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Saving a scene

Learn to save a scene as a .tscn file.

Saving scenes and .tscn

You can save node trees you create in Godot as independent, reusable scenes. Godot stores text-based scenes using the .tscn (Text Scene) file extension. These files can be easily inspected both from the editor and file managers.

# Saved scene file path
var sahne_yolu = "res://Oyuncu.tscn"
print(sahne_yolu)

PackedScene Resource

Every .tscn file saved to disk is represented as a PackedScene resource in Godot's memory. PackedScene stores the scene hierarchy and all node properties as a packaged structure. This allows the scene to be quickly loaded into memory and used whenever needed.

var sablon: PackedScene
print(sablon == null)

Practice Print Scene Path

Inside _ready(), assign "res://Seviye.tscn" to the dosya_yolu variable and print it with print(dosya_yolu).

Starter code

Player.cs
extends Node

func _ready():
    # dosya_yolu değişkenini tanımlayıp yazdır
    pass

Sample solution

Player.cs
extends Node

func _ready():
    var dosya_yolu = "res://Seviye.tscn"
    print(dosya_yolu)

Expected output

res://Seviye.tscn

Questions and answers

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

1 Which extension is used to save text-based scene files in Godot?

  • .blend
  • .gd
  • .tscn Correct answer
  • .unity

Explanation: Godot uses the .tscn extension for text-based scene files (.gd is for script files).

2 Specify PackedScene type

Question 
var seviye_kaynagi: ____
Answer 
var seviye_kaynagi: PackedScene

Explanation: The type that holds saved scenes in memory is PackedScene.

3 Scene Saving Components

Term Meaning
.tscn Text-based scene file extension
PackedScene Packaged scene resource data type
res:// Protocol for project root directory
Sahne Independent tree structure of nodes

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