Top 10 Reasons Why I Switched to Godot Game Engine 

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we all know you switched because it has a cooler logo

"what if they changed the price" this aged golden

The Unity licensing issue is a great point, unfortunately haven’t had that opportunity to experience that disadvantage yet lol

I was brushing my teeth while looking at my face in the mirror and just listening to the video, but at some point you said "I know Construct recently got 3D..." so immediately started to wonder what footage you were going to use to display it, so I took my phone from my pocket and saw my own work at 2:58! It was such a joy to see it in action, being used as an example for what can be achieved with Construct's 3D features. Thank you for displaying it! It made me really happy. 😊 By the way, just in case anyone ever wonders, my name is Mateus, I run a small company that partnered with Scirra (Construct developer) in order to create and publish free example/template files for the community to learn from and use in their games. The one in the video is part of that partnership! 🎮

"It's okay to support your favorite engine, that's okay. Just it can get expensive at times, and they can change it in the future." Unity situation:

1: Free and Open Source 2: No licensing fees 3: Small file size 4: Supportive community 5: 2D and 3D support 6: Better workflow in other engines 7: Lightweight engine 8: GDscript 9: Great for collaboration 10: Fast importing

this video aged very well

I personally use Godot. I'm an amateur at gamedev and despite all the tutorials out there I found myself really struggling to use unity, especially since the games I wanted to make were 2D and it really felt like unity treated 2D as an afterthought. I also just found myself constantly overwhelmed with the AMOUNT of stuff the other engines have. I think Godot has found this really niche sweet spot where it's a very competent engine but it's not absurdly complex. I found myself just skimming through the Godot docs sometimes and just clicking on nodes and functions etc. That seemed neat or interesting to me.

I switched to Godot back when I was trying to make a music-based game, and I realized that in at least some points, a lot of sound files will get played on top of each other. I figured that with an open-source engine, I could at least strong-arm it into accomplishing what I'd need. This was before I discovered that, between the 1980s and now, everything has acquired more than 5 sound channels.

For me its workflow. I was really into Unity, but the deeper I got the more and more I found Godot appealing. The scene/node structure is just so great and I love signals. Taking what you learned in Unity and brining it to Godot is really easy. And I personally find Godot's community and learning resources better. Unity has higher quantity, but more often than not things are outdated or irrelevant or the answer is some new tool to learn from the asset store for something that just comes with Godot.

I agree, Godot 3 is absolutely fantastic! I’m using it for a 3D game right now and haven’t run in to any major performance issues myself. I am doing the work on my own so the project is very narrowly focused so it’s not like it’s doing a massive open world to where it would be an issue with tons and tons of rigid bodies. Most games don’t need all that IMO.. like a game that is better looking than anything from the mid 2000s could be made on it no problem which encompasses the budget of practically every indie developer

Here after unity's "per install fee" announcement😅.

You can officially add another major reason to this list now

As someone who's 10 months into gamedev, and started with Unity due to the abundance of high-quality educational content surrounding the engine, this video will be a *very* interesting watch :)

Great video, I used to really dislike godot, then I got good at programming outside of gamedev and came back to it at some point, now I **LOVE** this engine

I'm just using Unity since it's the first engine I've been using. I chose Unity because there were so many tutorials available and it had the features that I needed. Plus I'm making my main project in Unity for a long time now, which I really don't want to abandon. I should perhaps try other game engines in the future but for now I don't see any reason to

Awesome video! I like to experiment with all engines, for me, they are just tools, each engine has their usage, for example I'm currently coding in UE, Unity and Godot, 3 different projects - but Godot is so pleasing to open, everything is so fast, small, lightweight. I actually understand that most people get attached to one game engine then defend it with all their strength because they invest a lot of time learning, which is fair enough (the learning is not a problem for me tho, I can jump between any tool quite fast and easily).

This video was outright premonitory 1:53

Godot seems really tight and I plan to master it eventually, thanks for the upload!

You checked off all the points for me on Godot. I was so tired of different versions in Unity breaking things or that default layout bug that made it so annoying. Unreal like you said, incredibly performance intense for my laptop. I’ve been only using Godot for a few days and I love it sooo much. I can’t wait to continue and I even look at documentation on the train sometimes as part of my hobby 😅 lol Great video!

1:54 "and what if eventually they want to change that?" Dude didn't know how right he was 😂 There is the unity monetization crisis going on rn, for future readers of this comment

If someday Godot 4 gets released with the extra features that they promised there would be no competition at that point in terms of 2D game development. With GDQuest's upcoming massive courses and the ever increasing number of users, the lack of Godot tutorials will cease to be an issue for new comers.

I just started learning godot a few days ago, it's my first time learning to code (except from a few lessons of python in year 7 and an hour trying to learn unity then giving up) and what I love is just how easy and simple everything is. If I want to load up godot I can in a few seconds, the GDscript is very user-friendly and good for learning, all the settings are super easily accessible, there isn't loads of stuff bombarding you at all times. On top of that, while it isn't specifically godot, the tutorials and learning materials I've been using have been really good and helpful!

I was expecting to be kinda eh on this one, but I actually really liked the video, to the point that I ended up subscribing! You brought up quite a few points that I hadn't really considered before when looking for a game engine, and I'd say probably the most appealing feature that you listed for me would be how lightweight it is, particularly with it's file size. It's not an issue anymore since I've upgraded, but back when I was working on a couple hundred dollar laptop, I would've killed for an engine like this! One point that I couldn't really get behind though was number 2, the licensing thing. Particularly with Unity, not only does that issue not apply to beginners, but for more advanced game devs that it does apply to, the limit is still *$100,000* before having to upgrade. I mean, that's already more money than the average programmer's yearly salary, so I feel like if you're making that much on a game you made, you can afford to spend an extra $150 a month on the engine that you're using to make that money. Not to mention after upgrading, you can make even more money than that, but that's just how I see it. Anyways I really enjoyed the video, keep up the great work!

this video aged well

I've been wanting to get into godot forever, but I found it sooo hard. I should try and slowly get into it lol Great video!😁

I didn't even hear of godot before looking more into game engines to use and other peoples devlogs. I've also never heard of git until I watched this video. Thank you a ton for the quick flash facts on godot. I've been looking into it for a while but was always skeptical on it. I hope godot v4 is out now (since it's been a year since the release of this video) because I'm 100% down to try it. Thank you again for this vid, it really helped a lot

Also even though there are less tutorials this often makes it less confusing for beginners trying to learn, because there are not a million different opinions about how to do something. And since Godot is generally more understandable than Unity it also means once you've gone through a tutorial you actually know how to do it yourself from them on, which means you need fewer tutorials to get started.

Still sticking with GameMaker because I'm working on 2D games and does everything I need for now, but as soon I get an idea for a 3D game I'm jumping on the Godot bandwagon (4.0 should be out by then).

Number 7 sold me on Godot, I have a potato PC and I wanted to make 2d games but whenever I open up Unity it just makes my laptop an air fryer

I've been waiting for this!

just started making games I like the artist side of things the most and Godot makes the coding so easy i thank you a lot for your content you are the reason I do what I do

Great video Goodgis! I'm Learning programming. when i feel like i'm ready, i will use godot for sure. (English isn't my first language.)

Thank you for this breakdown! This has definitely sparked my interest in Godot. I wish people made the same arguments on behalf of Torque when it came out such as internal language, git, community support, update sprites/meshes/code while the engine or game session is running, etc. Its competitor was Unity -- there should have been no reason why people fled to Unity tbh.

Great video like always!

Just subscribed. Thanks for this video.

I'm learning unity from 2 months and sometimes my laptop got lagged for more than 10 minutes. So I think I have to try godot. Thanks for the recommendation. 🤘🏻 😀

Really enjoy using Godot, took me such a short time to master the basics, now I'm working on a really good game

Hey thanks foe great video, wondering if you could answer a question I have? I've started learning Flutter in hopes to make a very basic game and export to both iOS and Android. But later down the track I would like to make a more complex game. Is it feasible to use Flutter for front end like menus, sending notifications to user etc and then Godot for the actual game?

As a Unity user (which I enjoy using, my current game project is 3D and I've been doing C# since early 2006) it's nice to see a video about another engine that's objective and gives valid reasons, opinions and views that aren't just "such and such engine sucks" etc 👍

I just love how the open source market is growing and maturing. It becomes less and less often, that I have to use something proprietary.

Number 9 Seems like one of the best reasons, Being able to collaborate well is essential for a great game! I did not know it had such a small file size. Great Video! I think it was very informative and gave me a better understanding of Godot. However I will still use Unity Cause it's too much hassle to switch. XD Keep it up!

I remember trying godot, but, either a skill issue or just dumb functionality, it took me a while to work on 3D collisions. Honestly, gamemaker studio has a place in my heart (maybe because I had spent money on it and I wanted to work on it as much as possible) but whatever fits the best to everyone :)

your videos will help me making my first game with my mate thx for that

You were ahead of your time :)

1:53 now they changed it

bro this is so good, like my computer is a low-end computer and i literally downloaded and launched the software under 3 minutes!

Thank you for this intuitive video. 😀😀

I love Godot like I have an unhealthy love for it, it's been so enjoyable to learn coding and develop games with whenever I think of Godot it releases dopamine in my brain

4:58 Godot can run on a Raspberry Pi (cheap tiny computer) And it runs GOOD, I'm absolutely blown away

Thank you this video is great I like your tutorials

I like a lot the simplicity and open source of godot as well the comunity both users and the developers/contributors of the engine

Now I’m actually considering using Godot for making 2D games because of how well it supposedly runs. (I have a semi-potato PC.) Great video, very informative!

I just realised how perfect Godot shouting “objection” is in this context

Awesome, thank you!

How did i miss this upload Anyways great vid!

I've been wanting to learn how to make games for so long now. And it seems like a great game dev like you would prefer Godot. So I'm just gonna pick this game engine and try to create my first real game on it and see how I go from there. Thanks for the video Goodgis!

Sometime in September 2023 : 1 reason to go to Godot Anyway, it's more about personal preferences and although I really really prefer Unity just because I've been used to it, I wanted to try Godot but I didn't have time. Now I feel like I don't want to spend time to Unity because of the announcement and looking for Godot's similar functions to Unity.

Neat video! Godot definitely seems like a cool engine to use. I should give it a proper go in the near future.

I like how you can embed the resources in the executable. Gives you a single tidy .exe file so quickly after clicking on the export button.

I actually use godot because of heartbeast's tutorial and the absolutely amazing documentation. In unity, the tutorials were tutorials, they told you how to make a specific game, and not how to actually use the game engine, but heartbeast's tutorials taught you what everything does, and how to find more info on other problems.

1:53 😅

I just got a computer science degree and I want to get into game dev and sadly my school couldn’t teach me anything. I love 2d top down games like Pokémon or stardew where should I start? Do you have any helpful guides?

I'm using Phaser 3 for my Turn based Multiplayer strategy game. Works really well but I think next project I'll try Godot as I did complete a course on it.

Great video! I actually develop on a toaster and it works really well :)

Yes pls explain what git is

Very good video, I am mostly using Construct 3.

great video!

I can agree, after having to download Unreal Engine 4 overnight, Godot is a lot smaller. The fact that it's measured in MB, rather than GB, is absolutely amazing. Yes, UE4 was over 40GB (considering the entire Encyclopedia Britannica is 50 million words, and also less than 2GB, this is madness)

Can you change the icon game when you are ready to export your game??

Hello! What engine/framework did you start programming video games with? I want to know this because I hesitate between GODOT (which is simpler than love2d) and Love2D (which is harder the godot but which will perhaps make sure that I understand some things better). Thank you

I like unity, the package manager experience ist great. Looking on 2000 different sites to get the working experimental package url/repo/name or zip is always fun! Love creating new projects... 😂

Hello everyone 😂

well, for me, its kind of the only option i have. i live in Cuba and am struggling to start my game of desire, and my laptop isn't the best. Godot came as a live saver. I just hope that some day i can do something with it hehe

I might get started with godot simply because it’s lightweight and the idea I have in mind I plan on having lightweight or at least try to given im trying to mimic the style of psx or n64 (I have a Zelda-like idea with possibly other mechanics when I figure it out)

Now you know what I feel.

Godot 4 is insane 🔥🔥

Hi Goodgis, i am planning to get into Godot very soon but i want to use C# do you think there will be any drawnacks? The main reason for me to use C# is because i want to slowly progress towards being a C# developer as my main future job, so a practice here would help.

Years ago, I tried to use unity and it was a nightmare, I couldn’t wrap my head around the logical flow of it all. At one point I wrote down how I wanted it to work, and while I didn’t call them nodes, I basically made nodes. So when I decided to give game dev a second go, I found Godot and have never used a tool in my life that works exactly how I wanted to. It’s such a natural way to organize and build. I love it.

My favorite game engine for 2D is godot. But for 3D, unreal hands down, it looks so nice.

we did it again, godot bros.

I'll definitely try it someday looks great

Great video, would you recommend it for an "MMORPG" like I have on my channel? I've been using Phaser 3.

Nah mate, the unofficial spokesperson for Godot is GDQuest

Honestly, once Godot 4 comes out, there really will be no reason not to switch, the amount of improvements and supported uses is going to be astounding.

I was enjoying Unity, but I did not like the fact that you had a whole separate set of logins and downloads and updates to keep up with an external editor. It was always a frustrating and jarring process for me. I plan to try Godot soon since it seems to be the next thing up from Game Maker. I also really love that open concept. Blender for life!

Hello! I'm 12 and I'm planning on using godot for my future game because it's not too beefy to run on a laptop. I am new to game development and primarily use Scratch. Taking my games beyond colored blocks is the next step for me. Great video nontheless!

We all know why we unity devs are now watching this video

There is a new reason

Hey, i do not have a computer, i just use my android tablet. Do you have any suggestions for an app that would let me code my game AND choose how the game art looks?

I started with game maker studio then switched to unity but am still very new to game development. I have always considered myself more of a designer than an actual developer, though. I just muddle through the art and scripting to try to get my dreams to come true.

Top 1 reasons why u should quit unity. (1. Fees for literally installing ur game while making indie devs bankrubt.

Sorry if this comment it's a bit harsh, but I just want to compare your points to reality. 1 “Being Open Source and Free” I mean yeah that is pretty cool, but only a really low percentage of people will actually look into it's source code and 2"No Licensing Fees” For the fees when you get over 100K with Unity you can Plus or Pro for 400 or 1.6K and when you get more than 100K just spending not even 1% of it is nothing. 3"Small File Size” I mean, yeah this point is totally valid, but people that really go into game dev usually don't care about engine size plus Unity has more features, so it explains it size difference. 4"Supportive Community” I don't know about that, but something I can be sure of is that there is way more material to learn unity with, but the community is nice, even tho you see way more professionals in the Unity community than the Godot one. 5"2D and 3D Functionality" Seriously? Is this point even valid? Every single other engine except a few exceptions have the support for the 2 of them. Unity had support for 3D and 2D day one. 6"Better workflow" I don't know about that, this point is so subjective to anyone. Personally I prefer way more the game object system from Unity and its ECS is also very cool. 7"Lightweight" Yeah, of course it will work on more hardware, that thing is still using OpenGL 3. Other engines have already been using newer API like DX12 and Vulkan. 8"GDScript" The first and last time I used that language it felt so horrible, just a copycat of Python with a few added functionalities. This language is quite useless to learn in the industry as it's tied to the engine, so using that language in anything other than Godot is impossible. 9"Great For Collaboration" Is this also still a point? You can share anything with git and plus Unity already had a nicely integrated collaboration tool. Collaboration is a standard in game engine, so this point is not valid. (Nothing to say for point 10 IDK why this is a point) Thanks for reading this whole message, very sorry if I was very harsh on his points, but that's the provocative truth. **I do not hate Godot I just find that it's not as good as engines like CryEngine, Unreal Engine, and Unity**

Since you're showing those Phoenix Wright sprites, do you know of any good tutorials or resources for creating a game like that with dialog and inventory items to present/use?

i love godot but for big projects i always use unity The amount of tutorials out there is just crazy There are like 10 different solutions for whatever problem you will ever come across Findidng those solutions and following along is a massive time saver compared to actually having to figure things out yourself in Godot through trial and error although more satisfying when you finally do

I dare you to make a game in scratch under 48 hours (or you cant do that)

Hi, thank you a lot for your work. I want to ask one question. I want to use Godot to develope educational - learning game, "point and click style game". Like machinarium, but graphycaly simpler... So i need efficient deployment on android, iOS, and definately on webpage, since, I think it is more user friendly to open a web page rather install an app on PC... My question to ask you as to an expert, is Godot good choice for me?

You said that Godot is very performant. I work at a company that makes slot games and we are about to build a new game for web, but our concerns are if they can run smoothly on mobile. The catch is that where I live (Argentina) people use phones from 5 years ago, more specicly samsung j7 kind of phones, and we need our 2D slot game with maybe some particle efects and animations to run smoothly on those devices. I tried to look for a performance test for that specific scenario but I cannot find it. I would be great if you could tell me what you know taking into account your experiencies with godot! Great vid btw

Thanks for the video