Create a Softbody

A Softbody is squishy body created from an image. This tutorial is also available in the GitHub repo as a sample samples/softbody2d/create-a-softbody.

Create a new SoftBody2D node

Create a new 2D Scene in Godot. In the newly created scene go to the Scene tab create a new SoftBody2D node by right clicking on the root node and selecting Add child node.

In the resulting window select the SoftBody2D node and select Create:

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In case you don't see the node, you probably forgot to activate the addon.

Setting a texture

Next, you need to set a Texture on the node. For this, click on the Scene tab on the left and select our newly created node (usually after creating the node it is already selected):

Next, on the Inspector tab, go to the Polygon2D section, expand the Texture property group and go to the Texture property (where it says Texture <empty>)

When you click the Texture dropdown, select Quick Load and then select addons/softbody2d/softbody2d.svg:

You should now see in the 2D scene view the following:

In the Scene tab you can minimise the children of the SoftBody2D node by clicking the arrow button next to the node:

Create a World Boundary

Next we need a ground so the softbody hits something and doesn't fall forever.

Create a StaticBody2D as child of the Root Node:

Then, create a child of this node (select the StaticBody2D node and click Add Child Node) of type CollisionShape2D:

Next, select the node and in the Inspector change the Shape property to New World Boundary Shape2D:

Next, in the 2D scene view move the StaticBody2D down. Select the StaticBody2D node in the Scene tab and select Move Mode:

Next, move the StaticBody2D node below the softbody by dragging it down:

Try it out

Click the Run Current Scene button:

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In case you are asked to save the scene, select Save.

If you did everything right, you will see the following: