โญ My First Video Game ยท Series 1 ยท Episode 1 of 9
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๐ŸŽฎ Godot Workshop ยท Parent & Child

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Build a Racing Game

Make your very own top-down racing game together from a blank screen to a working car you can drive! No coding experience needed. Every step is explained simply. ๐ŸŽ๏ธ See the finished race first, then build yours step by step.

Age 5+ with a grown-up About 1 hour Godot 4 (free!) โœ“ 6 fun steps
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Before We Start What is Godot?
A quick hello for grown-ups and little coders alike!

๐Ÿ‘ถ For the child

Godot is like a magical toybox where you can build your own video games! We'll use it to make a racing car that you can actually drive. How cool is that?!

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง For the grown-up

Godot 4 is a free, open-source game engine. This workshop uses GDScript (Python-like). Download from godotengine.org it's about 40 MB and needs no installer.

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Grown-up note: Throughout this workshop, purple boxes like this one have tips just for you. The child can do most of the typing just be there to read the instructions together and help when they get stuck!
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Make sure you have Godot 4 installed before you start! Go to godotengine.org, click Download, and grab the Standard version. It's free!
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Build it in our Godot Studio too: lay out your scene on a grid, add real GDScript and download a real project.godot plus a scene you can open in Godot, right in the browser with no install. Open the Godot Mod Studio →
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How it works: write the code in each step, and the canvas on the right shows what your code does. It is a live preview that builds the game as you go, so you can play every step along the way. Type to see it update, or press Apply to Canvas to test it straight away.
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Lumo says: every step adds one feature to the same game. Type a little, click Apply to Canvas, and play it straight away. There is no wrong answer you can't undo.

Build Racing Step by Step

Each step adds one feature. Write the code, watch it come alive in the canvas, then make it your own.

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A car racing down a track
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You Built a Racing Game!!

You started with a completely empty screen and built a real, playable game in Godot. You wrote actual code, made a car move, added a camera, a timer, and a finish line. That is genuinely impressive whatever your age!

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โญ My First Video Game ยท Series 1
You finished Episode 1! ๐ŸŽ‰
Ready to build a Mario-style platformer next?
โ–ถ๏ธ Next: Ep 2 ยท Jump Jump! ๐Ÿ„

๐Ÿ†“ Free In-House Dev Tools

Make It Yours

Use these free browser tools alongside this workshop to create custom sprites, sounds, levels and colour schemes for your game. No installs. Free forever.

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Pixel Studio
Draw sprites & animations
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Level Designer
Build 2D tile maps
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SFX Studio
Create custom sound effects
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Colour Palette
Build a game-ready colour scheme
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Game Idea Gen
Random game concepts & prompts
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