How to make a 3D platformer in Godot 4

This tutorial uses Godot 4 Beta 8.

- you can follow this Mixamo tutorial but you won't have to make the library but just import it straight into Godot

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Thanks to game endeavor, poly mars, and Dani for inspiring me, I used to do unity but I switched to the Godot game engine. GD script 4, Godot 4, four

[honzosaurus-no_furry]

Bro teached me more in 6 minutes than I could learn in a 40 minute tutorial 👍

[johnnobon]

Wow, I did not realize that Godot gives you a starter script for character controllers. That is really awesome actually.

[ChinchillaBONK]

Thank you for zooming in on important portions when needed!

[pierrenagonio]

THX for updated version of Miziziziz video: "How to make a 3D platformer in Godot in 8 minutes". Apretiate Your work Friend!

[CibuYT]

amazing tutorial, straight to the point, works fine, love it

[douglasmedeiros]

Amazing video, short and useful, congratulations!

[PikaDevs]

C# code for anyone who's decided to start with c# - the quirks are that you can't access .x and .y directly of vectors (and .z), rather you need to make a temp variable and make the changes there, then reassign. There's also a few other quirks

using Godot;
using System;

public partial class PlayerController : CharacterBody3D
{
public const float Speed = 5.0f;
public const float JumpVelocity = 4.5f;
Node3D CameraBase = null;

float CAMERA_SENSITIVITY = 1.0f;

// Get the gravity from the project settings to be synced with RigidBody nodes.
public float gravity =

public override void _Ready()
{
Input.MouseMode = Input.MouseModeEnum.Captured;
CameraBase =
}

public override void _UnhandledInput(InputEvent @event)
{
{
Vector3 CameraRotation = CameraBase.Rotation;
CameraRotation.X -= * CAMERA_SENSITIVITY;
CameraRotation.X = Mathf.Clamp(CameraRotation.X, Mathf.DegToRad(-90), Mathf.DegToRad(90));

Vector3 CharacterRotation = Rotation;
CharacterRotation.Y -= * CAMERA_SENSITIVITY;
CameraBase.Rotation = CameraRotation;
Rotation = CharacterRotation;
}
}

public override void _PhysicsProcess(double delta)
{
Vector3 velocity = Velocity;

// Add the gravity.
if (!IsOnFloor())
velocity.Y -= gravity * (float)delta;

// Handle Jump.
if && IsOnFloor())
velocity.Y = JumpVelocity;

// Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration.
// As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions.
Vector2 inputDir = Input.GetVector("Left", "Right", "Forward", "Backward");
Vector3 direction = (Transform.Basis * new Vector3(inputDir.X, 0, inputDir.Y)).Normalized();
if (direction != Vector3.Zero)
{
velocity.X = direction.X * Speed;
velocity.Z = direction.Z * Speed;
}
else
{
velocity.X = Mathf.MoveToward(Velocity.X, 0, Speed);
velocity.Z = Mathf.MoveToward(Velocity.Z, 0, Speed);
}

Velocity = velocity;
MoveAndSlide();
}
}

[vpsip]

Love how straight to the point this is- would love more 3D game tutorials by you (adding enemies, moving platforms, different movement mechanics- whatever comes to mind)

[trey]

First Godot tutorial I found that wasn't outdated. Thanks so much!

[cupofdirtfordinner]

thanks man, this is a great tutorial!

[jameshpotato]

Is there a part 2? How to add more levels, enemies etc.

[crabbite]

tysm keep it up man !! fast and easy to understand !

[TheRealKaiProton]

That was a great starting point,
no arsing about, straight into the video and not too full of waffle,

[dreamweddingentertainment]

you go way too fast you need to slow down your tutorial

[SovereignVis]

The files in the download link are completely different from what is shown on screen. 😅 I tried those files anyways but there was no animation player in the list. And after adding in one there doesn't seem to be any animations at all. So can't do this tutorial past the 'New Inherited Scene' step. That is where it all just hits the wall. 😑

[justingrassmyer]

why do I keep getting a node configure warning for static body 3d telling me to change the size in the child nodes, but when I do, the player simply falls through?

[spidrrblx]

for some reason while animating, i keep getting an error “attempt to call function ‘play’ in base ‘null instance’

[markstumbris]

Spent 2 days on that Kinematic Body change to 3DCharacter, the Blender to Godot animations rock though. Also finding more info right in the editor👌

[badmusicproducer_offical]

im getting an error at 3:40
it says that the "if" part needs to have a : after it but when i add it everything else breaks

[superbitable]

How would I go about adding a landing animation?