Can't figure out how to run scene in godot

Question

I'm very new to godot and was following the step by step tutorial on the godot website. I have godot 3.1 .

I made a script node that says "hello world" and tried to run the scene like the tutorial said, but nothing appears. I'm not sure how to put the code into this question since godot has a workspace and stuff and isn't a text editor. It's very simple though, just the script node with the text value changed.

I've tried searching up this problem and other people seem to get some error message when their scene doesn't run, but I don't get any error. I get this on my output though:

** Debug Process Started ** OpenGL ES 3.0 Renderer: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620

I'd really appreciate any help to get the scene to run, I'm looking forward to learning to make games in godot. :)

Logain Logain · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-30T18:20:24

Let's start from scratch:

1) Scene -> New Scene
2) On your scene tab, create a Node2D as root (by clicking the plus + sign and selecting Node2D).
3) Create a new script by clicking

This will generate an empty script:

extends Node2D

# class member variables go here, for example:
# var a = 2
# var b = "textvar"

func _ready():
    # Called when the node is added to the scene for the first time.
    # Initialization here
    pass

#func _process(delta):
#   # Called every frame. Delta is time since last frame.
#   # Update game logic here.
#   pass

4) Save the scene. Now you have a scene with a root node and a script attached to its lifecycle.
5) Run the current scene by clicking on the top-right.
6) A black window should appear. From now on, you have a scene you can run and a script where you can add your code.

For a complete introduction from zero, you can check out the tutorials from KidsCanCode

Can't figure out how to run scene in godot

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