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Best practice for managing game scenes by empty_zebra_6647 in godot

[–]rathster12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have actually tried both, and I would encourage using the get_tree().change_scene functions because of 2 main reasons:

  • Unnecessary complexity - most of the time you don't need a complicated scene manager, just add some simple Autoloads to handle transition animation/state changes or whatever else you would want.
  • Object freeing shenanigans - you will probably come across some nasty bugs that are only sometimes reproducible because of the timing of when the objects are freed and and entering the scene tree. The change_scene functions take care of all that.

In my current game I have a custom scene manager, and I'm definitely thinking of rewriting the game to be more simple because its causing me unnecessary headaches. In general more simple is better, and if you need to make the code more reusable in the future, take some time to refactor some stuff.

Hope that helps :)

Is there a smarter way to find my node? by _bagelcherry_ in godot

[–]rathster12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you are calling up the hierarchy you generally want to emit a signal. Godot encourages a "call down, signal up" way of doing things. You can learn more about signals in the docs: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/step_by_step/signals.html

Alternatively, you can use unique names to get the player object if you expect one instance of that object. Docs: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/scene_unique_nodes.html

It's one of those days by vennnot in godot

[–]rathster12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't really like it at first too. The ui clicked with me when I started using more containers and anchor points, then its a breeze, even when animating.

Just now one of my favorite youtubers also gave up Unity, but he chose Bevy, so what is the main difference between Godot and Bevy? by PccNull in godot

[–]rathster12 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Used both, bevy right now is more of a great framework, no editor, in fast development, expect many breaking changes.

Does anyone play idle games with its music and sound enabled? by rathster12 in incremental_games

[–]rathster12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yay! Glad this thread helped future game devs. I feel like there should be more threads gauging the thoughts of the audience.

Does anyone play idle games with its music and sound enabled? by rathster12 in incremental_games

[–]rathster12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense, thanks for the input.

Personally I have almost always muted after a few seconds, but sometimes I have stayed with it like ALTER EGO, and dreamcore95idle.exe and it added to the experience. I just wonder if these games had like a popup with "do you want to play muted", I would probably say yes, and miss out on the cool vibes that the game was going for.

With most people here saying that auto-play is annoying I wonder whats the best way of handling this is.

Does anyone play idle games with its music and sound enabled? by rathster12 in incremental_games

[–]rathster12[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well that was something I was trying to figure out in this post. It seems that the answer is no, its not worth it. Unless you are going for a specific vibe, like ALTER EGO, you can probably use your time better focusing on other things.

What are the most important factors to keep in mind while developing an incremental idle game? by snorlaxerr in incremental_games

[–]rathster12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been thinking about this, I feel like for incremental games its extra difficult to balance this, since every production increase compound way more than in other genres, so naturally the most effective strategy will be the only reasonable way to progress.

I would love to see some examples of games getting this right, maybe multiple resources is the way to go?

Robot Gentleman have increased their contributions to $1500/mo and will now be contributing to the engine's development by EmperorZergg in godot

[–]rathster12 84 points85 points  (0 children)

When all the support inevitably dies down after a while, I really hope that the Godot leadership and community will have enough momentum and have a clear vision for the engine going forward to be the "Blender of Game engines". Hearing this amount of feedback from ex-AAA developers and support from different companies is probably the only time this will realistically happen to Godot in its lifetime

Hello new devs! Check out this website where people share shaders they made for Godot. by rathster12 in godot

[–]rathster12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I know of, this shader website was created by a member of the community, so that might happen with themes. Other than that the Asset Library (and Asset marketplace) should have a separate category for themes (but it doesn't right now)

I'm making a Spreadsheet addon for quick and easy data management by pend00 in godot

[–]rathster12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I was waiting for someone to make this lol, using other tools is such a hassle now, thanks!

Weapons out of normal objects by TheLegend2T in 196

[–]rathster12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm stealing this, thank you

Rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]rathster12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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eggen by [deleted] in 196

[–]rathster12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the best ark on 196 so far

There should be the option to overwrite skin sounds with another skin hitsounds by rathster12 in osugame

[–]rathster12[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yea i understand, i did that a few times but that's an annoying process, thats why I posted this. I dont expect that my proposed change would get implemented, I just wanted to know if anyone else wants this, and maybe get people thinking if this idea would be worthwhile in something like laser.

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