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A new project

Learn to start a new project in Godot and its directory layout.

Creating a new project

In the Godot Project Manager you press New Project, give the project a name and choose an empty directory (folder). Godot puts a project.godot file at the root of that directory; every project setting is stored in this file. You can later change the project name via Project > Project Settings.

func _ready():
    print(ProjectSettings.get_setting("application/config/name"))

The ProjectSettings object lets you read the project settings straight from your code.

The project directory and res://

The whole project lives inside the directory you chose, and Godot writes this root path as res://. A common habit is to keep scene files in a scenes/ folder and scripts in a scripts/ folder. When you save a scene its file name ends with the .tscn extension, which is the extension of a Godot scene file.

func _ready():
    var yol = "res://scenes/ana_sahne.tscn"
    print(yol)

This code prints the res://scenes/ana_sahne.tscn path.

Practice Project info

Inside _ready, define the variable proje_adi with the value "Uzay Macerası" and the variable kok_dizin with "res://". Then print these two values on two separate lines with the labels Proje: and Dizin: .

Starter code

Player.cs
func _ready():
    # 1) proje_adi değişkenini "Uzay Macerası" olarak tanımla
    # 2) kok_dizin değişkenini "res://" olarak tanımla
    # 3) "Proje: " etiketiyle proje_adi değerini yazdır
    # 4) "Dizin: " etiketiyle kok_dizin değerini yazdır
    pass

Sample solution

Player.cs
func _ready():
    var proje_adi = "Uzay Macerası"
    var kok_dizin = "res://"
    print("Proje: " + proje_adi)
    print("Dizin: " + kok_dizin)

Expected output

Proje: Uzay Macerası
Dizin: res://

Questions and answers

Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.

1 When you create a new Godot project, which file appears in the project root automatically?

  • The file of the first scene: ana_sahne.tscn
  • A general settings file: config.ini
  • The project settings file: project.godot Correct answer
  • The runnable game file: game.exe

Explanation: A new project opens with the project.godot file at its root. Scene files do not appear until you create them.

2 The project root prefix

Question 
var sahne_yolu = "____scenes/ana_sahne.tscn"
Answer 
var sahne_yolu = "res://scenes/ana_sahne.tscn"

Explanation: The project root is written as res:// in Godot; scene and script files are addressed with this prefix.

3 Project pieces

Term Meaning
project.godot File storing project settings
res:// Project root directory
scenes/ klasörü Folder holding scene files
Project Settings Window to change project name

All lessons in Beginner

1 What is game development?

  1. Intro to game development
  2. Game engines
  3. 2D and 3D games
  4. The game loop
  5. The scene concept
  6. Summary - Game dev fundamentals

2 Unity setup

  1. Installing Unity Hub
  2. Creating your first project
  3. The editor interface
  4. Toolbar and playback
  5. Saving the project
  6. Summary - Unity setup

3 First scene project

  1. Project overview
  2. Camera and light
  3. Your first cube in the scene
  4. Adding a material
  5. Testing in Play mode
  6. Summary - First scene

4 The GameObject concept

  1. What is a GameObject?
  2. Components
  3. The Hierarchy window
  4. Editing with the Inspector
  5. Tags and Layers
  6. Summary - GameObject

5 C# script basics

  1. Your first C# script
  2. using and namespace
  3. Class structure
  4. Variables and types
  5. Output with Debug.Log
  6. Summary - C# basics

6 MonoBehaviour

  1. What is MonoBehaviour?
  2. The Start method
  3. The Update method
  4. Awake vs Start
  5. SerializeField and public
  6. Summary - MonoBehaviour

7 Transform

  1. What is Transform?
  2. Changing position
  3. Moving with Translate
  4. Changing rotation
  5. Local vs world space
  6. Summary - Transform

8 Input

  1. The Input class
  2. Axis input
  3. Mouse input
  4. The new Input System
  5. Movement vector
  6. Summary - Input

9 Physics (Rigidbody/Collider)

  1. What is a Rigidbody?
  2. What is a Collider?
  3. Applying force with AddForce
  4. Collision events
  5. Trigger events
  6. Summary - Physics

10 2D Sprite

  1. What is a Sprite?
  2. SpriteRenderer
  3. Sprite import settings
  4. Sprite sorting
  5. Preparing sprite animation
  6. Summary - 2D Sprite

11 Godot basics

  1. The Godot editor
  2. A new project
  3. The scene tree
  4. The Node concept
  5. Saving the project
  6. Summary - Godot basics

12 GDScript

  1. What is GDScript?
  2. extends and variables
  3. Function definition
  4. Output with print
  5. Type hints
  6. Summary - GDScript

13 Node and Scene

  1. Node2D and Sprite2D
  2. Saving a scene
  3. Scene instance
  4. The _ready method
  5. The _process method
  6. Summary - Node and Scene

14 Beginner final

  1. Challenge 1: Print a score
  2. Challenge 2: Movement vector
  3. Challenge 3: Godot ready
  4. Challenge 4: Collision log
  5. Challenge 5: Final synthesis