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The Inventory System Deep Dive and Architecture Guide helps game developers implement advanced multiplayer inventories using Godot Engine. The PDF Guide contains over 500 pages of code walkthroughs, diagrams, and explains concepts related to inventories, items, and more.
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Hugo-Dz created Super Godot Galaxy: https://github.com/Hugo-Dz/super-godot-galaxy, which he announced in this Reddit post. It uses the 3D Starter Kit from Kenney and shows how to achieve the effect of applying gravity toward the center of a small spherical planet.
When I think of video games, I generally still think of an application that is downloaded and runs on the client. Technically, that’s still the case with web-based exports from Godot Engine, since the web browser has to download the files before being able to run them. I thought maybe I could just run the …
Inventory System 2 Alpha 3 available
This release improves weight management. Inventories can now configure an option weight limit, and item stacking and item transfer strategies are weight-aware. The crafting demo and crafting mechanic in the inventory tour have been improved. Auto-crafting is limited to the crafting slide, so that items don’t automatically and unexpectedly get crafted while stepping through the tour.
For additional details, please see the alpha 3 changelog.
The Inventory System Deep Dive and Architecture Guide helps game developers implement advanced multiplayer inventories using Godot Engine. The PDF Guide contains over 500 pages of code walkthroughs, diagrams, and explains concepts related to inventories, items, and more.
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