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<h2>

Why Godot is right for you

</h2>

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<p>

A picture is worth a thousand words, and these developers have chosen Godot for their projects:

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See more projects made with Godot

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<h2>Main features</h2>

</div>

<div class="feature-container feature-container-3x" id="design">

<h3>Intuitive scene-driven design</h3>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Build your game from simple blocks</h4>

<p>

Use building blocks called nodes to create more complex and reusable

scenes. Add scripts to your scenes and customize built-in behavior to

implement your unique game mechanics. Rely on composition and node hierarchy

to make game logic clear at a glance.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Extend beyond features provided by the engine</h4>

<p>

Make your scenes into full-featured components, with tools for your

designers to tweak and adjust the look and function. Share your components

with the community of like-minded developers as addons and templates.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Create data-driven elements with custom resources</h4>

<p>

Define scriptable objects called resources

to describe characters, entities, and data structures in your game. Use

your custom objects directly in the editor by assigning them to nodes.

Resources come with a high-level API to store and read them, and they support

every Godot type, including other resources.

</p>

</div>

</div>

<div class="feature-container feature-container-2x" id="script">

<h3>Coding tools that fit your needs</h3>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Write code without hurdles with a high-level scripting language</h4>

<p>

Get things done quickly with Godot's built-in scripting language GDScript.

Inspired by Python and other languages, it is easy to pick up even if you

are a beginner. Tight engine integration allows it to express game logic

in a clear and natural form.

<br><br>

GDScript offers optional static typing support,

boosting your coding efficiency and runtime performance. Powerful language

features and first-class functions allow for expressive yet concise code.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Leverage your C# experience to feel right at home</h4>

<p>

If you're an experienced C# user, Godot offers you first-class support

for the .NET platform. Power your games with familiar libraries and give

them a performance boost, while still benefiting from close engine integration.

<br><br>

<strong>Note:</strong> .NET support is provided as a dedicated engine executable.

<a href="https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/scripting/c_sharp/index.html#c-platform-support">C# support is available for desktop and mobile platforms as of Godot 4.2.</a>

Web support should be added in the future, but until then,

<a href="/download/3.x/">Godot 3</a> remains a supported option.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Pick from a variety of community-supported languages</h4>

<p>

Godot is built to be extended, and that means you can choose

a programming language not provided by the Godot team itself.

Thanks to our community there are many language bindings for

popular tools like Rust, Nim, Python, and JavaScript.

<br><br>

C&NoBreak;+&NoBreak;+ support comes officially in the form of

the GDExtension API, which gives you a way to script and program your game

components for maximum performance without having to recompile the engine.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Modify the engine itself and integrate with third-party libraries</h4>

<p>

Thanks to the modular structure and straightforward build process of Godot

you can create your own engine modules. Gain every last drop of performance

or integrate with many third-party libraries with low-level C&NoBreak;+&NoBreak;+ code.

</p>

</div>

</div>

<div class="feature-container feature-container-3x" id="features_3d">

<h3>Simple yet powerful 3D engine</h3>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Support both high and low-end devices</h4>

<p>

Make beautiful 3D games for a range of devices,

from powerful desktop computers to mid-range Android

phones. Powered by OpenGL, Godot allows your projects

to run on most modern GPUs, including integrated graphics.

<br><br>

With the Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and Metal renderers,

and a set of modern graphical features, bring your worlds

to life and harvest the power of gaming GPUs for your

benefit.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Seamlessly integrate with your asset pipeline</h4>

<p>

Bring your 3D models into your game world with a robust

importing pipeline. Take entire scenes — with animated models,

lighting, cameras, and physics objects — and customize how

the engine views them. Modify your assets and see changes

in the engine immediately.

<br><br>

Import Blender files directly

for fast iterations or use familiar glTF and FBX formats.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Create animated videos and prerendered cutscenes in engine</h4>

<p>

With the Movie Maker mode, you

can record gameplay and scripted scenes from your project at

a stable framerate and guaranteed simulation speed. Together

with Godot's animation capabilities, make the most out of the

engine's visuals.

</p>

</div>

</div>

<div class="feature-container feature-container-3x" id="features_2d">

<h3>Specialized 2D workflow for games and apps</h3>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Work with a real 2D and pixel-based unit system</h4>

<p>

Thanks to a dedicated 2D pipeline, you can forget about the Z-axis,

and simplify your game logic. Think in pixels and screen coordinates,

while the engine does the rest.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Save time creating 2D worlds with a tile map editor</h4>

<p>

Whether you want procedural generation or a meticulously hand-crafted

level, with Godot's built-in tile map editor you can achieve every goal.

Import a sprite and convert it into a database of building blocks for

your 2D worlds.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Master usability with a flexible GUI system</h4>

<p>

Build scalable and adaptive user interfaces with Godot's unique

GUI system. Created specifically to power layouts common to games,

it is also capable of handling complex UI applications and tools.

<br><br>

<em>For an example of what Godot's UI system is capable of, see the Godot editor itself!</em>

</p>

</div>

</div>

<div class="features-showreel">

<div class="feature-container">

<h3>Choice of many developers</h3>

<p>

Watch our annual showreel videos to see more examples of projects using Godot!

</p>

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</div>

<div class="feature-container feature-container-3x" id="deploy">

<h3>Cross-platform support with one project</h3>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Deliver your game to desktop, mobile, and web</h4>

<p>

Develop and publish your project on any modern desktop platform.

Let everyone play your game by deploying to web and mobile.

Make your game handle various forms of inputs and share the same

project between every platform.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Test directly on your target device</h4>

<p>

Iterate on real hardware, or with

an emulator, by deploying your game directly to the target device

over SSH. Run any project on a mobile device, on another desktop,

or on your favorite Linux-based handheld with full debug and inspect

capabilities.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Partner with a publisher to target consoles</h4>

<p>

If you want to release to a console, you can find several

third-party publishers which specialize in that. Godot games

can run on any modern hardware, so all you need to worry about

is your performance and controls.

<br><br>

Read more about <a href="/consoles/">console support in Godot</a>.

</p>

</div>

</div>

<div class="feature-container feature-container-2x" id="open_source">

<h3>Completely open and free</h3>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Download and create with no contracts or hidden fees</h4>

<p>

Godot is free under the <a href="https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/about/complying_with_licenses.html">MIT license</a>. This means you don't owe

us anything (other than a friendly mention), and can do with your

project or even the engine itself whatever you want. Build your game

or build your own engine on top of it — it's all in your hands.

</p>

</div>

<div class="card feature-card">

<h4>Find the logic behind any system in an open-source codebase</h4>

<p>

No need to wait for a support team to respond when you can read

the source code. Godot is an open book, and you can figure out everything

that is not yet documented after a single <code>git checkout</code>.

If you find and fix an issue, we will appreciate a PR upstream too.

</p>

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View a complete list of features

</a>

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View a list of priorities for upcoming features

</a>

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