How to extend custom classes in Godot?
Say you want to create a generic class Animal that extends Node2D (or any other basic Godot class), with generic methods and property, and then a bunch of Nodes that extend that custom class. How do you do that?
The answer is easy, but the syntax is weird.
First create your Animal class in a file like this:
res://animal.gd
extends Node2D # Note that we are not naming the class
var size = 0
var mammal = False
func _ready():
# do whatever you want...
Next, add to the Node that will extend Animal a new script like this and you’re done:
res://myscript.gd
extends 'res://animal.gd' # Weird, right? # And now do what you want...
Okay, not gonna lie, I’m kinda grossed out by this syntax which mixes up class inheritance and import/include mechanisms. But, hey, it works as expected so I will refrain to complain too much. :]
Hope that helped!
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