GDQuest

I'm trying to pick up Godot with Nathan's courses on school.gdquest.com.

2D Gamedev (01.2025)

• M1: I found the introduction inspiring.
• M3: The GDScript app (also available in German!) covered familiar ground for the most part, and could be skipped without problem for someone with a python background. Still, a few takeaways: func _process(delta), := type system, Vector2 type
• M4: Making a spaceship move. It's confusing to grasp the interaction of the different Vector2: direction * speed = velocity. Possibly, this confusion stems from German: velocity and speed are conflated into "Geschwindigkeit", Wikipedia has a translation available only for velocity not for speed. More complexity came from delta for time-dependent movement, Input.get_axis() to get the direction from the input and "normalizing". If the input vector's .length() is more than 1.0 it needs to be .normalized().
• SG1: I read up on Vector Math next for better a understanding, according to the comments, other people feel the same. The math seems straight forward, but I needed to review the Pythagorean Theorem and it took some thinking before I got a better grasp of vector length and what normalization means here.
• M5: Collect items with the spaceship. Learn about collision shapes, removing nodes with queue_free() and connecting signals through code with signal.connect(_on_signal).