Point & click 2D grid movement in Godot 4 using AStarGrid2D

In this tutorial we'll take a look at how to move a 2D character to a position clicked by the cursor whilst using AStarGrid2D to also dodge obstacles.

Chapters:

0:00 - 0:24 - Intro
0:25 - 2:12 - Tile map setup
2:13 - 10:47 - Point & click movement
10:48 - 16:52 - Disabling cells
16:53 - 21:02 - Lock player to grid
21:03 - 24:32 - Drawing path

[domedevep]

ohhh dude, i just changed the movement styled from a grid to a free movement because i couldnt do this :(. Keep making tutorials like this, you're so valuable for newbie game devs like me!

[omelettes]

Absolute godsend, you're singlehandedly preventing me from going bald from frustration with this tutorial. Thank you so much.

[lolxtrach]

Hey man I just wanted to let you know that I'm in love with you for making this tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for, concise, clear, fast...be still, my heart

[Slipy]

Finally, a good example of actually using the grid. I'm planning on making a turn based game with limited movement, but I can take it from here. Thanks for the fantastic starting point!

[JorgeFigueroa-lxrh]

This video was so valuable to me right now after 2 days trying to figure out how to properly do isometric grid movement and running into walls. By obligation, I have to leave this comment to let you know that a random stranger on the internet appreciates you. Thank you, so much!

[NicoFye]

Instant like for showcasing the result at the start of the video

[anonykat]

I love how you print stuff and the screen and explains everything. Great tutorial and amazing teacher.

[Cesardevart-dcpz]

Thank you! This video is very useful, I'm starting to work on a roguelike game, and this is a great beginning.

[kindavacant]

Great overview, wish I'd seen it five months ago when I was trying to work it out. Using single tiles instead of atlas one can define a 'solid' via tile number instead of 'walkable' which is handy for an active map where tiles can change from not solid to solid. 'Tweening' (IE: tween.tween_property($%playerSprite, "position", nextTileLoc, .4) can also be used instead of process.

[jorie]

i LOVE YOU, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT i WANTED. It was very interesting because my game has 3d graphics and I was able to use this using a gridmap instead, converting the vector2 to vector3 and viceversa, and shooting a raycast from the camera to know the position. Since my 3d game doesnt have height or layers of land, I only nedeed to move the character on a 2D plane and I also nedeed to do it with squares and without diagonals just like you but in 3D, and this solution is working wonders. Thank you so much.

[JohnSane]

Awesome! Now a third video would be great which combines the A* Point & Click with the 2D Movement video. Keep up the good work!

[Rafael-wrwi]

Great tutorial, finally understood AStargrid2D after your video

[Automageddon]

I've been struggling with this for days until I found this video, thank you!

[socklesshobo]

Really great tutorial. Thank you! I hope you got back to making tutorials, since everything was really direct and useful.

[DrZell]

Just exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for the tutorial!

[nyxm]

You are doing a great job, taking on the topics which aren't yet touched, please keep making videos for our new thriving community. We all are rooting for you 🎉

[BUTTERFLY-eoob]

very good, simple and helpful thanks man

[timflatus]

Great tutorial. You may have convinced me that AStarGrid isn't the way I want to go as it looks complicated, which often means computationally expensive. I have a lot of moving objects.

[KommissarAlexander]

Amazing work, I was breaking my head trying to do / find somethjng like this

[CosmoCodez]

Thank you for the tutorial it really helped there wasn't even one for Arrow keys. And now for Point and click Thank you so Much.