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# Introduction

Welcome to the Godot Engine documentation center. The aim of these pages is to provide centralized access to all documentation-related materials.

Notice!

Some types and method names are about to change in the next days, please read this:

• SceneTree - SceneTree Notes

Roadmap

• Development Roadmap
• Volunteers Needed
• Frequently Asked Questions

Tutorials

Basic (Step by Step)

1. Scenes and Nodes
2. Instancing
3. Instancing (Continued)
4. Scripting
5. Scripting (Continued)
6. Creating a 2D Game
7. GUI Introduction
8. Creating a Splash Screen
9. Animation
10. Resources
11. File System
12. SceneTree
13. Singletons (Autoload)

Engine

• Viewports
• Multiple Screen Resolutions
• Mouse & Input Coordinates
• Version Control & Project Organization
• GUI Control Repositioning
• [Background Loading](Background loading)
• Encrypting Save Games
• Internationalizing a Game (Multiple Languages)
• Handling Quit Request
• Pausing The Game
• Input Events & Actions
• GamePad/Keyboard-Controlled GUIs

2D Tutorials

• Physics & Collision (2D)
• Tile Map
• Kinematic Character (2D)
• Cut-Out Animation
• GUI Skinning
• Custom Drawing in Node2D/Control

3D Tutorials

• Creating a 3D game
• Materials
• Fixed Materials
• Shader Materials
• Lighting
• Shadow Mapping
• High Dynamic Range
• Light Baking
• 3D Sprites
• Using the AnimationTreePlayer
• Portals & Rooms
• Vehicle
• GridMap (3D TileMap)
• Spatial Audio
• Toon Shading

Math

• Vector Math
• Matrices & Transforms

Advanced

• Paths
• HTTP Example of using the HTTP Client class.
• Thread Safety Using Multiple Threads.

Editor Plug-Ins

• Editor Plugin Writing an editor extension.
• Editor Plugin Writing a Resource or Node editor extension.
• Editor Import-Export Writing an editor import-export extension.
• Editor Scene Loader Writing a scene format loader.
• Editor 3D Import Writing a script for customizing imported 3D scenes.

Reference

Class List

• Alphabetical Class List List of classes in alphabetical order.
• Categorized Class List List of classes organized by category.
• Inheritance Class Tree List of classes organized by inheritance.
• Relevant Classes List of the most relevant classes to learn first.

Languages

• GDScript Built-in, simple, flexible and efficient scripting language.
• GDScript (More Efficiently) Tips and help migrating from other languages.
• Shader Built-in, portable, shader language.
• Locales List of supported locale strings.

Asset Pipeline

General

• Image Files Managing image files (read first!).

Import

• Import Process The import process described.
• Importing Textures Importing textures.
• Importing 3D Meshes Importing 3D meshes.
• Importing 3D Scenes Importing 3D scenes.
• Importing Fonts Importing fonts.
• Importing Audio Samples Importing audio samples.
• Importing Translations Importing translations.

Export

• Export Exporting Projects.
• One Click Deploy One Click Deploy.
• Exporting Images Tools for converting image files and creating atlases on export.
• PC Exporting for PC (Mac, Windows, Linux).
• Android Exporting for Android.
• BlackBerry 10 Exporting for BlackBerry 10.
• iOS Exporting for iOS.
• NaCL Exporting for Google Native Client.
• HTML5 Exporting for HTML5 (using asm.js).
• Consoles Exporting for consoles (PS3, PSVita, etc).

Advanced

Advanced Advanced Topics (C++ Programming, File Formats, Porting, etc).