but I completely understand where you are coming from. Learning the Godot interface and node system should be pretty easy if you come from Unity. Scripting will probably take you some time to get use to.
Godot has so much potential and it get improved fast because its open source and lot of people maintance it. Ive coded as well a little bit on the engine core. Its like Blender. It gets better and better.
If you really wanted to learn you could just go ahead and start in like 2 minutes. Of course you don't have to, but the fact that you already know a different engine isn't a reason not to learn another.
You might want to one day just try it out, since it is both free and lightweight on your Hard Drive. If you're interested, just jump on a Godot 48h Game Jam and see what you think about it. The more engines you know, the better, as you can always use the better tool for the job.
The reason I switched from Unity to Godot is simple. C# was too difficult and after hours of unity I couldn’t even make a character jump around the screen in 2d. In Godot I had basic 2d platformer controls within an hour.
I can *sort of* understand moving from Unity to Godot, but can't really see moving from Unreal to Godot. Though, replacing RPG Maker with this is the smart move.
I have used Godot and Unity both and I have to say Godot is wonderful. It is faster to work in editor, prototyping is faster and very easy. The shift from Unity to Godot is very easy too, not just because of C# support but also lot of the components in Unity works almost similar to the nodes in Godot(at least on the surface level). But the one thing I find it hard in Godot is the community support, although the people in the forums are very helpful, it is unlike Unity's community. This may not be the case an year from now, but as of now the community isn't that big.
Well, it's safe to say we have a pretty competent open source suite for game dev (and some open source-ish tools or at least free with no strings attached). 3d art assets: blender 2d art assets: Krita and GIMP (if you can stand the interface) Sound edit: audacity Storefront: itch.io and gamejolt Project hosting (if public): GitHub and its competitors Documentation: wiki presets. Now it just needs something to make network features and advertisement implementation streamlined and profitable.
Godot is going to be huge. I've never supported an open source project on Patreon before, but Godot has me convinced this project is special and needs the support, and I urge others to do it too. If you can afford one less take away meal a month, toss a few bucks at Godot's team to help them along, if they reach their next goal milestone they'll be able to hire a 3rd full time coder to work on the engine!
As someone who is entirely new to game developement etc, I must say that I definitly prefer game maker. I think game maker was way easier to grasp and understand, specially because I feel like there are better or at least more tutorials on youtbue for it.
Well, you know what I think? You guys made a video that it will be the next huge Game Engine. And it will be huge because it's you who made the video. Thanks for this video.
I'm also a guy who was a unity user. But my PC is low-end PC, so I can't use the Visual Studio in my PC, endless problems, but when I switched to godot, my low end PC was able to script! Then I started to make games, but can't make 3D games as I don't have a great graphics card. Whatever I made some games with godot in some months where when I used unity for 1.5 years and not able to make any games. Now I love godot more than unity!
I'm glad to know that the Argentine video game engine is receiving the recognition of being a great tool to develop videogames. I hope to see more videogames developed with this engine. Greetings from Argentina!
I used to work in unity but after going through countless errors for having too many apps open in the backround and windows 10 high ram usage i moved to linux and since unity isnt support for linux i looked for other engines and i found godot. Althogh i wasnt sure about it at first i really had no other choice if i wanted to create my dream game. After a few tutorials i LOVED/LOVE IT!!! Not only for the fact that it is 100% free but it feels so much better to use when compared to unity. Im not sure how this hasnt completely overtaken unity yet but this engine is AMAZING and i would highly recommend anyone who wants to create games to use this engine!! = D
@5:50: Beause MSVS or Mono Develop which are used by Unity and Unreal don't have things like code completion or syntax highlighting, right? I have nothing against godot, in fact I welcome an open source/MIT alternative to the proprietary big ones, but if you wanna make a point of it having advantages over them and will be the "next huge thing" at the very least try to not make it sound that for example Unity or Unreal doesn't have basic features like those if the reality is that the editor that is used by those engines has those features as well. It really just hurts your credibility and makes the video seem VERY biased.
@@aestheticPhantasm I still would've worded it differently, putting more emphasis on that it's build-in and maybe point out some features that are unique to it (For example, the fully integrated Documentation or the Community driven language support) instead of picking two industry standard features. But it is a fair point nonetheless. As for the implication of me being the one biased: I wouldn't gain anything from leaning towards any of the engines. They all have their pros and cons and I try to stay open to use whatever engine fits my needs the best, since it'll save me a headache in the long run. But I do not like comparisons that - to me - feel skewed towards a certain direction, which is all I wanted to express in the comment. I admit, my tone wasn't the best, but I did not intend any ill will towards the creators or godot with it.
Btw... I'm working with unity and... read carefully: Unity doesn't have code completion tools, because it can't even handle code edition. I'd like a built-in editor, but... Nowadays there is not. I think i understand your point...but I desagree. There's nothing bad telling it in a video review.
@@AngobiTMS If you want no limitation, Go with Bolt. Its better in a lot of ways. Playmaker is littlebit easier to lern at first, but you will be limited in what you can do.
@@AngobiTMS Not that mutch.. There is a Lot of starting tutorial and the community is Huge. Since the logic is really close to Csharp, Once you know how it work, You will be able to watch Regular unity tutorial and convert them in Bolt. I'm doing that a lot. I'm currently making a Multiplayer Roguelike Game with a Procedurally dungeon Generater 100% made with Bolt.
@@ThePoinball Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it as I'm currently in analysis paralysis over bolt vs Playmaker. One last question, how much time did it take for you to become at least proficient in bolt?
Hello, I really like your videos! I am using Game Maker Studio 2 but I admit Godot Engine looks interesting. I'd like to try both engines but I what I really want is a 2D engine where I could focus on all my next projects.
Download godot, give it a try and decide what works best for you. Few things to consider: -GDscript is much closer to a real coding language than gmscript (it has methods/functions/classes etc instead of gm's event and scripts system) -godot's documentation isn't as clear as game maker's documentation. For me it feels like it is the perfect engine for people that want more tools than gm:studio offers, but feel like unity is too complex/bloated to really enjoy.
I dont understand? Unreal and unity for example are free for use. Yeah they take a cut of your income IF YOU MAKE SOME. But first off, make some money with your project and be successfull. Unreal for me is waaay more clean and already got a shit ton of tutorials all around the internet. So yeah when im coding the logic and i got a problem that im too stupid to solve, the interent got it solved already because its already used for years. I mean use whatever you want, a good game is a good game.
Free software doesn't just mean "you don't have to pay for it". It also means that you are free to study how the software works, modify it and even redistribute it. TL;DR: it is free as in "freedom" not "free of charge"
prAcid horses for courses. If you want to make a 2D retro pixel art game, you use Godot, not UE4 or Unity. You will waste a lot of time trying to bend their 3D engines into 2D and trying to get sharp clean pixels when Godot does it right out of the box with its specialised 2D engine.
I wish we had a better Visual Scripting for Godot (the current one is a super confusing) ...Most Artists find Event Sheets system much easier to code compare to Nodes, that's why Construct 3 and GDevelop are super easy to start.. but they are limited for 2D only... if only somebody would make such Addon using: Event-Sheet visual scripting for Godot! oh my!!
Maze use unity, not Godot, more options as in unity is more adaptable to projects because it has so much support (asset store, tutorials,managing multiplayer and ads etc)
I think it’s great that there’s an open source engine to fill the gap left by Ogre. BUT, I’m just not seeing any compelling reason to ever switch from Unity. Every feature mentioned in this video, Unity has been doing for years. I’m sorry, but the Godot crowd just reminds me of the Linux crowd. A bunch of guys that insists this is the best product ever, but the whole thing requires tons of work around me and a massive learning curve.
It looks like something I could play with as a hobby, it has a long way to go before it can compete with anything professional. With this being free, lightweight and opensource I get some blender vibes from it, I got nothing to lose, might as well try it out.
hey amazing ask gaemdev folks. I am on a game devolopment journey n planning on using Blender which is free open source. would be neat if u guys can cover a video on that too someday. Also i have perfect thoughts n ideas for my first game n hope to put it onto paper n software soon, but don't know where to start? should I focus more on my games Story,Characters,Plot,Puzzles? type of video because my idea for my first game is gonna be heavily Myst and Zork series inspired. :) hope to hear from u guys soon. i might give godo a chance someday but right now i have been having fun using Blender. so far in blender i have made few enviorement scenes in Blender.
Well for me at least the things I can do in 10 days in Godot, I can do in just 1 day in Unity, it just remains the most easy with the perfect balance between accessibility and raw power.
Code completion is the reason why it is faster to do some stuff in Godot... It is same as to say: I don't know a thing about coding or game development, but I will waste your time with my video.
I don't really work with Godot, I mostly tinker. I would get a mechanic in my head and I will work for weeks to make them, so I don't really have much to show everyone. Though I was about to make a demo level for one mechanic that I am pretty proud of. It is a 2D puzzle platformer where the character can die and a ghost appears next to the character. The player then switches between the two to solve puzzles. Well, that's the idea anyway. The level is basically die, move ghost through a wall to touch a button to remove the wall and the character goes to the end point to the next level.
I am sorry but can we stop this blid praise for a moment? "Acording to some users things that take a week in Unity can take only a day in Godot." Oh my. Not only does it seem like you have never tried either engine. BUT its just impossible for any project to be affected that much in developement speed. Also. While the engine is good for indies. I don't see any significant number of game studios searching for Godot developers. So for any clueless student/teenager that after watching a video like this spends next few years learning Godot only to not be employed because companies require Unity/Unreal etc.. knowledge. Its like trying to apply to Ubisoft or whatever with "2 years of experience with game maker and 1 year with RPG maker" line on your resume. Please stop pushing Godot onto people while its still a new and untested product. The eviroment and comunity has to build up first for it to be a valid choice.
So your claim is that no one should use the engine because not enough people are using it? The point is the engine is growing and getting better constantly. This channel is heavily focused on indie development, which is the primary type of game development. I don't see anyone claiming that Godot is an important engine to have on your resume if your trying to get hired at a AAA company, and no one is claiming that universities need to start teaching this engine. I think the video made it pretty clear that this is a simple community-driven engine, ideal for indies.
Personally, I think GameFromScratch's videos were great for helping me learn Godot! Spent years trying to get into game design. Watched his videos in 1 day and I made two (very simple) games already!
I love when a developer of a software gives their software away for free and gives you the option to support them. Blender, a 2D/3D animation software does this also. It's really powerful and probably as good as the expensive animation software. You can tell that the devs care a lot for their project considering how bit and awesome update 2.8 is. It's completely changing the layout of Blender and adding a ton of great things. Godot looks really good. and can't wait to try it. Can you 3D model and/or paint your sprites in Godot or do you need external software? But anyways, with everything we have access to, there is no excuse to not be a game dev, animator, streamer, online influencer, etc and follow your dreams. My older brother wanted to be a game dev. You don't need to go to collage to educate yourself. We have tons of free game dev software like "Unity", "Unreal Engine", and now "Godot". We have tons of tutorials to help learn the program.
Keep making Super Teal Robot in Construct 3! PLS! (Also try making a 3D 3rd person version!) Love your channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) P.S. Try adding missiles, a flamethrower, a roll, a crouch, a double jump, and a deflect shield for Super Teal Robot, plus the enemies and their A.I. s! Maybe a food or heath system, jumping, melee? Keep on making great content!
Oh my god, thanks for responding! You are going to help me so much! I have never been responded to by a TH-camr, and you are one of my favorites! Keep my suggestions in mind, and continue your awesome work! :)
Ooh boy. I remember using click & play. ... In 1995 or so. XD Game maker as well, that was part of the training when I did a formal course on game development. In turn I then ghost-wrote a few chapters on a workbook for learning how to make games in game maker... Anyway, the Godot engine looks pretty nice...
Don't be disappointed. Godot is still young and unity is still improving. Unity is free too like Godot (unless u make like $10 K a year I think) and does 2D and 3D too. Nothing special about Godot other than the fact it is open source and use little memory.
Really great video. Glad to see another game engine developed so well. Definitely good news for all the game developers. The only problem is I just started using Unity...😂
@@sanketvaria9734 For me its the other way, I started with unreal, and really quick changed to unity. (Then I thought for one game: I will use unreal, and then the new render system and shader graph released...)
I'm currently researching Bolt vs Playmaker for Unity and this video pops up in my notification. What is the learning curve for Godot for a person with almost zero programming knowledge?
It depends on the person and the circumstances, obviously, but my personal experience was awesome with it. I've got no compsci background (drama degree and theatre education masters) and was making simple platform games in a matter of days. Within 6 months I was making tutorials. And I was 41 at the time. Not everyone clicks with it right away, but a lot of folks do.
I've used a bit of both (with no coding skill), and Godot is definitely easier to learn. If you're making games just to learn code, Godot actually has C# support as well, so learning Godot using C# will make learning other engines easier too.
Been playing around with this engine for about a week now. It's certainly attractive - small, loads fast, generated games are not massive and you can code in GDScript and then optimise bits in C++. I have a current project I'm developing in Unreal but am seriously considering moving to Godot for the following reasons: Unreal is a massive multi GB download whereas Godot is currently 50MB. In Unreal if you make a mistake in your C++, the editor won't load your project. This can be fixed by sorting it out in VIsual Studio but what if one of your blueprints does this? Then you're screwed since they can only be edited in the editor. It seems that Unreal interferes too much with your code whereas Godot doesn't. In fact, I much prefer C++ in Godot than in Unreal. It feels more like "normal" C++. Love the node system. That's awesome. Building even a small C++ project in Unreal seems to take ages whereas Godot is, in comparison, blisteringly fast. Godot seems to actually import models from Blender better - you can embedd the materials and they get imported too, not just the mesh. In Unreal you have to spend ages setting up a material and then plugging in to the mesh - a repeat of work you did in your 3D modelling program. Oh, and Godot is COMPLETELY free. However, there are some things missing: No terrain editor. (But someone's done a plug in). No support for consoles, as standard. No level streaming. The C++ documentation is virtually non-existent. You have to look at GDScript examples and then convert, although that's not so difficult. This is one area where Unreal wins - the docs for both Blueprints and C++ are almost perfect. No C++ support out of the box. You have to download the bindings and build them. Had a few stumpers with that although I eventually sorted it out. Found a few of the functions that are available in GDScript like lerp() are missing so had to write them meself. It'll be interesting to see how good Godot 4.x is.
I was still debating what game engine I should dive into , unity or godot. But I think I decided to choose Godot since it is lightweight just what my PC can handle.☺️
Ok, so I am just starting to actually try to make a game, and I fairly recently found Game maker studio 2, downloaded it, and did one of the tutorials. I then started adapting it into an idea I have for a game. I haven't done much yet, but it seems fairly straightforward and like I could do it. I am still early on enough that I could switch to Godot and learn it more in depth instead, which would you recommend? (Before this I did a bunch of stuff in scratch, but in GMS2 I did use the actual code, not DND. Also, next year I am going to be learning Java if that affects anything.)
Cool that I see this now. Im making a game in Gadot as I speek. Its less of a gsme maker snd more a visual basic clone with a bucket of tools and customizable object types!
Am I the only person who would perfect to just code a game with pure programming languages like Java python etc and not waste my time trying to master an engine when I can be already finished?!?!
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Ur amazing
Keep up the good work
I have a repo with some examples : github.com/programaths/coder-dojo-godot
Porting to Playstation etc. isn't missing because people haven't thought of adding it. It's because it's not legal. But there are third party companies who do that for you. docs.godotengine.org/en/3.1/tutorials/platform/consoles.html
Gdscript is based on python is enough for me to use godot
Godot is growing. I'm so glad I found it.
Me too
Was about to stick with unity...
_but found a better one_
@@scott_itall8638 less work
Compatible with the most easiest to learn coding language
And plus it's lightweight
@@scott_itall8638 python and gdscript
I want to use it but it doesnt support android c# :(
@@krystof7059 It does.
Asset creation - Blender
Game Engine - Godot
Sound - Audacity
What else?
2D art - Krita
Music is tougher. There's LMMS but honestly it's kind of a pain to use. Ardour is inexpensive (with a free demo), not not FOSS.
Hotel? Trivago.
FLStudio has an unlimited time free demo with full features unlocked, the only downside is you can't open any project saved meaning that you kinda have to make the music in one go until you're able to purchase it
It's really worth it though, you get a lifetime free update, getting access to FL's forum, and able to use legacy version without needing to repurchase
the lowest tier is 99 USD which is reaally limiting, not able either to record nor use audio clips whatsoever
second tier is 199 USD, it's what i suggest buying 'cause you get to have access to basically everything you need like audio recording, full playlist features, additional plugins etc.
you can ignore the rest tier, they basically just adding more plugins and stuff
2D Vector Assets - Inkscape
2D art - Krita
SFX - LMMS
Pixels - IMO, Aseprite
Voxels - MagicaVoxel
My experience with Unity and Godot. Godot is a great engine, and so is Unity, however, since Godot is a lot younger, that means it doesn't have as many niche tutorials as Unity. That might not be an issue to everyone, but since niche tutorials often cover hard subject, that can make it harder to recreate in Godot. Unity also has a lot of features built in, that might require you to write a lot of code in Godot, to achieve the same thing.
Prefabs and nodes are both easy to get used to though, and the custom themes in Godot are very nice.
The subscription based model Unity has is no issue, since it is virtually free, except for a few advanced features that most people don't need. Most people don't make $100k a year, and if they do, paying for either the $25 or the $125 subscription is no problem.
Support in Unity is also miles a head of godot, since they have a full paid support team ready to help you at all times. Godot is free, but that also means they have to prioritize their manpower, which makes them lack a lot in the professional support part. I haven't had an issue yet with either engine, that required that level of support.
You can export to so many different platforms on Unity. If it exists, Unity can export to it. Godot is not quite there yet, but it seems like it is going to happen soon.
To conclude, Unity has some major advantages over Godot, and Godot is slowly following along. One last very important thing to consider is popularity and job oppertunities. There are waaay more companies using Unity than Godot.
I made this way too long, but I still hope you learned something!
I have a low end PC which barely gives me 30fps modern AAA titles at lowest settings. I wanted to try Godot and unreal engine. Can my PC handle it??
Specs:
i5 7th Gen dual core
940mx 4gb DDR3
8gb RAM
1TB HDD
@@ojasthengadi9681 That totally depends on the size of the game you're making. You should definitely be able to run Godot, however I am not sure about Unreal. You should also consider adding an SSD, as it will give you a more smooth experience.
@@ojasthengadi9681 also, only way to find out if your computer can handle it, is to simply try them out. They are both free after all.
@@purplelops thanks for your help. I think I will start with Godot and then move on to unreal when I get a good machine
@@ojasthengadi9681 I have same specs bro unreal engine runs smoothly
Godot *can* export to PS4 and Switch. But the templates cannot be supplied with the engine due to NDAs and developer licenses. Ariel's Lone Wolf Technology can supply (paid) support and export support.
That does make sense.
I was curious about that.
NDA's huh. Those are always fun... >__
It’s ashame this is still a little known fact and that they missed it in the video.
I hope once a few games are released on ps4 and switch this will get more visibility. There are atleast two i know off that should soon come out on console. Exciting times for godot
A license js like $800 a year right?
No idea, not a console dev or anything like that. In any case, that kind of info is NDA-ed.
@@sslaxx It's that price if you use GMS
I found modifying Godot's source code, to make it to do what I want, was insanely easy. Dependencies are minimal and the source code is just so easy to read and figure out.
I do this a lot of as well.
I would say 2020, it is gonna gain so much attention, it already has, but when 4.0 comes out, it is just gonna be fire.
On the other hand, making games when the thing is on fire might be really dangerous...
That sweet sweet Vulkan support!
@@Tdoshok As an open Source Game Engine, and with your growing community they still keep working on older versions as 2.1, because people still use it. The number of material is bigger for this versions as well. You don't have to update your engine while working on your game. Remember, technology is always advancing, deal with it.
fireeeee
now 2020 sucks
Godot is what Blender is for 3d modelling software. Affordable software available for everyone that does exactly the same thing as other way overpriced software. In fact you can even make game from scratch with just open source software. Open source is the future.
Yeah but currently that is what unity is used for
Aren't unreal and unity also free?
@@ojasthengadi9681 Yeah they are but you have to pay to have professional permissions
@@ojasthengadi9681 There's a difference between $0 and free. Godot is "free" because it is avaivable for anyone to use and share for any purpose, to modify and share their modifications. That's not the case for Unity or Unreal.
@@josephbrandenburg4373 I'm new to this stuff. I didn't knew that. Thanks for this information
Several noteworthy mistakes in this video:
GDScript is _not_ based on python and does not work like python. It simply takes inspiration from python for its _basic_ syntax.
Godot is entirely capable of exporting to all major consoles and handhelds. It will however never be able to publicly distribute export templates for this. Since they require the user to be a licensed developer for that platform. Once you have that license, you can make your own temples, or get them through lonewolf.
The Discord community has a much greater active member count than reddit. 15k users. 10k active readers every week. Hi, i'm a moderator there.
I rememer you!
Link to join ?
@@thanatosor discord.gg/FAkQtdy
When someone says something is based on something, I usually don't think it's the same thing.
C# is clearly based on Java, it's syntax is extremely similar, that doesn't mean it's compatible.
Did you interpret him meaning that it was built on top of python? I've never really heard of anyone using "based on" in place of "built on top of."
@@BlazertronGames Saying that GDScript is based on python creates the assumption that it has common/popular Python features. It does not.
If you want to be a game developer dont be mistaken that you can do completely without programming, at least programming will learn you to communicate better with programmers.
And you will communicate with programmers !
Just look up a few programming tutorials it's alot easier than some people make it out to be. Hell if you want to develop game install godot and try experimenting with gdacript
Actually we shipped games on PSP, PS4, XBox One (via UWP) and Switch using Godot, but none on Vita and PS3. It's not as easy as it could be, but the code definitely exists
psp? how
How?? I heard issues with exporting Godot projects to consoles.
This sounds like a telemarketing ad.
Pretty sure it's just a well polished ad
Agree. It's well done but doesn't sound natural. I always wonder why (anyone) chooses to make vids in such fashion
@@kay00 The narrator mentioned that the creation of this video is requested by the community
@@skybyte4me "The narrator mentioned that the creation of this video is requested by the community"
I'll say more "requested by the money"
lecorbak "l'll say more requested by money" by a free product? Yeah you're right.
While working on Godot Engine, I can say, I damn awesome. I was able to create a game within 10 days without any prior knowledge of the engine. If you are using Unity and on Linux, this engine is the best choice.
Apart from subreddit, you can hang out at their Discord or IRC channels. I prefer IRC since you can directly contact the core team to get any first hand info about development through godotengine-devel channel.
I bounced off of engines like UE4, Unity and Game Maker really hard. I'm glad I discovered Godot and be an early member of its community.
Thank you for an insightful video.
I've been using Unreal Engine for a long time now, and it's great. It's very good at what it's aimed at, but less good at other things. Every engine has it's strength and weakness.
I have recently started using the godot engine, and I must say, that I really like what I see. It's easy to get into, it's easy to expand upon and it has a great and helpful community. TH-cam channels that push out tutorials every day and a lot of written content, it's easy to make something, and finish something. I have already finished a small game with this engine and I will for sure continue to use this engine for my personal projects.
The Power Of MIT license!
Comes Godot
Comes Indie Force
I work as a game designer at Lemonchili games and Godot is the tool I use for protoyping. The key difference about the engine and why everyone that comes to the engine ends up loving it is not about a cool script editor or a list of built in features. It's mostly the node system. If you like nested prefabs then Godot will blow your mind. Everything is a node and your whole game is a tree of nodes with the root of the tree being the viewport. There is no difference between scene, prefab and component and this simplicity is deceptively powerful, and once you wrap your mind around it changes the way you think about how to build your games. It enables you make your game more flexible and solid with a lot less code. It enables you to work in parallel with your team without fear of merge conflicts.
More importantly since the only way they make money is by making the engine so good that users will donate monthly to them, it has a strong focus on listening to the community and adding the features they are needing, and no commercial pressure to add flashy features aimed at user acquisition.
Great comment! Thank you
I started using Godot some weeks ago and i love it!
Hej
@@winterfallstudios7101 Hej
@@simong7568 Hej Scandinavians.(probably Swedish)
this channel is way too underrated the quality is unmatched vids are so helpful and pro ;(
Thanks for the kind words Georges :)
I propose you a simple exercise:
- Google about 3D games being developed with this engine and check how they look.
- Do the same for UE4.
- Take your own conclusions.
Before I even watch
*I Knew this is Gdot engine*
*Thx for all these likes
Me too...
Yes me too
Knew couldn't be anything else than godot
69th like btw
the thumbnail gave it away
Engine? Godot
3D Asset? Blender
2D Asset? Inkscape
Music? Audacity
Hotel? Trivago
For your first game, which engine you use doesn't matter at all. Just pick one that uses a language you know, and follow through to a finished game.
Stocking with it and fighting through rough spots to get to the end is 100x more important than getting the "right" engine.
Gotoh's Devs should follow in the steps of Blender and Krita, and create a Non-Profit to get the project to its full potential.
It's Godot
Godot is the Blender of game engines
So, failing at basic layout?
@@FukushimaFriedChick I never had problems with that, but that comment is really outdated after 2.8
(Edit) Still Godot has a long way to go until it can be a serious competitor to the giants like Unity and Unreal, but some day it will have it's Blender 2.8 moment.
I'm really excited to see Godot growing and expanding in features, however I'm sorry to be a party pooper but the other engines such as Unity and UE4 also keep growing.
In 2019 we will have more or less stable version of Unity using Entity Component System and DOTS, while UE4 keeps adding nice features like Chaos etc.
And the price you're paying for the engine and features isn't as ridiculous as the video states, with UE4 you pay royalties when you're making more than $3k per quarter if I'm not mistaken, and with Unity can pay nothing until you make $100k per year or when your project is ready to be published and you want to get rid of their customizable logo when your game starts, and also every team member working in Unity has to get the subscription as well.
In other words, the features provided by competing engines that you can pay for later if your sales exceed certain amount, in my opinion well justify the royalties/subscriptions they have, and the fact that Godot is free doesn't make it as huge big of a deal as the video states. It's still great that something like this exists, but it isn't a game changer, at least for now.
Vardas Agreed, and to your point, UE4’s Source is available and editable. I’ve compiled many a custom UE4 build with different features and tech implemented and such. So the whole “the source code is available” doesn’t hold either. It’s a great little engine. But it doesn’t hold a candle to UE4/Unity in terms of feature set and available technology. Nothing wrong with that though. But as you said, it’s not a game changer... yet.
Grizabella yet is the word that turns improbability into probability.
I've been using it since 2.0
Great and powerful engine indeed
hi there ive seen you before
Been helping out with godot for well over 2 years, nearly 3 now. Love the engine. Shameless little plug for my contribution, did you know Godot is also capable of VR and AR solutions?:)
Just discovered your channel thanks to @Gamefromscratch, I will probably use your VR plugin for a game idea I recenctly had. Thanks to you I won"t need to do that in unity :D
Just looked at a few of your tutorials for now, they are great man !
Walter Gabriel thanks! Let me know how you go:)
People like you make the world a better place.
Thank You.
0:47 OH MY GOD!! I started with Klik & Play many eons ago when I was around 10.
I started with clickteam studios because that the software fnaf was made in. When I realized about Undertale, I moved to Game Maker after a few days with clickteam. Then I move to Unity mainly for the variety and I'm happy with it. I just don't like Microsoft visual studios...
As a games developer I like to swap game engines as often as I change my socks. What we really want to know is "What's the upcoming fashionable game engine for Autumn?"
Godot is here to stay. This isn't a fad, it's been growing rapidly since it went MIT. It doesn't look like that'll change anytime soon.
That was awesome lol
Well , you are a gme dev , so you don't change your socks very often....😂😂
I was loving this video even before I randomly found my Discovering Godot course on Udemy briefly spotlighted! :D
Godot isn't the only amazing engine out there, but it's been a real joy for me to use. It;s gotten to the point where if i want to play something but can't figure out what, I'll make a quick little game in Godot to play.
no more , made with unity Splash Screen :)
I mean, you could always put that on your Godot game if you missed it
Now it's a Godot Game Engine splash screen :D
@@swishfish8858 You're allowed to remove that if you wanna.
Just add your on
EXCLUSIVELY MADE WITH GODOT
Splash screen
It will be a great promotion
But you can change the splash. For your splash. This is the free software power. You can change all of things 😉
Your channel is a labor of love and it very well appreciated
Well it will, if and only if people start solving the many bugs you can encounter. I did a jam on it not a week ago. It was fine, it worked for 85% of it, but the problems we encountered with some of my friends made it really hard to recommend the engine.
A future big hit yes, but not in its actual state I think !
That perfectly sums it up.
I honestly hope that this stays an underground engine because if it gets too big, they may have to put a price tag on it
I somewhat doubt they would pull an Aesprite like that
that's impossible. it's owned by the public. so no one can take it private and put a price tag
Amazing video! I felt proud to be a Godot developer while watching. Thank you for helping introduce Godot to more people, it is a fantastic engine with so much potential.
I'm new to programming and game development and the first Engine I tried was unreal, which honestly feels like a mistake. It's too Hard to Learn for me as a bloody beginner. Then I tried Unity, which was better, but still far from perfect. I had a Hard time even following some tutorials. Then I decide to give Godot a Chance and I think this was the best decision, I have made in like the last 2 years. I'm So happy with it. It's like the CD Projekt Red of game development. People pay for it, bcs they want to, not bcs they have to. Consider to give it a Chance. It's really worth it.
This looks like the blender of game engines
blender has a game engine
@@poongoons8057 Didn't they drop the BGE a release or two ago?
@@KA-sx3sc no the BGE has been in blender since forever, but it has been removed in 2.8. there are independent projects that continue the legacy however
Unity isnt that expensive at all. any revenue less or equal to 100k dollars is allowed for free
ah but does it have nodes?... beautiful nodes!
@@DarkShroom sweet, sweet tree nodes. 😁
but godot is open source and not bugy
@@matbru9193 Godot being open source is a very big plus compared to unity for sure.
I just meant that if you earn over 100k dollars a year you should have enough money for subscription fees.
@@matbru9193 Godot has literally over 2k open bug reports on GitHub.
The big thing about Godot is that you can compile it from source you can extend the source you can fix bugs instead of waiting for a release
you can update its documentation and even have your own branch you can work on the engines development. Its a engine by devs for devs.
We've been learning Unity for a year now and just recently started to switch to Godot. It really is great! We've considered this Engine a year ago, but felt like the Unity Community was bigger so starting from Tutorials should be easier. In the meantime the Godot Community grew very fast and there are many Tutorials out there now.
Calm down hive mind
@@thompsonevergreen8006
Excuse me? xD
@@TheLuigiplayer you used we instead of i
@@thompsonevergreen8006 Because I've wrote of OUR (Some friends of me & myself) experiences. Sorry thought that my message would be more clear if I write in the perspective of many people I know, experiencing the same thing.
You know things are better with Ask Gamedev. I’m extremely running out of ideas for engines, my main being GameMaker Studio 2.
Left Unity for Godot when they hired their first EA slug and started their "game engine as a service model" after Unityv5.....
I still use unity as of now bc I'm too far into development to try to Port it over but I've been thinking about getting into Godot, just sucks that I have to learn a whole new engine but oh well
@@Adefuye Thankfully I switched before being good with Unity, but I completely understand where you are coming from. Learning the Godot interface and node system should be pretty easy if you come from Unity. Scripting will probably take you some time to get use to.
Me too.
The background music in every Ask Gamedev video is so satisfying to my ears
Godot has so much potential and it get improved fast because its open source and lot of people maintance it. Ive coded as well a little bit on the engine core.
Its like Blender. It gets better and better.
I use unity at work so not worth the switch, already know Unity so well.
Most people aren't comfortable with switches especially when they're already comfortable with the tool they're using. This needs to change for good.
That's good :D
Nobody's forcing you to switch to Godot.
Learning new Things ,opens up more oppurtunitys for the future.🤟
If you really wanted to learn you could just go ahead and start in like 2 minutes. Of course you don't have to, but the fact that you already know a different engine isn't a reason not to learn another.
You might want to one day just try it out, since it is both free and lightweight on your Hard Drive. If you're interested, just jump on a Godot 48h Game Jam and see what you think about it. The more engines you know, the better, as you can always use the better tool for the job.
The reason I switched from Unity to Godot is simple. C# was too difficult and after hours of unity I couldn’t even make a character jump around the screen in 2d. In Godot I had basic 2d platformer controls within an hour.
I can *sort of* understand moving from Unity to Godot, but can't really see moving from Unreal to Godot. Though, replacing RPG Maker with this is the smart move.
I have used Godot and Unity both and I have to say Godot is wonderful. It is faster to work in editor, prototyping is faster and very easy. The shift from Unity to Godot is very easy too, not just because of C# support but also lot of the components in Unity works almost similar to the nodes in Godot(at least on the surface level). But the one thing I find it hard in Godot is the community support, although the people in the forums are very helpful, it is unlike Unity's community. This may not be the case an year from now, but as of now the community isn't that big.
What about "Best games made by Monogame engine"? That's a very good and underrated engine. From what i saw Monogame is a well-made engine.
don't forget about using blender with GODOT making it a force to be recon with
that is very very true. not only can you do it, it is mind blowingly simple
Well, it's safe to say we have a pretty competent open source suite for game dev (and some open source-ish tools or at least free with no strings attached).
3d art assets: blender
2d art assets: Krita and GIMP (if you can stand the interface)
Sound edit: audacity
Storefront: itch.io and gamejolt
Project hosting (if public): GitHub and its competitors
Documentation: wiki presets.
Now it just needs something to make network features and advertisement implementation streamlined and profitable.
Godot is going to be huge. I've never supported an open source project on Patreon before, but Godot has me convinced this project is special and needs the support, and I urge others to do it too. If you can afford one less take away meal a month, toss a few bucks at Godot's team to help them along, if they reach their next goal milestone they'll be able to hire a 3rd full time coder to work on the engine!
I find Godot's Discord pretty helpful.
Link's on the website, under Community tab.
Great resource! Thanks for sharing, hilfazer!
For reference: there already is many console ports, the problem is they use proprietary code. Check the Godot wiki for how to get access to them.
Finally Godot is getting more love. Here I think that Godot is one of the best options, too! ;)
Godot 4 will be a huge step forward. Go go Godot!
As someone who is entirely new to game developement etc, I must say that I definitly prefer game maker. I think game maker was way easier to grasp and understand, specially because I feel like there are better or at least more tutorials on youtbue for it.
Well, you know what I think? You guys made a video that it will be the next huge Game Engine. And it will be huge because it's you who made the video. Thanks for this video.
I'm also a guy who was a unity user. But my PC is low-end PC, so I can't use the Visual Studio in my PC, endless problems, but when I switched to godot, my low end PC was able to script! Then I started to make games, but can't make 3D games as I don't have a great graphics card. Whatever I made some games with godot in some months where when I used unity for 1.5 years and not able to make any games. Now I love godot more than unity!
I'm glad to know that the Argentine video game engine is receiving the recognition of being a great tool to develop videogames. I hope to see more videogames developed with this engine.
Greetings from Argentina!
I've heard of Godot although I haven't used it yet. Sounds like it's worth checking out. Thanks for sharing!
I used to work in unity but after going through countless errors for having too many apps open in the backround and windows 10 high ram usage i moved to linux and since unity isnt support for linux i looked for other engines and i found godot.
Althogh i wasnt sure about it at first i really had no other choice if i wanted to create my dream game. After a few tutorials i LOVED/LOVE IT!!!
Not only for the fact that it is 100% free but it feels so much better to use when compared to unity.
Im not sure how this hasnt completely overtaken unity yet but this engine is AMAZING and i would highly recommend anyone who wants to create games to use this engine!! = D
@5:50: Beause MSVS or Mono Develop which are used by Unity and Unreal don't have things like code completion or syntax highlighting, right? I have nothing against godot, in fact I welcome an open source/MIT alternative to the proprietary big ones, but if you wanna make a point of it having advantages over them and will be the "next huge thing" at the very least try to not make it sound that for example Unity or Unreal doesn't have basic features like those if the reality is that the editor that is used by those engines has those features as well. It really just hurts your credibility and makes the video seem VERY biased.
@@aestheticPhantasm I still would've worded it differently, putting more emphasis on that it's build-in and maybe point out some features that are unique to it (For example, the fully integrated Documentation or the Community driven language support) instead of picking two industry standard features. But it is a fair point nonetheless.
As for the implication of me being the one biased: I wouldn't gain anything from leaning towards any of the engines. They all have their pros and cons and I try to stay open to use whatever engine fits my needs the best, since it'll save me a headache in the long run. But I do not like comparisons that - to me - feel skewed towards a certain direction, which is all I wanted to express in the comment. I admit, my tone wasn't the best, but I did not intend any ill will towards the creators or godot with it.
Btw... I'm working with unity and... read carefully: Unity doesn't have code completion tools, because it can't even handle code edition. I'd like a built-in editor, but... Nowadays there is not.
I think i understand your point...but I desagree. There's nothing bad telling it in a video review.
@@ascpixi that is exactly my point. Unity didn't do it itself.
Unity With Bolt Visual Scripting is the best way to make Games for me !
How do you compare Playmaker with Bolt, specially for a person who has no programming language?
Which one is better for a complete newbie?
@@AngobiTMS If you want no limitation, Go with Bolt. Its better in a lot of ways.
Playmaker is littlebit easier to lern at first, but you will be limited in what you can do.
@@ThePoinball compared to Playmaker, how difficult is bolt for a person with no programming language?
@@AngobiTMS Not that mutch.. There is a Lot of starting tutorial and the community is Huge. Since the logic is really close to Csharp, Once you know how it work, You will be able to watch Regular unity tutorial and convert them in Bolt.
I'm doing that a lot. I'm currently making a Multiplayer Roguelike Game with a Procedurally dungeon Generater 100% made with Bolt.
@@ThePoinball Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it as I'm currently in analysis paralysis over bolt vs Playmaker. One last question, how much time did it take for you to become at least proficient in bolt?
Hello, I really like your videos! I am using Game Maker Studio 2 but I admit Godot Engine looks interesting.
I'd like to try both engines but I what I really want is a 2D engine where I could focus on all my next projects.
Download godot, give it a try and decide what works best for you.
Few things to consider:
-GDscript is much closer to a real coding language than gmscript (it has methods/functions/classes etc instead of gm's event and scripts system)
-godot's documentation isn't as clear as game maker's documentation.
For me it feels like it is the perfect engine for people that want more tools than gm:studio offers, but feel like unity is too complex/bloated to really enjoy.
I dont understand? Unreal and unity for example are free for use. Yeah they take a cut of your income IF YOU MAKE SOME.
But first off, make some money with your project and be successfull.
Unreal for me is waaay more clean and already got a shit ton of tutorials all around the internet.
So yeah when im coding the logic and i got a problem that im too stupid to solve, the interent got it solved already because its already used for years.
I mean use whatever you want, a good game is a good game.
Unreal and Unity aren't free software (free as in freedom, not free beer).
@@nahiyanalamgir7614 You define free by the cut they take right?
@@scheisseamdampfen Not just that, Unity limits freedom. For example, I can't even use a dark theme in Unity as a non-paid user.
Free software doesn't just mean "you don't have to pay for it". It also means that you are free to study how the software works, modify it and even redistribute it.
TL;DR: it is free as in "freedom" not "free of charge"
prAcid horses for courses. If you want to make a 2D retro pixel art game, you use Godot, not UE4 or Unity. You will waste a lot of time trying to bend their 3D engines into 2D and trying to get sharp clean pixels when Godot does it right out of the box with its specialised 2D engine.
I looked at the thumbnail and I already know it's godot
I wish we had a better Visual Scripting for Godot (the current one is a super confusing) ...Most Artists find Event Sheets system much easier to code compare to Nodes, that's why Construct 3 and GDevelop are super easy to start.. but they are limited for 2D only... if only somebody would make such Addon using: Event-Sheet visual scripting for Godot! oh my!!
That "somebody" could be you! :)
Ask Game should do daily upload. I love your content .
Thanks, now i was starting with unity but i changed my mind now.
Same here
Trust me, use unity, there are a lot more options
@@alexanderlemieux7492 what
Maze use unity, not Godot, more options as in unity is more adaptable to projects because it has so much support (asset store, tutorials,managing multiplayer and ads etc)
I think it’s great that there’s an open source engine to fill the gap left by Ogre.
BUT, I’m just not seeing any compelling reason to ever switch from Unity.
Every feature mentioned in this video, Unity has been doing for years.
I’m sorry, but the Godot crowd just reminds me of the Linux crowd. A bunch of guys that insists this is the best product ever, but the whole thing requires tons of work around me and a massive learning curve.
I'm sorry but this has a very small learning curve
Yeah so, this didnt exactly pan out. I prefer godot over unity but godot isn't going to overtake unity anytime soon.
It looks like something I could play with as a hobby, it has a long way to go before it can compete with anything professional. With this being free, lightweight and opensource I get some blender vibes from it, I got nothing to lose, might as well try it out.
hey amazing ask gaemdev folks. I am on a game devolopment journey n planning on using Blender which is free open source. would be neat if u guys can cover a video on that too someday. Also i have perfect thoughts n ideas for my first game n hope to put it onto paper n software soon, but don't know where to start? should I focus more on my games Story,Characters,Plot,Puzzles? type of video because my idea for my first game is gonna be heavily Myst and Zork series inspired. :) hope to hear from u guys soon. i might give godo a chance someday but right now i have been having fun using Blender. so far in blender i have made few enviorement scenes in Blender.
Well for me at least the things I can do in 10 days in Godot, I can do in just 1 day in Unity, it just remains the most easy with the perfect balance between accessibility and raw power.
I hope some devs create something great in Godot to help inspire people because right now the catalogue of games made in Godot don't look great.
Godot is the Little Engine that Could!!
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Code completion is the reason why it is faster to do some stuff in Godot... It is same as to say: I don't know a thing about coding or game development, but I will waste your time with my video.
I don't really work with Godot, I mostly tinker. I would get a mechanic in my head and I will work for weeks to make them, so I don't really have much to show everyone. Though I was about to make a demo level for one mechanic that I am pretty proud of. It is a 2D puzzle platformer where the character can die and a ghost appears next to the character. The player then switches between the two to solve puzzles. Well, that's the idea anyway. The level is basically die, move ghost through a wall to touch a button to remove the wall and the character goes to the end point to the next level.
I am sorry but can we stop this blid praise for a moment? "Acording to some users things that take a week in Unity can take only a day in Godot." Oh my. Not only does it seem like you have never tried either engine. BUT its just impossible for any project to be affected that much in developement speed.
Also. While the engine is good for indies. I don't see any significant number of game studios searching for Godot developers. So for any clueless student/teenager that after watching a video like this spends next few years learning Godot only to not be employed because companies require Unity/Unreal etc.. knowledge. Its like trying to apply to Ubisoft or whatever with "2 years of experience with game maker and 1 year with RPG maker" line on your resume. Please stop pushing Godot onto people while its still a new and untested product. The eviroment and comunity has to build up first for it to be a valid choice.
So your claim is that no one should use the engine because not enough people are using it? The point is the engine is growing and getting better constantly. This channel is heavily focused on indie development, which is the primary type of game development. I don't see anyone claiming that Godot is an important engine to have on your resume if your trying to get hired at a AAA company, and no one is claiming that universities need to start teaching this engine. I think the video made it pretty clear that this is a simple community-driven engine, ideal for indies.
Personally, I think GameFromScratch's videos were great for helping me learn Godot! Spent years trying to get into game design. Watched his videos in 1 day and I made two (very simple) games already!
Awesome - we'll have to feature GameFromScratch in a future video!
I love when a developer of a software gives their software away for free and gives you the option to support them. Blender, a 2D/3D animation software does this also. It's really powerful and probably as good as the expensive animation software. You can tell that the devs care a lot for their project considering how bit and awesome update 2.8 is. It's completely changing the layout of Blender and adding a ton of great things.
Godot looks really good. and can't wait to try it. Can you 3D model and/or paint your sprites in Godot or do you need external software?
But anyways, with everything we have access to, there is no excuse to not be a game dev, animator, streamer, online influencer, etc and follow your dreams. My older brother wanted to be a game dev. You don't need to go to collage to educate yourself. We have tons of free game dev software like "Unity", "Unreal Engine", and now "Godot". We have tons of tutorials to help learn the program.
Keep making Super Teal Robot in Construct 3! PLS! (Also try making a 3D 3rd person version!) Love your channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
P.S. Try adding missiles, a flamethrower, a roll, a crouch, a double jump, and a deflect shield for Super Teal Robot, plus the enemies and their A.I. s! Maybe a food or heath system, jumping, melee? Keep on making great content!
Thanks Gus! And thanks for the powerup suggestions :)
Oh my god, thanks for responding! You are going to help me so much! I have never been responded to by a TH-camr, and you are one of my favorites! Keep my suggestions in mind, and continue your awesome work! :)
I will explore this engine for my next project. 😉
12:03 : "Let it snow in the comments"
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For an open source engine, this engine gets a lot of youtubers who advertise it as if they were paid to promote it like Tupperware ads
Ooh boy.
I remember using click & play.
... In 1995 or so. XD
Game maker as well, that was part of the training when I did a formal course on game development.
In turn I then ghost-wrote a few chapters on a workbook for learning how to make games in game maker...
Anyway, the Godot engine looks pretty nice...
And I'm here learning unity :(
Don't be disappointed. Godot is still young and unity is still improving. Unity is free too like Godot (unless u make like $10 K a year I think) and does 2D and 3D too. Nothing special about Godot other than the fact it is open source and use little memory.
You can learn both and choose what is the best FOR YOU.
Really great video. Glad to see another game engine developed so well. Definitely good news for all the game developers. The only problem is I just started using Unity...😂
Don't forget that there is unreal too.
@@sanketvaria9734 Don't worry about me. Save yourself!
@@LeeTGame I already have learned little bit unity then shifted to unreal. and now unreal is where is thrive.
@@sanketvaria9734 For me its the other way, I started with unreal, and really quick changed to unity. (Then I thought for one game: I will use unreal, and then the new render system and shader graph released...)
Perfect time to drop it before you get too far in.
I'm currently researching Bolt vs Playmaker for Unity and this video pops up in my notification.
What is the learning curve for Godot for a person with almost zero programming knowledge?
It depends on the person and the circumstances, obviously, but my personal experience was awesome with it. I've got no compsci background (drama degree and theatre education masters) and was making simple platform games in a matter of days. Within 6 months I was making tutorials. And I was 41 at the time.
Not everyone clicks with it right away, but a lot of folks do.
I've used a bit of both (with no coding skill), and Godot is definitely easier to learn. If you're making games just to learn code, Godot actually has C# support as well, so learning Godot using C# will make learning other engines easier too.
@@evilbarrels2506 are you saying that you've used both Bolt and Playmaker and that you find Godot easier than both of them?
@@AngobiTMS Oh, I thought you were asking about Godot vs Unity in general. I've never heard of Bolt or Playmaker until now.
Foreshadowing, now godot is huge.
Been playing around with this engine for about a week now.
It's certainly attractive - small, loads fast, generated games are not massive and you can code in GDScript and then optimise bits in C++.
I have a current project I'm developing in Unreal but am seriously considering moving to Godot for the following reasons:
Unreal is a massive multi GB download whereas Godot is currently 50MB.
In Unreal if you make a mistake in your C++, the editor won't load your project. This can be fixed by sorting it out in VIsual Studio but what if one of your blueprints does this? Then you're screwed since they can only be edited in the editor. It seems that Unreal interferes too much with your code whereas Godot doesn't. In fact, I much prefer C++ in Godot than in Unreal. It feels more like "normal" C++.
Love the node system. That's awesome.
Building even a small C++ project in Unreal seems to take ages whereas Godot is, in comparison, blisteringly fast.
Godot seems to actually import models from Blender better - you can embedd the materials and they get imported too, not just the mesh. In Unreal you have to spend ages setting up a material and then plugging in to the mesh - a repeat of work you did in your 3D modelling program.
Oh, and Godot is COMPLETELY free.
However, there are some things missing:
No terrain editor. (But someone's done a plug in).
No support for consoles, as standard.
No level streaming.
The C++ documentation is virtually non-existent. You have to look at GDScript examples and then convert, although that's not so difficult. This is one area where Unreal wins - the docs for both Blueprints and C++ are almost perfect.
No C++ support out of the box. You have to download the bindings and build them. Had a few stumpers with that although I eventually sorted it out.
Found a few of the functions that are available in GDScript like lerp() are missing so had to write them meself.
It'll be interesting to see how good Godot 4.x is.
I was still debating what game engine I should dive into , unity or godot. But I think I decided to choose Godot since it is lightweight just what my PC can handle.☺️
Ok, so I am just starting to actually try to make a game, and I fairly recently found Game maker studio 2, downloaded it, and did one of the tutorials. I then started adapting it into an idea I have for a game. I haven't done much yet, but it seems fairly straightforward and like I could do it. I am still early on enough that I could switch to Godot and learn it more in depth instead, which would you recommend? (Before this I did a bunch of stuff in scratch, but in GMS2 I did use the actual code, not DND. Also, next year I am going to be learning Java if that affects anything.)
I think the hardest part of using the Godot engine is, saying it's name right, Go-dot, not Gur-doe.
Cool that I see this now. Im making a game in Gadot as I speek. Its less of a gsme maker snd more a visual basic clone with a bucket of tools and customizable object types!
Godot keeps surprising me, and I had horrible times with Unity3D, I just get it, I understand Godot.
I'ts kind of sad that it is 2020 and godot still isn't the"go to" game engine
Am I the only person who would perfect to just code a game with pure programming languages like Java python etc and not waste my time trying to master an engine when I can be already finished?!?!
That transition to the end card was slick