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0 pointsgcr2y ago0 comments

Expanding on this, Godot has its own 2D widget framework that's fairly straightforward to use, though it doesn't use native widgets.

Note that the Godot editor itself is written in the widget framework, so you can get a sense for how well it works just by opening Godot and clicking around.

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numlock862y ago

The 2D framework, especially for UI, is pretty awesome. But the learning curve on the layout system is quite sprinkled with head scratching and frustration in my opinion.

nightowl_games2y ago

Yeah it's brutal. I've been using Godot professionally for years. I have effectively mastered the layout system but it was annoying to learn. It tries to be like Unity's system but they made a few mistakes with Pivot, Grow Direction and Size Flags imo.

I made a tool to position nodes in a way modelled after Cocos2D, with a position, pivot and anchor point.

I've made a series of small tools to help me lay stuff out.

One really good thing about Godot Ui is the "StyleBox" which simply allows coders to make rounded rectangles, which are so frequently used in UI it's nice to not need an artist to make a .png

samstave2y ago

As someone who has never made a game, I really want to make a tower defense game that fixes shortcomings I find in others - where would one complete beginner delve into Godot to accomplish starting to learn the system - there are a number of tuts on YT - one of which is ~11 hours long.

Can you make some suggestions to avoid/pre-empt any said headscratchings and frustrations?

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