{"id":39,"date":"2024-08-24T15:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2024-08-24T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T15:17:30","slug":"how-to-make-a-simple-2d-platformer-in-godot-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/2024\/08\/24\/how-to-make-a-simple-2d-platformer-in-godot-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make a Simple 2d Platformer in Godot 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Okay, so you want to make a 2d platforming game in godot, but you dont know where to start? Well, I can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step One – Plugins to use<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In godot, there is a really useful tool called the asset library. the asset library is a place where people can publish their code for other people to use freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For making the game, the plugin i would recommend is called “Platformer Controller 2D”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This plugin adds basic collision and movement for a player character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: Setting Up Controls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up controls in Godot was a bit confusing to me at first, so let me explain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, go to the project tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select project settings, and then go to input map<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In input map, you are able to make it so you can easily listen to keyboard actions. below i set it up for WASD and Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, open the demo scene made by the plugin, and let us begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3: Finishing Player Setup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when in the demo scene, click on the “PlatformerController2D” node<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, go to the right side and change the input options to the correct key names<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To make the camera move with the player, add a camera2d node to the platformercontroller2d node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, play the game, select the scene, and it should work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 4: Making Platforms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 5: The Goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the goal, make an area2d, and make a signal connecting it to the platformercontroller2d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, make a level Completed scene (or you could connect it to a new level, either way steps are the same)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put the following code under signal function (change the name goal to whatever you want to switch to)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

get_tree().change_scene_to_file(\"res:\/\/goal.tscn\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can add a texture by adding a color rect or texture rect<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Step 6: the death function<\/p>\n\n\n\n
let us say you want to make it so if the player falls, they reset to the spawn position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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create the same node tree and signal as with the goal, with these differences<\/p>\n\n\n\n
first, make it big and under the platforming stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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next, reconnect it and this time use this script. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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now, it will reload the scene when the area is entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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to make things like spikes, use the same process as the barrier, but add a texture and make it smaller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Okay, so you want to make a 2d platforming game in godot, but you dont know where to start? Well, I can help. Step One – Plugins to use In godot, there is a really useful tool called the asset library. the asset library is a place where people can publish their code for other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,3,5,6,4,7,12,10,11,13,9],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gamedev","tag-godot","tag-godot-4","tag-godot-4-tutorial","tag-godot-4-0","tag-godot-tutorial","tag-how-to-code","tag-how-to-code-a-2d-platformer","tag-how-to-make-a-2d-platformer","tag-how-to-make-a-game","tag-how-to-make-a-platformer-in-godot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opensourcegamers.com\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}