godot-game-template VS learn-gdscript

Basically I explained everything in this issue: https://github.com/crystal-bit/godot-game-template/issues/80

I don't actually know what this does, but it looks really well done (https://github.com/crystal-bit/godot-game-template) (general game template with some scene managers)

If you go with Godot, you can use a template like crystal-bit/godot-game-template to automate pushing a build to github pages. Then you can share a link for students to play.

FYI, there is also abarichello/godot-ci which I think supports 3 and 4 with and without C#. I use it via crystal-bit/godot-game-template and it exports web and native builds, hosts web builds on GitHub pages, and pushes builds to itchio.

Check out crystal-bit/godot-game-template for a github template for godot games that build for those platforms with Github Actions. I haven't actually used any of them but the html5 one yet, but really nice that it was so easy to setup.

I often wonder about this too - is it better to switch scenes or have a very basic "main" scene that's basically just a persistent container for more substantive scenes which are instantiated and freed as needed. Haven't tried it yet but I did stumble across this github repo which demonstrates one approach: https://github.com/crystal-bit/godot-game-template

The game has been made using the Godot Game Template, check it out if you want automatic CI builds + extra utils for your game!

When I see someone wanting to start out and knowing nothing at all I do not point them at the 20 games challenge. I first point them at something like this: GDquest GDscript for total beginners . It at least attempts to teach some absolute basics as well as abstracting/hiding away useless and confusing framework you really don't want to be occupied with when learning from zero. But it's also guilty of assuming knowledge in some areas. That is sadly unavoidable. It also teaches almost nothing about object oriented design. (Something that should be looked up if you're working in an engine that has this as it's central design philosophy)

You can use this to learn GDScript https://gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscript/

Do you have any experience with programming? If not, you may want to start here https://gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscript/

If you have never done basic fundamental programming you can begin with https://gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscript/ , while this still hasn't been updated to Godot 4.0, it is universal enough not to be a problem.