Wait, but where do we start? (learning Godot)

Godot looks cool, the tutorials make it seem pretty approachable… Yet, I do not know how to use it… The UI is simple enough but there are so many “nodes” that can be added; and then, I do prefer writing code to wiring things in the editor. I know Python but GDScript is just Python-like so there is another learning curve there. This is a list of the things I have decided (so far) I need to get myself familiar with:

• Displaying sprites on screen ✔️
• Drawing arbitrary shapes on screen (in progress)
• Moving things and checking collisions among these things ✔️
• Window resolution/resizing ✔️
• Displaying a UI/HUD (in progress)
• Keyboard and mouse input ✔️
• Gamepad input
• Mobile export and touch input
• Tilemaps and how to load/stitch maps
• Animation
• SFX and music
• VFX and shaders
• Filesystem (for saving/loading the game)
• Networking (for scoreboard) My plan is to build different toys to practice these different aspects that then I can incorporate into the game. We’ll see how that goes.