This template provides some basic structure to start a new 2D game with the Godot engine.
The template currently includes:
- A main menu
- A settings menu
- A playable level
- Background music
- Sound effects
Some generic components are present to speed up the prototyping:
- A menu system with items highlighting on mouseover and clic sounds
- A scene manager. Here, a scene is a set of Godot scenes. One for UI/controls, one for game elements. More can be added. Each Godot scene is loaded in a separate node. This allows the main Godot scene to be always loaded, which helps keeping persistent elements between scene loads (e.g background music)
- A sound effects (FX) manager. In Godot, an AudioStreamPlayer2D can only play one sound at a time. So if multiple sounds have to be played at the same time, multiple AudioStreamPlayer2D must be created and properly managed. The FXPlayer class can create a predetermined number of AudioStreamPlayer2D and automatically choose an unused one when asked to play a sound.
- A settings manager that saves and loads game settings. A signal is emitted when a setting is changed so that it can be handled by another class. Currently stores if the music and/or the sound effects must be played but can easily be expanded.
- Basic player movement whith sound effect played on collision
- A pause screen
The template can be tested online here.
