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Starter Kit for a Twin-Stick Shooter

Work-in-progress of a twin-stick shooter starter kit for Godot 4. NOTE: Developed in and compatible with Godot 4.3. It looks like that MeshLibrary is breaking compatibility with 4.2.

Credits and thank you to:

• @kaylousberg for the FREE Kaykit Prototype Bits as a base for the 3D Assets;
• Dialogic2's contributors for their amazing dialogue manager, used for all my dialogues and cutscenes;
• Beehave's contributors for their amazing decision tree add-on, used for my ennemies;
• @kenney for his Input Prompt assets and Interface Sound assets;

Follow me on Twitter/X to get regular updates about the development and coming features:

Loading the project for the first time:

1. Clone or download this repository in a folder
2. Open the project in Godot (there will be a lot of errors, because of missing add-ons)
3. Click on AssetLib, search for Beehave and install it
4. Download Dialogic2 from here
5. Unzip, find the dialogic folder (in the folder addons) and paste it in the res://addons folder of the Godot project
6. Go in Project/Project Settings, in the tab Plugins, activate both Beehave and Dialogic
7. (Optional) For your peace of mind, you might want to reload the project
8. Run the Game!

Features:

• Character Controller:
  • Logic based on a State Machine (inspired from GDQuest tutorials);
  • Animation System based on a Blend Tree
  • Fully modelled and rigged character
  • Support Gamepad or Keyboard (Keyboard + Mouse to be added at some point)
  • Camera follows Main Character and can be rotated with RT/LT
• Ennemy with Behaviour Tree based AI;
• Switch system: short switch, long switch, area switch can control enemy spawner and door through a switch hub
• Dialogue, Cutscene and Game Events: discover how to unfold a full story!
• Select between 3 controller schemes (One Stick Controller, Two Stick Controller, Two Stick Auto-Shoot Controller)
• Game Feel: Destructible elements, Hit feedback, Recoil animation (more to come)
• Collision layers are set up to reproduce the infinite_inertia property which was dropped in Godot 4
• Debug Layer

Controls

Press start button of your gamepad to open a menu and select between 3 controller schemes:

• One Stick Controller (move with Left Stick, aim with Left Trigger, shoot with B)
• Two Stick Controller (move with Left Stick, aim with Right Stick, shoot with Left Trigger)
• Two Stick Auto-Shoot Controller (move with Left Stick, aim and shoot with Right Stick, Move Camera with RT/LT)

If no Gamepad only the One Stick Controller works at the moment:

• Move with Arrow keys
• Jump with Space key
• Aim with Q key
• Shoot with W key (you can only shoot if you are aiming)

Debug Layer which can be toggled with L key

What is coming next?

• Game Feel: adding sounds
• Game Feel: add muzzle and hit VFX
• Add ennemies