Game Dev Journey

We use a RigidBody2D for the bird because we want the Godot physics engine to do all the hard math for us. In an Angry Birds game, the bird is a projectile. Once it leaves the slingshot, gravity, momentum, and collisions should completely take over. RigidBody2D is the exact node designed for this.

Create a new scene with RigidBody2D as root

Rename this to Bird

Add a CollisionShape2D

Add a Sprite2D

Set the Texture of the Sprite2D

To the Godot icon

Select the CollisionShape2D

Click the RectangleShape2D to expand it

Set the Size to 128 x 128

Add a script to the Bird root node

When building an Angry Birds clone, you want the bird to sit perfectly still on the slingshot until it's fired. To do this we disable physics on the bird until we need it, then manually turn it back on.

Program this functionality into the bird script

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Slingshot

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