Tiny Chopper Raceway - An Example Godot Game With Sources

Earlier this month, I released sources for an example 2D racing/drifting game made with the Godot engine called Tiny Chopper Raceway. I initially made this game in 2 hours as part of a Tasmanian Linux User Group talk on making games in a hurry, looking at strategies for increasing efficiency of design and development process as well as how to avoid common pitfalls (on a related note, see here for my game jam survival guide).



I continued on with it for another week or so to flesh it out into something that might be useful for anybody looking to take their first steps, as well as something that's fun to play in its own right. I've released the source code under LGPLv3 and released the assets I'd created under the Creative Commons 0 public domain dedication.

Playable builds can be found on Itch.io and the sources (along with the original "2 hour" build and a slideshow) can be found on GitHub!



Editing The Game In Godot

If you have downloaded the game's source to experiment with yourself, you can select the godot folder from the Godot Project Manager and click the Edit button on the right to open Tiny Chopper Raceway in the Godot editor. There are very few code comments (this may change in the future!), but here are some notes to help you navigate the codebase and resources.

• The godot/fonts folder contains the font used by the game
• The godot/levels folder contains Godot scenes that represent a playable level (a root node plus a TileMap)
• The godot/menus folder contains Godot scenes that represent each of the game's GUI menus
• The godot/music folder contains music used by the game in OGG format
• The godot/objects folder contains Godot scenes that represent individual game objects (checkpoints obstacles, pickups, the player's chopper) as well as the in-game HUD
• The godot/scripts folder contains all of the gdscript code files
• The godot/sounds folder contains all of the sound samples used by the game in WAV or OGG format as well as an XML file containing the Godot sample library used by the game
• The godot/sprites folder contains all the 2D sprites used by the game in PNG format
• The godot/tilemaps folder contains a Godot scene used as a template for the TileMap, the TileMap, and all of the tile images used by the TileMap

The game's code is stored in the godot/scripts folder and consists of the following scripts:

• checkpoint.gd includes a checkpoint_id variable and collision handler that calls the advance_checkpoint() function in player_chopper.gd
• level_loader.gd includes code to programmatically instantiate and unload levels, as well as code to replace TileMap tiles with more complex objects
• menu.gd contains the list of available levels, shows/hides submenus, has code to handle interactions between menus and the level_loader and has code to toggle the windowed/fullscreen state
• menu_credits.gd consists of code to load text data from credits.txt
• menu_level_chooser.gd includes code to populate a list with the names of available levels and launch the desired one
• menu_level_end.gd contains code for formatting and displaying end-of-level data (play time, fastest lap, deaths, etc.)
• menu_options.gd contains code to interact with the rest of the game based on the player's selections
• pickup.gd includes code for randomly selecting a pickup type and colouring it accordingly, as wel as a collision handler that calls the apply_pickup() function in player_chopper.gd
• player_chopper.gd includes code for handling user input, managing chopper state, keeping track of statistics and displaying checkpoint indicators
• player_hud.gd includes code for formatting and displaying current data (play time, laps, health, fuel and current pickup effect)

For more inspiration, an official Godot engine showcase video was also released earlier this month, which shows off footage from Brave Bran, The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy, Steam Quest, Dolphin Island 2, Gravity Wars, Tanks of Freedom and LeftWay.


Have you made or are you planning to make anything with the Godot engine? If so, share your work/plans! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.