Introduction to Godot development

This page is meant to introduce the global organization of Godot Engine’s source code, and give useful tips for extending/fixing the engine on the C++ side.

Architecture diagram

The following diagram describes the architecture used by Godot, from the core components down to the abstracted drivers, via the scene structure and the servers.

Debugging the editor with gdb

-e argument to Godot Engine’s binary from within your project’s folder. Typically:

$ cd ~/myproject$ gdb godot> run -e

Or:

$ gdb godot> run -e --path ~/myproject