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The following is a breakdown of what is learned in each episode. This includes the broad topics, as well as some helpful bits of information.

Episode 1

• Environment
  • How to Create a Level
• General Godot Information
  • Different Types of Bodies for Objects
  • Attaching a Script to a Node
  • Do Something on Key Press
  • Lock a Node's Child Nodes
• Player
  • How to Create the Player
• Project Setup
  • Edit Toolbar Menu
  • Set Project Up For Pixel Art
• Sprites and Animations
  • Remove Blurry Edges from Sprites
  • How to Attach a Spritesheet to an Object

Episode 2: Delta + Smooth Movement

• Player
  • Player Movement
• Additional Article About Jitter and Stutter

Episode 3: Collisions + Move_And_Slide

• Environment
  • How to Create a Collidable Environment
• General Godot Information
  • Toggle Pixel Snapping in the Main Window
  • Move a Child Node Without Moving the Parent Node
• Player
  • Player Collisions
• Project Setup
  • Handling Screens with Different Aspect Ratios

Episode 4: Scenes + YSort Node

• Environment
  • How to Manage When Objects are Behind Other Objects (YSort)
• General Godot Information
  • Create Object That Can Be Re-used Across Scenes
  • Add Re-usable Object to Scene

Episode 5: AnimationPlayer

• General Godot Information
  • Assign Variable When Object is Ready
• Sprites and Animations
  • How to Add an Animation to an Object
  • Select the Starting Animation of an Object
  • Play an Animation

Episode 6: Animation in All Directions with an AnimationTree

• Player
  • Player Movement Animations
• Sprites and Animations
  • Add an Animation Tree for Controlling When Different Animations Play
  • Adding Basic Animations to AnimationTrees
  • Adding Complex Animations that Handle Directions to AnimationTrees
  • Adding Transitions Between Animations
  • Play an AnimationTree
  • How to Fix Diagonal Movement in an AnimationTree

Episode 7: Background Grass and Dirt Path Autotile

• Environment
  • How to Create a Repeating Background Using Sprite Nodes
  • How to Create a Repeating Background Using TextureRect Nodes
  • How to Set Up a TileSet
  • How to Set the Icon of a TileSet
• Additional Video About Using Tilesetter to Create TileSet Textures

Episode 8: Collisions with Autotiles

• Environment
  • How to Add Collisions to a TileSet
  • Other TileSet Options

Episode 9: Attacking Animation + State Machines

• Player
  • Create a State Machine to Control States the Character Can Be In
• Project Setup
  • Add Custom Keys for Actions
  • Add Custom Actions
• Sprites and Animations
  • Wait For Scene to Load Before Running Animation
  • Call a Function During an Animation

Episode 10: Signals + Instancing Scenes in Code

• General Godot Information
  • _physics_process() vs. _process()
  • queue_free()
• Sprites and Animations
  • Add an AnimatedSprite for Basic Animation
  • Control an AnimatedSprite within an Object
  • Do Something When AnimatedSprite is Done Animating
  • Play an Animation and Destroy an Object

Episode 11: Melee attacks with Hurtboxes and Hitboxes

• General Godot Information
  • Area2D
  • Collision Layers vs Collision Masks
• Interactions
  • Create a Hurtbox and Hitbox
  • Add a Hitbox or Hurtbox to an Object
  • Do Something When a Hurtbox is Interacted With
  • Move a Hitbox During an Animation
  • Hide a Hitbox When an Animation is Complete
  • Add Layers to Determine What Objects Can Affect Other Objects' Hurtboxes
  • Add Layer Collision to Hitboxes and Hurtboxes
  • Add Layer Collisions for the Player and the World

Episode 12: Roll State

• Player
  • Add the Ability to Roll

Episode 13: Knockback and Enemy Bat

• Enemies
  • How to Create the Enemy Bat
  • Allow Enemy Bat to be Attacked
  • Add Knockback When the Enemy Bat is Attacked

Episode 14: Enemy Stats + Export Variables + Setget

• Enemies
  • How to Create Enemy Stats
  • How to Add Stats to the Bat Enemy
  • How to Update Bat Health When Hit
• General Godot Information
  • Export Var
  • SetGet
  • Call Down/Signal Up
• Interactions
  • How to Control the Damage of a Hitbox

Episode 15: Enemy Death Effect + Bug Fixes

• General Godot Information
  • How to Add Something Programmatically to the World Scene
  • How to Add Something Programmatically to the Parent Scene
• Sprites and Animations
  • How to Fix a Bug Where Some Animations Face the Wrong Direction
  • How to Make the Destroy Animation Reusable

Episode 16: Bat AI Start

• Enemies
  • Add an Enemy State Machine
  • Make the Bat Detect and Chase the Player
  • Make the Bat Face the Correct Direction
• Interactions
  • Create a Player Detection Zone

Episode 17: Player Stats + Enemy Attack

• Enemies
  • Allow the Bat to Hurt the Player
• Interactions
  • Stop Player from Continually Being Hurt By Enemies
  • Allow Enemy to Damage Again Player if They Stay in Player's Hurtbox
• Player
  • How to Create Player Stats That can be Accessed Anywhere

Episode 18: Player Hearts UI

• Enemies
  • Signal to Parent Node as Health Changes
  • Signal to Parent Node as Max Health Changes
• General Godot Information
  • Control Nodes
• User Interface
  • Add Health UI Element and Script
  • Display the Health as Heart Icons

Episode 19: Enemy Soft Collisions + Profiling

• General Godot Information
  • Monitor Game Performance
• Interactions
  • Create a Soft Collision to Prevent Enemies from Overlapping
  • Add Soft Collisions to an Enemy to Prevent Overlap

Episode 20: Player Camera

• Project Setup
  • Add a Camera to Follow the Player

Episode 20: Bat Wander State

• Enemies
  • Make an Enemy Wander
  • Prevent Wobbling Motion When Wandering
• General Godot Information
  • Randomize Project Load States