SyntaxBomb - Indie Coders

This is not a rant or knock on godot, this is simply ones opinion on the game engine so if your reading this and decide to redbubble, then please just move along.. this isn't the droid your looking for.

I've always liked Godot for some strange reason, I however do not like their un-intuitive editor that seems to only be a work-flow stopper to me.

A game engine with the lack of terrains, terrain editor, no thumbs for media selection and only just support .fbx as a native format.

Another sore spot for me is godot-script. As it's primary language I find it hospitable. I'll never use an engine that does not concur with a mainstream language.  I know they support c# and probably c++ via extensions but their primary building language is gdscript and that's a huge turn off for me ala agk studio ( which has it's own problems as well ).

The command doc's take so long to find a simple syntax, you have to read through mountains of documentation to find some simple syntax. For example say you wanted to find a command for Entity:Position, it took me like an hour of reading to find this command/syntax.

It's really a pity as I would be a full time godot user if even half of the above was corrected but as it stands I choose to stay away, as each time I delved deep into godot I always left out with a sour taste in my mouth and hands full of aggravation.

Game dev should be enjoyable and fun.. Godot provided none of this for me.

I feel your pain, especially when it comes to documentation, it's one of them things that always gets to be left behind, never updated, an initial release of docs gets dumped, updated for the first fortnight, then that's it.

I understand why, because, well, it's probably the poo'ist aspect of any project, and as something grows, they become a monster, but good docs are indeed a blood line, you cut them off, people get tired, have enough and move on.

Dabz

Quote from: Dabz on August 25, 2024, 07:58:40but good docs are indeed a blood line, you cut them off, people get tired, have enough and move on.

..first thing that got me, back then, regarding B3D was exactly this..fantastic, simple, straightforward documentation embedded in to IDE..Godot looks to me like a Blender, very powerful but you have to do some mental gymnastics to get to use to it, if came from 3dsmax/Fusion360 background..

Quote..first thing that got me, back then, regarding B3D was exactly this..fantastic, simple, straightforward documentation embedded in to IDE..Godot looks to me like a Blender, very powerful but you have to do some mental gymnastics to get to use to it, if came from 3dsmax/Fusion360 background..

And there was even a printed manual available for Blitz3D.

B3D manual, always got it handy, you never know when it might come in handy.

Quote from: 3DzForMe on August 25, 2024, 16:22:09B3D manual, always got it handy, you never know when it might come in handy.

HAHA I soooo remember that manual.  It sat next to my Bible on the nightstand. >

QuoteI've always liked Godot

Like, as a concept?  Because it doesn't sound like you like Godot much at all. 

But apart from the unintuitive editor, lack of terrains or terrain editor, thumbnailless media selection, fbx native format, Godot script, bad documentation and a lack of enjoyment and fun, it's great?  

Quote from: 3DzForMe on August 25, 2024, 16:22:09B3D manual, always got it handy, you never know when it might come in handy.

Can this be downloaded anywhere legally?

Kind Regards Baggey

found this if its any help .....

https://kodu.ut.ee/~isotamm/PKeeled/TauriVahar/BlitzBASIC/Blitz3D_Crash_Course.pdf

lee

It seems like I'm in the wrong thread.

Quote from: LineOf7s on August 26, 2024, 02:51:37

QuoteI've always liked Godot

Like, as a concept?  Because it doesn't sound like you like Godot much at all. 

But apart from the unintuitive editor, lack of terrains or terrain editor, thumbnailless media selection, fbx native format, Godot script, bad documentation and a lack of enjoyment and fun, it's great? 

Yes. Now your catching on.

It is a game engine I think and not what I would want to spend time on. I've looked at it a few times and it's not what I would want to use. I'm gonna take a look at it again just as have not looked in a long time. 

Sorry wrong place

I took a look at it again and it did seem less complicated and maybe doable. Does Godot language allow goto / label ? Gosub / return ? Is Godot fast ?
   Well I think for my purpose it would be a bit too slow for what I want it says it's comparable to python that is the GDscript and if you want faster then use c# or c++. 
    I just took a look and no goto / label .
That just about sums it up for me.  I might see if I can find an example of a game or two.
                  Happy coding