gdextension VS Godot

> Same for Godot.

While likely true that it's "Unlikely to ever be as supported" as the 4 officially supported languages[0] ("GDScript, C#, and, via its GDExtension technology, C and C++."), Godot's GDExtension technology is specifically intended for use in adding support for other languages.

The most relevant tracking issue for Rust is presumably:

* <https://github.com/godot-rust/gdnative/issues/824>

Which links to:

* <https://github.com/godot-rust/gdextension>

[0] https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.0/getting_started/step_by_...

The Rust binding for GDExtension is still at an early stage as advertised by the ReadMe, but we're making steady progress. Thanks to active contributors, the last month has been very productive, with support for arrays, dictionaries, vectors, transforms, single/double precision, as well as several bugfixes and higher test coverage.

Worth noting that with Godot being 'built in' matters less - C# is a first class language in Godot 4 but it also isn't built in, because the engine can be extended with fully integrated language plugins. This is a new thing in Godot 4, Rust is being added in the same way but isn't ready yet.

An example would be Lua and Rust bindings.

What is the difference between "Redot" and Godot?

The README for this GitHub contains the same info as the official Godot repo [1], so it's not clear what this fork does differently or changes.

[1] https://github.com/godotengine/godot

Building some prototypes of games with Godot. Mostly enjoying it.

A few gripes with the GDScript language though. Might switch back to C#.

https://godotengine.org/

Godot is an open source game framework: https://godotengine.org/

You would presumably need to download the Godot framework and open it in the framework.

I think going straight to Switch would likely be a tall order. I’d start him off with something where he can be successful right away, writing something he can play on his own computer or share with friends easily.

Scratch[0] is often used to start kids out with programming. He may already use it in school, I know my nephew does, who is around the same age. I made a silly little game in Scratch about a year ago to share with my nephews[1], to try and inspire them a bit. The oldest one quickly went into the code and started tweaking the variables I had set to control things like speed and randomness to make it more chaotic. It’s a good way to learn the concepts of variables, loops, sprites, hit boxes, etc without getting bogged down with the complexity of syntax or a professional game engine. It’s also in the browser, so he can easily share with friends and have them play it, or fork it.

After that, maybe look to something like Godot[2]. It’s free and open source, so he doesn’t have to worry about licensing and all that nonsense that a 12 year old shouldn’t have to think about. I briefly looked and saw some videos of people running the Godot engine on the Switch, but I don’t know what’s involved in that.

I wouldn’t get too tied to a console when learning. Rumors of the Switch 2 are floating around, and who knows, that could mean a whole different path. Starting on the computer avoids this problem, and other huddles. Then if he likes the act of game dev and learning those things, he can cross the bridge to whatever the current console is, if that’s the direction he wants to head.

[0] https://scratch.mit.edu/

[1] https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/733627274/

[2] https://godotengine.org/

I am building my very first computer game, a VR spaceflight simulator with realistic physics and engineering, inspired by Orbiter, Eagle Lander 3D, and a little bit of Subnautica: https://tungstenmoon.com/

I am using the Godot engine: https://godotengine.org/

The playable demo is already available today on Github: https://github.com/Eccentric-Anomalies/Tungsten-Moon-Demo-Re...

We're releasing the demo on Steam for the first time in a few days, followed by an early access version probably in October: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3104900/Tungsten_Moon/

By trade I'm a C#/.NET dev. Unity made it easy to dabble with gamedev on the side. But I've since moved to Godot. Their approach makes a lot more sense. Unfortunately, the C# experience isn't quite there.

GDScript is just barely OK. You really start to miss a lot of advanced features on bigger projects.

Godot will skyrocket further once they add proper C# Web Export. Unfortunately, they claim to be blocked by this .NET team issue.

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/70796#issuecomme...

The version of Godot Engine that we used for the analysis is 4.2.2.

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