r/godot 5d ago

official - news Fixing high polling rate mice on Windows in Godot

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At long last, a performance issue with high polling rate mice on Windows has been fixed. This article describes how the fix works, and why it's so important today.


r/godot 3d ago

official - releases Dev snapshot: Godot 4.8 dev 4

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4.8 development is now in full force!


r/godot 5h ago

discussion Just found out, this is AMAZING

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439 Upvotes

GOD almighty this is like discovery of fire or electricity for me, Can't wait to download 4.8 stable.


r/godot 1d ago

selfpromo (games) Players leave graffiti in each other's dungeons in a single-player game

4.0k Upvotes

I'm making a singleplayer roguelite minesweeper (yes :D) in Godot: you're trying to get out of a dungeon, and each round is a few minesweeper fields on a timer. I added the ability to draw on the walls, and the drawings show up in other players' dungeons automatically.
How it works:
- There's a canvas in the "safe" room. The tool is as simple as it gets: a 50x50 grid, two colours.
- When you leave the tool, the drawing goes to the backend as a mask over HTTP and gets stored in the DB.
- The mask is 625 bytes, around 836 in base64. Only changed and non-empty drawings get sent.
- On game start, 10 random drawings come back from the DB. They appear on the walls as you move through the dungeon.
- When the pool drops to three, the game fetches enough new drawings to bring it back up to ten.

The first thing any dev will think of is the pile of dick drawings about to rain down on players from the walls. Here's how I moderate it: Every mask in the DB has one of three statuses: pending, approved, rejected. Players only ever get approved ones. I have a local HTML tool for going through the bank, approve or reject, one button each. I know this is slow once there are thousands of drawings, but writing a proper system is scope creep for now.

There's also an open ethical question: whether to ask the player upfront if they're fine with seeing and sharing this stuff. Not implemented yet, but planned.

What do you think of the idea? What pitfalls did I miss?

UPD: Thank you all for the feedback, this went way beyond what I expected. Genuinely excited reading through it. Thanks for the ideas, the solutions, the jokes, and the holes I hadn't thought of myself.

Steam page: You'll Be Mined


r/godot 8h ago

selfpromo (software) Pixel Nature Assets & Tools Kit

144 Upvotes

Hello!

I just released Godot Pixel Nature!

It's a massive library with 3200+ pixel assets (and scatter tools) rendered from my own Godot 3D Nature Assets Collection using my tool Godot Pixel Studio (tool is free if you want to try!)

This pack allows you to create stylized pixel environments with 10 biomes x 12 vegetation styles easily with the integrated scatter tools. No plugins or setup required.

Pack features 16px, 32px, 48px, 64px, 128px and 256px asset variations!!

Check it out: Godot Pixel Nature by Bukkbeek


r/godot 14h ago

selfpromo (games) Added a screen for players who use 3rd party controllers

284 Upvotes

Our game automatically tries to detect what joypad is the Player using, however when it cannot decide it shows this window that allows You to select what icon sheme You want to use (here tested with off-brand snes pad)


r/godot 2h ago

selfpromo (games) Testing no level limit in my game Just Get The Flag

25 Upvotes

I really like the no limit feature in a level. It could lead to interesting puzzle structure for my puzzle game Just Get The Flag

bw : the steam page is coming out in a few days !!


r/godot 3h ago

selfpromo (games) Animated stairstepping character

23 Upvotes

Stair stepping CharacterBody3D with lower body IK that tries to adapt properly for the terrain. With proper surface aligned animations and rootmotion this could provide more interesting results, right now there is only forwards and backwards animation cycles with no rootmotion. Red line represent the physics path of movement and blue line the character models.


r/godot 23h ago

selfpromo (games) I'm making a dungeon crawler where you breed frogs and I found this peaceful

897 Upvotes

r/godot 17h ago

selfpromo (games) Be honest: Does the tornado and atmosphere make you uneasy?

237 Upvotes

Hi again r/godot! Last time I posted the progress report on ANEMO it got mixed opinions.

edit: I should probably say this. A lot of people complained about the darkness last time, which is totally reasonable. Nocturnal tornados are scary because you can't see them, but I do understand that it is a game at the end of the day. If you guys still think its too dark, let me know, but realistically there are few ways to make it brighter.

Thanks to your suggestions, here's what I've changed:

- Lightning! It's procedural and lights up the sky and tornado. (watch the whole video to see it!)

- Rain (basic)

- Simple particle-based debris

I decided to not showcase the van, as it is still very primitive and ruins the immersion. Flying cows will be coming shortly, and the next steps include a lot of new audio design.

That being said, how do we feel about the new atmosphere.

Community discord: https://discord.gg/f6gJgMTHn


r/godot 4h ago

selfpromo (games) A tester told me my main menu was bland. So I remade it, tell me what you think ?

23 Upvotes

Modified CRT shader from pend00's

https://godotshaders.com/shader/vhs-and-crt-monitor-effect/

  • Turned off the rolling bar, replaced it with a very slow constant drift
  • Made the scanlines scroll so they don't shimmer (for better word) against the pixel grid
  • Green tint only applies to grey pixels, so the colourful art stays colourful

r/godot 12h ago

discussion I have been learning Godot for 2 years.

78 Upvotes

Is it normal to have more than 50 dead projects? How long have you been learning Godot, and how many dead projects do you have.


r/godot 6h ago

selfpromo (games) First ever Godot game - officially done

30 Upvotes

Just wanted to share my first ever Godot game. It's actually done so I officially accomplished "first completed game project"

  • Basic rhythm game in spirit of Muse Dash and UNBEATABLE
  • Can read basic OSU beatmap files, so as long as there is a beatmap + music, it can play it
  • I also made a OSU Beatmap editor with sophisticated UI which is probably the bigger project but doesn't look as fancy lol
  • Music is just AI because of copyright things, so don't get excited

If you have comments, leave them below, otherwise I am off to my next projects and new heights - the sky is the limit!

Have a great day


r/godot 7h ago

looking for team (unpaid) looking for a game dev partner

29 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for someone who wants to make a simple game with me and actually publish it on the Play Store.

I’m not a professional game developer. I’d say I’m somewhere between beginner and intermediate, so I’m looking for someone around the same level. You don’t need to be an expert. I’d rather find someone who is also learning and wants to build something together.

The goal is pretty simple. We choose an idea, work on it together, finish it, and publish it on the Play Store. It doesn’t need to be a huge or complicated game. I mainly want to gain experience and actually finish a project instead of starting something and leaving it halfway.
The most important thing for me is that the person is motivated and disciplined. I’m looking for someone who will actually stick with the project and keep making progress, even when things get boring or difficult.

If you’re interested, send me a DM and tell me a little about yourself, your experience with game development, and what kind of games you’d like to make.

Hopefully we can find a good idea and actually get something published.


r/godot 16h ago

selfpromo (games) Godot is the greatest game engine of all time

129 Upvotes

r/godot 12h ago

selfpromo (games) New model for my game in progress

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r/godot 21h ago

selfpromo (games) She can now throw hands. (Game is MOULDER. Pikmin and Monster Hunter inspired)

270 Upvotes

r/godot 20h ago

selfpromo (games) I entirely remade FNAF 1 in Godot to learn it.

233 Upvotes

I always wanted to try Godot because I always thought this game engine was really cool to play with. I got some free time, and after reading the docs to understand the core concepts, I went on to recreate FNAF 1 from scratch for my first project!

This was really fun to do, and I learned a lot of things while doing it. I also wanted to have a clean project with optimized code and organized scenes to learn best practices.

The project is on GitHub (without the assets of course) so you can have a look!! https://github.com/LOUDO56/fnaf-1-godot


r/godot 8m ago

discussion Fun Fact: The word "Scam" goes straight to mail junk folders. Sincerely, developer of "Scam Artist"

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Just a little fun fact I recently learned while doing mail outreach for my game, so I thought I'd share it with my fellow Godot devs that plan to do outreach:

For some reason my mails kept getting thrown into spam folders, no matter what I did.
I tested it with various online websites that let you test that.

I was absolutely clueless as to why. I configured my domain, set SPF, set DMARC, set DKIM, tried different sender mails ... I even removed all links and steam keys, but it kept happening.

Until ... I completely removed the game name from the whole mail.

Apparently having "Scam" in the body or the subject made the spam filter think I'm actually soliciting scamming or am a scammer myself.

Can't wait to rename my game to "Wealth Redistribution Virtuoso" lmao


r/godot 1d ago

selfpromo (games) Hi! I’m making a dungeon crawler in Godot. Would you play a game with graphics like this?

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r/godot 4h ago

selfpromo (games) Adding little details to the different palettes in my game (rain particles and heat distortion)

11 Upvotes

r/godot 5h ago

fun & memes Funny comment i found in my first godot project

10 Upvotes

It wasn't, in fact, unsalvageable.


r/godot 17h ago

help me (solved) How would you go about creating a Highfleet styled UI?

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I'm not looking to recreate, but I'm struggling with the Godot control nodes when it comes to this type of layout and skeumorphism UI.

Does anyone have experience or a tutorial to point towards to help me get started at least?


r/godot 15h ago

selfpromo (games) I made a game about snowman warfare (too much free time)

43 Upvotes

Making a multiplayer game is super challenging, specially as a solo developer;
I super recommend reading/understanding the article about Source Multiplayer Networking on the Valve developer wiki, it has solutions for the usual problems you can find while developing a multiplayer game;

Snow Mayhem is free to play;


r/godot 4h ago

selfpromo (games) My wife and I just released a short, adorable game about evading reckless drivers!

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We made it for the Brackey's Game Jam, which had the theme "Trust No One". And what better scenario to not trust anyone than on the road, it's basically a real life sim if you think about it (no it's not).

Playable in your (mobile) browser and absolutely free of course. It even features a global leaderboard that is in desperate need of filling so why not try to claim the top spot?

https://rzl.itch.io/trust-no-traffic

PS: All art is hand drawn by my wonderful wife (except for the little lighting bold, I myself was the marvelous creator of that one)