codename OUTbound

Frogs Lake

Fedir Kyrychenko

Description: A 3D small location-based game featuring magical characters and simple quests, like "collect 10 mushrooms."

Project idea: Since I've never seriously developed games in Godot, I definitely want to create or add the following systems:

3D player character movement (so far, I've only worked with 2D)
Basic inventory
Terrain creation plugin: https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/2097
Base visual sun-rays and fog effects
Water shader for lakes and rivers
Foliage plugin: https://github.com/dreadpon/godot_spatial_gardener?tab=readme-ov-file
Dialogue system for NPCs: https://github.com/dialogic-godot/dialogic
NPC movement system: https://github.com/limbonaut/limboai

In the end, there should be a link to the final build, repo and a 10-20 sec final result video.

Importing models to plugins, creating datasets (1-2 hours)
Implementing sky shader (0.5-1 hour)
Creation of two worlds to compare different technologies (built-in terrain genetation and plugin) (2-3 hours)

Here I used Godot built-in GridMap to create my world.

Small camera rework for new magic-shooter mechanics (30 min)
Creating basic magic-missile mechanics: flight direction and collision detection (2-3 hours)
Character rework: new model and animations. I need to fix the problem with "multicast". Only one spell per one animation tick. (2 hours)
Importing of enemies with basic animations (no AI yet) (1 hour)

Learning Godot particle system: creating fire (torches), fireballs, rain drops. (3.5-4 hours)
Creating AI for skeletons (only one type) movement and beating the player. It is a new AI plugin (2 hours)
Adding Quest Frog that will dialog with the player and ask for help. It is a new dialogue plugin. (1-2 hours)

Here are some useful guides and tips I found during my work process on that module:

Adding 1 more type of skeletons, a sword man. (1 hour)
Creating a few spawn points for enemies -- graveyards. (30 mins)
Creating logic of skeleton-waves: spawning, running to the frog and beating it, while some will run to the player and hit. (4 hours).
Bonus: fixing rotation camera lagging. (? hours)

Fixing all collider issues with graves, trees, terrain. (30 mins)
Creating back and front-end part of hp system for frog and player and skeletons. (4 hours)
Adding respawn point (1 hour)
Adding new animation of death to skeletons and (player as bonus) (1 hour)

Here are some useful guides and tips I found during my work process on that module: