GDScript Basics

• GDScript reference
  • GDScript style guide¶

Project Settings

Keep the display of elements on Window changing: Display > Window > Mode > canvas_items.

Physics

• AnimatableBody2D: moved by script or animation
• CharacterBody2D: moved by script
  • apply velocity
• RigidBody2D: moved by physics simulation; have gravity and can be pushed
  • apply force to move
• StaticBody2D: static or only moves by script

Layers and Masks

• Layer: what layer am I on
• Mask: what layer do I check for

Neither needs to be set. For example, if a thing is only checking for something to collide with it, only Mask needs to be set. Something like the ground may only have a Layer set, but no Mask.