Development Setup

Install All Development Dependencies

Godot
IMPORTANT: Needs to be in the path!
rust (ideally latest stable version via rustup)
just (cargo install just)
gdtoolkit (pip install gdtoolkit)
IMPORTANT: Needs to be in the path!
pre-commit (pip install pre-commit)
sh: included in Git Bash for Windows.
IMPORTANT: Needs to be in the path!

For Windows Builds:

mingw-w64, taken from here MinGW
IMPORTANT: Needs to be in the path!

For Linux Builds:

mold (distro repositories) recommended

Set up the Repository

just setup

This command will

check whether all development dependencies are present and in $PATH
generate development signing keys for Android
install pre-commit hooks (automatic formatting and linting before a commit)
install the necessary rust components

Manual Steps

Keystore

You need to set your android keystore to this file in godot. See:

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/exporting_for_android.html#setting-it-up-in-godot

Plugins

You need to enable all the plugins, which we ship by default under Project -> Project Settings... -> Plugins -> Check Status Enable.

Exporting Project

In order to export the created project you need to download the template. There is a link under Project -> Export... if you don't have it installed yet.

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