Starter Kit - 3D Top Down Shooter

Nodragem

Hello,

I have been working on making new rooms for my levels to showcase the new switch system:

There are 5 type of elements in the current Switch system at the moment:

Long Switch: where the player needs to hold the action button for a while before the switch gets activated
Short Switch: where the player just need to press the action button once to toggle the switch
Door: it can opens or closes
Spawner: it can spawn an object or enemy at a specific rate for a specific duration. You can set it up for instance so that it spawn 1 wave of 3 enemy every 10 sec.
Switch Hub: it connects Switch elements together. For instance: 2 switch needs to be activated so that 2 doors get opened.

Here is how I set up my switches and doors:

(I've made the 3d assets for the doors and switches 😃)

Nodragem

Hello!
Here is some progress on making an introduction cutscene and dialogue using the AnimationPlayer and the Dialogic2 add-on.

Here a preview of the results:

It was quite difficult to use Dialogic tbh, there is a lack of documentation and some unexpected behaviour.
But once you find out how to put things together, it is quite nice to use!

I still need to double-check how much memory and CPU usage Dialogic eats away though.

What do you personally use to create cutscenes and dialogues in Godot?

Nodragem

This week, I have been working on items and how their pickup can trigger a dialogue, a cutscene, and/or unlock part of a level.

Note how the purple/gold door is opening only at the end of the dialogue.

I have attached a screenshot of the code below. The on_card_pick_up() starts an animation in the CutSceneManager, which calls Dialogic to start a dialogue at a specific line (OnCardPickedUp). Then Dialogic sends a signal "Scene2_Ending" which is processed by on_cutscene_finished() and opens the door.

As usual, all the code is available in the github repo of the starter kit:
https://github.com/Nodragem/twin-stick-shooter-starter-kit
I improved the explanation on how to install the kit for the first time (as there are now add-ons to install!)

By the way:

let me know if there are specific things you would like me to add to this kit next?
I am considering changing the name to something like Top-down Action/Adventure starter kit as it turns to be less of a shooter than expected 😃 what do you think?

Also, I will probably release a .exe directly downloadable soon, but I am waiting to add proper mouse/keyboard controls.

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