Beginner Godot Tutorial - How to Make Tetris

Learn the basics of Godot by making a tetris game from scratch.
This tutorial will use the tilemap node to create the game board and game pieces. I will explain how to create the various functions to create, move and rotate the pieces, and to check for and delete completed rows.
A user interface is also created to show the next piece, the current score and new game button.
Code and assets for this video: github.com/russs123/tetris_tut

[@papercavegames]

Incredible tutorial. I really struggled with some of these concepts but I learned a ton. One thing to note - your score UI doesn't refresh back to 0 when starting a new game and will only revert back to 100 (not 0) when you clear your first line on the new game.
I added in my new_game():
score = 0
$HUD.get_node("Score").text = "SCORE: " + str(score)
I'll probably implement a "previous score" and maybe a "high score" UI so you get the best of all 3. Thanks again for the awesome tutorial :)

[@CodingWithRuss]

Ah dang, I must have missed that! Good catch and thanks for posting the fix. Glad you liked the tutorial :)

[@sakipe3776]

That was the first tutorial i watched to get into blender and it helped me create my party-game in Godot !
Thanks a lot man, keep it up

[@Crisisdarkness]

I finally see someone using the Tilemap node to create the game Tetris, you know how to take advantage of what Godot has, I thank you, I think that with you I will finally learn how to make this game that I have wanted to make for a long time, because I want to make a game inspired by this. I have subscribed, thanks friend, it's not easy to find good tutorials in Godot (subscribed)

[@CodingWithRuss]

Thanks! I found it a good way to learn tilemaps and get some practice with them while making this game - there's still a lot of tilemap functionality that I haven't used but it's a good start.

[@Dpx008Music]

If anyone else is wondering why their game is too fast compared to the video, if you have a monitor with a higher refresh rate, you might have to go to Project -> Project Settings (Turn on Advanced Settings) -> Application -> Run -> Max FPS (Set it to 60 to match what's in the tutorial).
Other than that, great tutorial! I liked how you used a 7 bag from the start, and used steps instead of a timer. I also like how clean the code is! Learning how to use TileMaps with this was an absolute delight.

[@diegofesr]

Thank you very much Russ! You can't undertstand how helpful you are, finding tutorials as good as yours is very rare. Being used to Unity I missed the huge amount of tutorials when I changed to Godot, but thankfully I found yours. Keep it up man

[@nycdotnet4751]

Hey Russ - great job. I was able to follow along and got things working just as you did in just a night (though I was porting to C# as I went). I learned a lot about the TileMap - what a nice feature. Thanks a ton.

[@CodingWithRuss]

Thanks! Glad to hear you liked it.

[@AbsolutelyMindBlowin]

I am really enjoying these tutorials. They may be short, but you learn a lot from them!

[@DrummClem]

Tht is the first tutorial I picked up and I thank you !
I just tried to implemented the level system + speed increse and the HUD as in the OG gameboy version as a fun side exercise, and it worked !<
BTW, I made a mistake : do not use Input.is_action_pressed("ui_up") if you want to rotate your piece.
be careful to use the Input.is_action_JUST_pressed("ui_up") so your piece is rotating at each keystroke, not if the key stays pressed.
Code was right, but I didn't pay close attention ;)

[@papercavegames]

Did the same thing, that piece was SPINNIN'

[@joleannescarlettmilestone3358]

Just a new subscriber. wanted to learn python especially in games (not for money but for fun) then I found your channel with a lot of information to use. Thank you Russ! I soon can make my own game and play with my children for memories. Keep it up! You're awesome and cool as hell!

[@CodingWithRuss]

Thanks you! Glad you find the videos useful and I'm sure you will be able to make your own games in no time :)

[@per_verttt]

Thanks very much this helped a lot in my godot journey!

[@CodingWithRuss]

Glad you liked it!

[@christopherrowe7860]

Coming from a C# background GDScript isn't too bad. First game in Godot, and everything works well and thank you!

[@thefufuu3157]

with all the loops it really feels like they would have done it back in the days ( not a bad thing ) , since you are using the tileset node did you try to use the patterns function ( set_pattern function (( takes layer , position , and the pattern you want to draw yourtilemap.tile_set.get_pattern(index) ) ? could save the manuel setup of the pieces ... btw i tried it and i couldnt make the patterns draw maybe you know more :D . anyway thanks for the tut !

[@djalexander968]

would you need to overhaul how the tetriminos are detected to do a scoring system for each row that a player might iterate down? like i guess when the button is held down, for each row + 1 it typically adds to the score

[@Michy844]

Nice!

[@CodingWithRuss]

Thanks!

[@thiagoreis5208]

valeu pela aula

[@rezashir3873]

so cool

[@CodingWithRuss]

Thanks :)

[@Anifix123]

how can we make the movement smooth

[@abdullahajeebi]

1:28 How did you do that?

[@logun886]

May I ask what version of Godot you are using?

[@papercavegames]

in the video you can see it's 4.1.1

[@logun886]

@@papercavegames Thank you

[@papercavegames]

@@logun886 no problem :)

[@simonw.1223]

Well I somehow not completely how you know all these methods.

[@ieatthighs]

???