Engine development

Setting up a development environment

To modify Godot’s source code, you need to set up a development environment. Start here.

• Configuring an IDE

Getting started with Godot’s source code

This section covers the basics that you will encounter in (almost) every source file.

• Introduction to Godot development
• Common engine methods and macros
• Core types
• Variant class
• Object class
• Inheritance class tree

Extending Godot by modifying its source code

This section covers what you can do by modifying Godot’s C++ source code.

• Custom modules in C++
• Binding to external libraries
• Custom Godot servers
• Custom resource format loaders
• Custom AudioStreams

Debugging and profiling

This section is about finding spots to optimize in the engine code when you need it in your project.

• Debugging on macOS
• Using C++ profilers