Godot 2D Movement (4.x)

Build responsive 2D character controllers with CharacterBody2D and the argument-less move_and_slide(). Targets Godot 4.3+.

When to use

• Use when scripting a 2D player/enemy that moves and collides: platformer (gravity + jump) or top-down (free 8-direction), slope walking, or wall/floor detection.
• Use when move_and_slide() "does nothing", the character sinks through floors, or is_on_floor() is always false.

When not to use: dynamic rigid bodies, areas, raycasts, collision layers → godot-physics; tile-based levels → godot-tilemap; full platformer game template → the platformer genre skill; engine-agnostic feel tuning → physics-tuning.

Core workflow