A starting point and reference project for creating games with the Godot Engine, particularly suited for top-down shooter games. Project is located in addons/top_down to keep project conflicts to a minimum. It showcases recommended project structure.
This repository also includes addons/great_games_library, a collection of scripts that offer general-purpose solutions applicable across various games.
Additionally, for task organization, the project includes a simple Kanban Tasks - Todo Manager plugin.
⚠️ CAUTION:
Due to an issues with a customAudioBusLayoutresource locations in Godot, I've kept the audio bus layout at its default location and name as default_bus_layout.tres.
NOTE:
- This template is not recommended for beginners who may need a guidance.
- It serves as my personal project template and will continue to evolve as I develop my own game. Updates will be made until the project starts to go beyond the needs of a generic top-down shooter and into game-specific content.
- All assets are made by me and are free to be modified and used for inclusion in commercial products, but not sold as your creation. Soon will be released as a separate package on nezvers.itch.io
- Menu system
- Full Screen
- Audio (Master, Music, Sounds)
- Button state style tweaning
- Pausing system
- Input Rebinding
- Frame by frame debug pausing (
P- pause and advance,[ + Pto unpause) - Scene transition using shader on a screenshot
- precompile (Shader, CanvasMaterial, ParticleProcessMaterial) and preload scenes boot_load.tscn
- Node reference managment ReferenceNodeResource
- Easy instancing with configuration callbacks and dynamic instance pooling InstanceResource
- Static functions for threaded loading ThreadUtility
- Sound effect system SoundResource with autoloaded SoundManager
- Resource saving SaveableResource
- Data transmission system used for damage, pickups, obstacles AreaTransmitter
- Scene central data collection ResourceNode
- Enemy AI Astar grid path finding
- Enemy wave spawning
To have easier learning experience on how project works I would suggest to start with these scenes:
- Menu - addons/top_down/scenes/ui/screens/title.tscn
- Rooms - addons/top_down/scenes/levels/room_0.tscn
- Actors - addons/top_down/scenes/actors/actor.tscn
- Weapons - addons/top_down/scenes/weapons/weapon.tscn
- Projectiles - addons/top_down/scenes/projectiles/projectile.tscn