Just starting , I know nothing

Pebbles

Hello! I am very new to game making and I would LOVE some help.

I wondered how one creates a tile set for games that are not pixel art based.

We want to look at night in the woods as an inspiration, but they have stairs, hills and such that are all walk-able surfaces. And we wanted to know. Is this a tile set or is it somehow all just backgrounds with some programming?

Is a tile set even needed, or does a 2d game require this to make programming possible.

How would one go about doing this in order to avoid only a straight surface for the entire game.

we were also curios if one can add animations into godot without having it be frame by frame or if one has to add it one frame at the time.

Please do not hessitate to reply if something I said was unclear

We are both new to this and we appreciate every little bit of help we can get.

Nerdzmasterz

Are you asking about how to set up different tiles? There is a node called Tile map. You could then use that to create "autotiles".

KidsCanCode has a nice tut on this.
https://kidscancode.org/godot_recipes/2d/autotile_intro/

cybereality

Tilemaps are good for classic 2D games like Mario or Sonic. Not necessarily for more complex newer games. You can create larger objects in an image drawing app, then import them into Godot and draw the collision polygon shape so you can walk on it. With enough various objects, you can combine them into a level. Tilesets also allow this, but they are limited in terms of the sizing. You can have smaller or longer tiles, but it's more hassle to setup if they are not all on an even grid.

fire7side

Yeah, Night in the Woods doesn't look like it's tile based to me, so you would do it like cyber said.

usrnm

Watching a few videos about tiles/tilemaps would probably answer all of your questions, above. And, as a beginner, I would recommend watching A LOT of tutorials, sometimes more than once. And when you think you've learned enough, watch more.