Godot Intro

Get the Godot Engine set up on your computer and create a basic scene.

1. Download Godot

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2. Create a basic scene

Open Godot and click New Project
Select a your class folder and create a new folder for the project Godot Intro
Choose OpenGL ES 2.0 (better for pixel graphics)
Click Create & Edit

3. Organize folders

In the FileSystem panel, create three folders, Scenes and Sprites and Scripts
In your Finder or FileExplorer, move your avatar art into the Sprites folder

4. Create a Scene

In the Scene panel, click the 2D Node button and rename it default scene
Name is DefaultScene

5. Add some sprites

Click the + button to add a new node
Choose Node2D and name it Scenery
Rick-click on the Scenery node and click Add Node
Choose Sprite
In the Inspector menu, click the [empty] box next to Texture and click Load
Choose one of the tree sprites

6. Create a Player scene

Right click on the Scenes folder and click New Scene
Make sure it is in the Scenes folder
Name it Player
Open the player scene and click Other Node and choose KinematicBody2D
Rename the main node Player
Click the + button to add a new node
Choose a Sprite
Add your avatar image to the sprite texture

7. Add the Player Script to the Player

Download the MMP 270 Assets folder
Extract the PlayerController.gd file and drag into the Scripts folder
In the Player scene Inspector click the [empty] next to Script and then choose the player script
Adjust the properties in the Script Variables

8. Add Player to Default Scene

Switch back to the DefaultScene
Click the Instance Child Scene button that looks like a chain link
Choose Player.tscn

9. Setup the input

Open Project > Settings
Go to the Input Map tab
Type in move_right into the Action bar and click Add
Click the + next to the new input and click Key
Press Right Arrow or D and then click Enter (don’t hit the Enter button it will change the mapping)
Continue with input for move_left, move_up, move_down

10. Add a camera

Click the + button to add a new node
Choose Camera2D
Add the CameraController.gd script
Adjust the properties in the Script Variables
Set Current to On
Add the Player scene instance to the Player Path variable

11. Preview the scene

Click the Play button or Play Scene button
Screen shot the window for documentation

12. Add some scenery

To make your scene a little more interesting, draw some sprites for scenery and add them into the scene

13. Documentation

Take a screen shot or video of your scene and post it on the Open Lab

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