Discovering Godot C# – Make Your First Godot C# Video Game

Learn the fundamentals of how to create games in Godot using C# scripting language.

Godot is a free, open–source game engine that provides a great alternative to Unity and Unreal. Currently there are 2 options for scripting in Godot – GDScript or C#. This short course is an overview on how to structure your C# code to make games in Godot.

By the end of this short course students will be able to…

Create a simple 2D Missile Defense game in Godot using C#.

Understand the fundamental rules for C# such as declaring variables, creating functions and passing in parameters.

Understand how to flexibly use nodes in Godot.

Create scenes using Godot’s tilemap tools.

Modify inputs and player controls using the Input Map.

Spawn and destroy objects in the scene.

Create hitboxes and collision.

Implement basic User Interface menus.

Create a simple scoring and health system.

The course is designed for people with at least some basic programming knowledge (but it doesn’t have to be in C#). And if you haven’t yet looked at the Godot engine, no problems, we will explain the important aspects of how to use the engine.

The game we are creating is a 2D Missile Defense game which allows you to practice some of the fundamental building blocks for game development: