GDScript or C# ? — The best language for Godot 4

A comparison of GDScript and C# to help you pick which programming language you might wanna use for your Godot project.

Alright this one took way longer than expected and I had to cut out a lot of what was planned to finish at all. Turns out my computer isn't really made for video editing, who would've thought! (nor do I know what I'm doing)

Here's the promised links for C++

Modules

And the Godot Engine GitHub

[iaknihs]

With the recent Godot 4.2 update, C# now has experimental support for Android and iOS again. Not 100% tested yet, but big progress!

[zaftnotameni]

unless I missed it, one thing the video doesn't mention is that while _runtime_ with c# is more performant, launch/start time (from the editor, not the actual game) is far faster with gdscript - which can be a huge help if you are learning the engine or fine tweaking some numbers and get into this loop of changing one little thing and re-running your game a million times, believe me those few seconds start to add up real quick

[gokudomatic]

I use gdscript when I don't need performance. Vectors are much easier to use in gdscript compared to c#.

[Filgaja]

I will stick to C#; I've used it in Unity, and in Godot, it's not really hard to continue writing C# code. Also, why should I learn a new language when I already know C#? It is much easier for me to use C#, and that's what you said... it depends :D

And I do not like GDScript, even if it might have some handy shortcuts and stuff

At the end it is personal reference :) I have a better eye on overview in C#

Thank you for your video :)

[germanhoyos]

GDSCRIPT ITS is! thankyou was wrecking my head over this

[RikThunder]

GDscript it is.

Your videos keep improving. While it took you longer to make this one, the highlighting code turned out pretty nice.

[draw]

What about c++? What they don't support it?😢

[bryanleebmy]

GDScript doesn't use garbage collection, while C# often causes massive lag spikes due to its pause-the-world GC.

[erenozklnc]

Go for c# if you can. gdscript is for programming noobs. If you know how to code, do it with a more known language. Don't lock yourself to a engine-only language. I speak for game devs. Or you can use both on spesific scenarios, why not. being type static is an important feature in game development in languages.