Godot video tutorials, no code

Every click happens on screen and nothing is cut, so you can pause, do the same thing in your own project, and end up where the video does. Most of them run two to four minutes. New ones go up on the SELOdev YouTube channel.

Never opened Godot? Start here

Two and a half minutes to watch before anything else. After that, grab one of the free starter games below.

• Godot for complete beginners: from nothing to a player that moves, no code (2:37): Never opened Godot? This takes you from nothing to a player walking around a level you made, with one pack installed on the way. Every click is on screen and nothing happens off camera. Download free

Build Your Game, in eight episodes

One game from an empty scene: a hero with a bag and a quest, an enemy, your own art, a cellar with a door, your own dialogue, your own quest, your own rules, and an export you can send to a friend.

• Make your first game in Godot, no code (42 clicks) | Build Your Game #1 (4:02): From an empty scene to a game you can play: a hero who walks, a bag, a shopkeeper with a quest, and herbs to find along the road. Every click is on screen, 42 of them, in the Godot editor. You don't write any code.
• Add your own enemy in Godot, no code (18 clicks) | Build Your Game #2 (2:20): Your game from episode 1 gets an enemy of your own. Drop in its picture, give it a brain that chases, health it can lose, and let your hero hit back. 18 clicks in the Godot editor, no code.
• Put your own art in your Godot game, no code (17 clicks) | Build Your Game #3 (2:03): Drag a picture of your own in from your computer, turn it into an item with a name, and put it on the road for your hero to pick up. 17 clicks in the Godot editor, no code.
• Add a second room and a door in Godot, no code (42 clicks) | Build Your Game #4 (3:43): A cellar under your town: a second room, an archway that takes you down, and a hatch that brings you back up where you left. 42 clicks in the Godot editor, no code.
• Write your own dialogue in Godot, no code (25 clicks) | Build Your Game #5 (2:42): Give your shopkeeper your own words: write the line, add two answers to pick from, and hand the conversation to the shopkeeper. 25 clicks in the Godot editor, no code.
• Make your own quest in Godot, no code (25 clicks) | Build Your Game #6 (2:43): Write a quest of your own: what it takes (one Wolf Pelt), what it pays (a Short Sword) and who offers it, then play it through and find the sword in your bag. 25 clicks in the Godot editor, no code.
• Make your own game rules in Godot, no code (16 clicks) | Build Your Game #7 (1:42): When the player talks to the shopkeeper, show a message. When the quest is done, show another. Rules like these are picked from When, Only if and Then lists on the Rules tab. 16 clicks in the Godot editor, no code.
• Export and share your Godot game, no code (12 clicks) | Build Your Game #8 (1:28): Turn your game into a program you can send to a friend: pick your computer's kind, export it, and double-click it. It runs on its own, without Godot. 12 clicks, no code. Filmed on Linux; on Windows or Mac you pick that one in the same list.

Everything in the series is SELODEV Complete, every system plus the Game Kit, so you can follow along click for click. Get SELODEV Complete · The whole series as a playlist.

Free starter games

Each one is a free little game you open in Godot, play, and then change without code. Nine clicks, start to finish.

• Make a real little game in Godot for free, no code (9 clicks) (1:46): A free, playable little game: open it in Godot, press Play, then change what the characters say and play it again. 9 clicks, no code. Download free
• Make a dungeon game in Godot for free, no code (9 clicks) (1:52): A free dungeon game to start from: monsters, a sword and a goal that counts them. Open it, play it, then change the goal and play again. 9 clicks, no code. Download free
• Make a survival game in Godot for free, no code (9 clicks) (2:02): A free survival game to start from: firewood and mushrooms to gather and a goal that counts them. Open it, play it, then change the goal and play again. 9 clicks, no code. Download free
• Make a little RPG in Godot for free, no code (9 clicks) (1:43): A free little RPG to start from: a town, a stall and a shopkeeper who talks. Open it, play it, then write your own lines and play again. 9 clicks, no code. Download free

One system at a time

Each video installs one system, switches it on, sets it up and plays it, then shows what to change to make it yours. Most have a free Lite version to try first.

• How to make your character move in Godot, no code (17 clicks) (1:55): Your character walking your level with the arrow keys, set up with one button from the Controller tab. 17 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Controller System · Free Lite
• How to add doors between rooms in Godot, no code (34 clicks) (3:26): A door that fades your player into a second room and lands them where you chose, plus a checkpoint. 34 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Scene Flow System · Free Lite
• How to add health, damage and health bars in Godot, no code (22 clicks) (2:31): Health that drains when your player touches an enemy, a health bar over it, and the enemy gone when it runs out. 22 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Combat System · Free Lite
• How to add enemies that patrol and chase in Godot, no code (18 clicks) (2:23): A slime that patrols, notices your player and chases them, set up from the Enemy AI tab. 18 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Enemy AI System · Free Lite
• How to add dialogue to your Godot game, no code (31 clicks) (3:51): A guard who talks, with a line of your own and two answers to pick from, written in the Dialogue tab. 31 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Dialogue System · Free Lite
• How to add quests and a quest log in Godot, no code (35 clicks) (3:36): A quest giver, goals your player finishes and a quest log that shows them, all set up from the Quests tab. 35 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Quests System · Free Lite
• How to add an inventory to your Godot game, no code (37 clicks) (3:23): A bag for your player, pickups on the ground and an item of your own, the Flame Blade, made in the Inventory tab and dropped into the open bag. 37 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Inventory System · Free Lite
• How to add equipment your player wears in Godot, no code (39 clicks) (3:58): Gear your player picks up and puts on, and a character panel that shows it. 39 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Equipment System · Free Lite
• How to add a shop to your Godot game, no code (49 clicks) (4:57): A shopkeeper who sells, gold that goes down when you buy, and the potion in your bag. 49 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Vendor / Shop · Free Lite
• How to add crafting and recipes in Godot, no code (49 clicks) (4:52): A crafting bench, a recipe of your own, and the sword landing in the bag when the craft finishes. 49 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Crafting System · Free Lite
• How to add loot drops and chests in Godot, no code (35 clicks) (3:49): A chest that bursts into loot when your player arrives, with your own drop list. 35 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Loot System · Free Lite
• How to add stats, levels and a skill tree in Godot, no code (22 clicks) (3:01): Stats, levels and a skill tree your player buys skills from, with the stats panel updating as they do. 22 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Stats / Skill Trees · Free Lite
• How to add save and load with slots in Godot, no code (16 clicks) (2:08): Save your game, walk away, load it and snap back to where you saved, with save slots. 16 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Save/Load System · Free Lite
• How to add menus and a settings screen in Godot, free and no code (29 clicks) (3:37): A main menu, a pause menu and an options screen with volume sliders, free. 29 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Download free
• How to add achievements to your Godot game, no code (27 clicks) (2:44): An achievement that pops up when your player reaches the chest, set up from the Achievements tab. 27 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Achievements System
• How to add a day and night cycle in Godot, no code (19 clicks) (2:31): A clock for your game and the light changing as the sun goes down. 19 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Day / Night & Time
• How to add weather to your Godot game, no code (22 clicks) (3:02): Rain, storms and lightning over your level, and a forecast that changes on its own. 22 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Weather System · Free Lite
• How to add music that changes by area in Godot, no code (33 clicks) (3:17): Music that crossfades as your player walks into the forest, and sounds on the things they touch. 33 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Audio System · Free Lite
• How to give your Godot game a cinematic look, no code (21 clicks) (2:29): Presets like Golden Hour that change the whole look of a 3D level from one tab. 21 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get AAA Visuals
• How to build a walkable 3D level in Godot, no code (27 clicks) (2:42): A 3D level made from rooms and corridors, and a walk through it, from the Level Builder tab. 27 clicks in the Godot editor, no code. Get Level Builder · Free Lite

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