any actually good resources

gameecode

currently going with gdevelop
you can drag drop the ui to create a game - you dont have to code
that is better
there doesnt seem to be any good gscript resources
example: this link https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_basics.html#introduction
has weird strange terms
- 'keywords' 'operators,' literals, 'types,'

nobody in this world or web knows what they mean

are there any actually good resources that explains the words/terms that are used
any good links to youtube vids or gifs -- of what these things 'keywords' 'operators,' literals, 'types,' do?
like do you use 'keywords' 'operators,' literals, 'types,' in the same way?
are 'keywords' 'operators,' literals, 'types,' all in the same part of the code syntax ?
etc etc

DaveTheCoder

Are you new to programming? Those terms are commonly used in every programming language.

Do a web search such as "computer programming definitions keyword" and you'll find explanations and examples.

In the following example, "var" and "int" are keywords. "=" and "+" are operators, "int" is a type, "17" and "99" are literals, "x" and "y" are variables and "print" is a built-in function.

var x: int = 17
var y: int
y = x + 99
print(y)

gameecode

looks like cant start with making any games or anything

anyone know of actually good gdcript learning sources then?

or something good that teaches basics?

cybereality

You can look at this book, but it sounds like you might need some understanding of basic programming. https://www.amazon.com/Godot-Engine-Development-Hours-Yourself-ebook/dp/B07BFDQFL9/

Bimbam

it sounds like you might need some understanding of basic programming.

For which I would suggest starting here:

It's a Python series, but Python and GDscript are similar and the fundamentals he covers in this series can serve as the foundation of basically any future programming you do regardless of language (and in all seriousness, learning Python will get you jobs in almost any field). I haven't followed this series specifically, but I followed a much much earlier version done by the same guy and trust his style of explaining through example.

DaveTheCoder

I think learning basic computer programming from a non-interactive course would be very difficult. It's important to have an instructor who can answer your questions and provide feedback on your work.

It's hard for me to evaluate the effectiveness of online courses, since I learned initially from in-person classes.

Megalomaniak

I think it depends on the person. For me class room setting was always a distraction and I was better off learning on my own.

DaveTheCoder

I recently came across this: Pygame Zero https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ It might be a good resource for a beginning programmer.

gameecode

gonna look over the resources and see if any of them explains what 'keywords' 'operators,' literals, 'types,' does

been trying to learn code for 20+ years if they dont explain these terms with examples

then i'll give up on code and use better tools -- that can create games via dragdrop and using the ui like gdevelop

newmodels

Using scripts offers much more power over your game pieces. At first it can be hard to understand, but after following tutorials and examples for some time, the muscles develop. Maybe you don't know the terminology very well, but you can still program using gdscript. You might consider trying to learn C# from a book.