Game Tank Godot.

Description

Game Tank Godot is a top-down tank battle game built with the Godot Engine to explore core gameplay mechanics. It implements player movement, shooting systems, collision detection, and enemy interaction in a real-time combat setting.

The project doubles as a learning platform for scene management, physics systems, and game logic within the Godot ecosystem.

Background

The game grew out of studying game programming fundamentals hands-on. Rather than only reading about scene trees, input handling, and physics, this project puts those concepts together in a small but complete playable prototype.

Goal

• Build a playable top-down tank combat prototype.
• Practice core game systems: movement, shooting, collisions, and health.
• Understand Godot’s scene management and node-based architecture.

Features

• Tank movement and rotation system
• Shooting and projectile mechanics
• Enemy interaction and collision detection
• Health and damage system
• Real-time keyboard input handling
• Basic game UI implementation
• Modular game object structure with scene management

Technologies

• Godot — game engine handling scenes, physics, and rendering.
• GDScript — primary scripting language for gameplay logic.
• C# — used for selected systems where a typed language fits.

How to Run

# 1. Install the Godot Engine (Mono/.NET build for C# support)
# 2. Open the Godot project manager
# 3. Import the project by selecting project.godot
# 4. Press the Play button (F5) to run the game

Technical Decisions

• Chose Godot for its lightweight, node-based scene system that maps cleanly to game objects.
• Used GDScript for most gameplay logic for fast iteration, with C# where stronger typing helped.
• Kept game objects modular (separate scenes for tank, projectile, enemy) so systems stay reusable and easy to reason about.

What I Learned

• Structuring a game with Godot’s scene and node hierarchy.
• Implementing projectile spawning, collision layers, and damage handling.
• Managing real-time input and simple game state.

Notes

A learning-focused prototype rather than a full game. Future ideas include additional enemy AI, levels, sound effects, and a scoring system.