jkb0o/awesome-godot

A curated list of free/libre plugins, scripts and add-ons for Godot

Awesome Godot

A curated list of free/libre games, plugins, add-ons and scripts for Godot.

Looking for third-party programming language support in Godot? See Vivraan/godot-lang-support.

Contents

• Games
  • 2D
  • 3D
• Projects
• Templates
• Demos
• Tutorials
  • Text tutorials
  • Video tutorials
• Plugins and scripts
• Modules
• GDScript/C# editor support
• Godot script editor syntax themes
• Unofficial Godot builds
• Bash scripts
• Websites
• Other

Open Source Games

Open Source Games that use Godot.

2D

Godot 3.2

• Librerama - A free/libre fast-paced arcade collection of mini-games.
• spindle of serendipity - Word guessing game with customizable entries.
• SuperStarfighter - Fast-paced local party game with starships that battle in a top-down arena.
• TuxBuilder - Work-in-progress reimplementation of SuperTux.

Godot 3.1

• Blipshift - Simple top-down moving platforms game.
• Circle Jump - Mobile arcade game, addicting and enjoyable. How-to-made tutorial is available, so you can recreate it yourself and learn Godot.
• Haldric - Official work-in-progress reimplementation of Battle for Wesnoth.
• SealedBite - 2D platformer game, winner of the GitHub Game Off 2019 jam.
• Unknown Horizons - Official work-in-progress reimplementation of Unknown Horizons.

Godot 3.0

• Breakable - A breakout-like game.
• Memory Game - Simple Memory game.

Godot 2.1

• BlockPop - A simple Breakout clone.
• Bombs - Simple mobile game. You need to touch bombs to defuse them.
• Captain Holetooth - Explorative platformer in a detailed world. Geared towards younger players.
• Dolphin Island 2 - Platformer game made for the A Game By It's Cover 2015 Game Jam.
• DynaDungeons - Bomberman clone in a fantasy universe.
• Kraken-Rampage - Ludum Dare 33 entry made in 48 hours.
• Minehunter - A Minesweeper clone.
• Minilens - Free puzzle platform game.
• Mountain of Hope - Game made on Theater Game Jam (PGA 2015).
• Ninja-Training - Small running game done as 1 hour challenge.
• No hope - Ludum Dare 33 entry made in 48 hours.
• Planet Rider - 2D physics parkour game in an alien environment.
• Platshoot - A 2D shooter game.
• Ringed - Top-down shooter with extensive usage of light effects.
• Tanks of Freedom - Free turn-based isometric strategy game.
• Three Hungry Mice - Breakout game with mice made for the Godot Engine Jam of March 2016.

3D

Godot 3.2

• Broken Seals - A work-in-progress third person action RPG with multiplayer support (needs custom engine modules).
• Super Tux Party - A free/libre and open-source party game that is meant to replicate the feel of games such as Mario Party.
• Thrive - A free, open-source game about the evolution of life (Mono).

Godot 3.1

• Rapid Rescue - Rapid Rescue is a local multiplayer strategy game inspired by Labyrinth.

Godot 3.0

• Meteorite - A lowres metroidvania FPS, inspired by Metroid Prime, made for LOWREZJAM 2018.

Godot 2.1

• Cheese Hunter - A game for Godot Engine Jam of March 2016.

Open Source Projects

Non-game Open source projects made with Godot (tools/utilities).

Godot 3.2

• Godello - A Trello-like kanban board application made with Godot. A proof of concept for complex non-game applications with Godot, as well real-time online interactions between multiple users. Includes backend code.
• Material Maker - Create PBR materials procedurally (similar to Substance Designer).
• Pixelorama - 2D pixel art editor.
• ProtonGraph - Node-based tool for procedural content creation. Like visual scripting, but for 3D model generation (needs custom engine modules).

Templates

Projects to use as a base for your own games.

Godot 3.2

• First Person Starter - Template with First Person Controller, easily adjustable from the Inspector.
• Minimum Game - Template top-down 2D pixel art game, with multiple rooms, a HUD, menus, and autosaving.
• Multiplayer First Person Shooter - Multiplayer first person shooter example project.
• Multiplayer Third Person Shooter - Multiplayer third person shooter example project.

Godot 3.1

• Godot-GameTemplate - Template with all necessary stuff taken care of. Designed for pixel art games.

Demos

Demos to learn GDScript, its concepts, and various game features.

Godot 3.2

• Godot Demo Projects - Official Godot demo projects (everything except the TPS demo).
• TPS Demo - Official Godot third person shooter (TPS) demo with high quality graphics.
• Godot experiments - Several 2D, 3D and VR experiments.
• The Tower - A voxel-based parkour game to show the capabilities of the Voxelman module.

Godot 3.1

• Realistic Water Shader - Realistic 3D water shader with foam and caustics.
• OpenRPG - JRPG-style game demo and template.
• voxelgame - Minecraft-like voxel terrain demo, utilising the godot_voxel module.

Godot 3.0

• Open Source A-RPG Demo - RPG demo.

Godot 2.1

• FPS Test - A singleplayer FPS test. Physics work, but there are no enemies and no proper shooting.
• Pathfinding 2d - A demo project demonstrating pathfinding using a tilemap.
• UDP Snapshot interpolation - Lets you connect to a server and view networked physics.
• UDP State synchronization - A more efficient networking demo than the snapshot interpolation one.
• Voxel Game - Minecraft-like voxel terrain demo.

Tutorials

A more complete list can be found in this Reddit thread.

Text tutorials

Various Godot versions

• Official Getting Started Guide (From Godot version 2.1 to the latest Godot version)
• Godot Recipes - A collection of text tutorials for from beginner to advanced. (Godot 3.x)

Godot 3.1

• Getting Started with Godot by devga.me - A step-by-step introduction.
• Godot Multiplayer Tutorials - Tutorials for creating a client-server multiplayer game. Includes a tutorial for hosting a server on Google Compute Platform.

Video tutorials

Various Godot versions

• Bastiaan Olij's channel - Tutorials about 3D, shaders, VR and GDNative.
• bitbrain - Devlogs and tutorials about building various concepts with Godot.
• Bitwes's channel - TDD game development and GUT framework tutorials.
• Code with Tom - Learn to code by making games.
• GDquest - Tutorials about 2D and 3D game development.
• Game Development Center - Tutorials about 2D and networked multiplayer game development.
• HeartBeast - A Godot developer's diary and tutorials.
• KidsCanCode - Tutorials about 2D and 3D game development.
• Miziziziz's channel - Tutorials about 3D effects and replicating concepts from well-known games.

Godot 3.1

• BornCG's Creating a Simple 3D Game - Tutorial series about creating a 3D game.
• Making programs with Godot

Godot 3.0

• From GM:S to Godot

Plugins and scripts

Scripts that let you do new stuff, or enhance Godot functionality.

Various Godot versions

• 2D Day/Night Cycle - A ☀️ Day / 🌔 Night cycle for 2D (Godot 3.x).
• 2D Destructible Objects - A script that takes a sprite, divides it into blocks and makes them explode💥 (Godot 3.x).
• Anima - Run sequential and parallel animations with less code compared to Tween (Godot 3.x).
• CRT Shader - A Godot shader that simulates CRT Displays with many shader parameters (Godot 3.x).
• SimpleGodotCRTShader - A simple Godot shader that simulates CRT Displays (Godot 2.x, 3.x).
• Escoria - Point & click adventure game framework (Godot 2.1, 3.2).
• GodotPhoenixChannels - A GDScript and Godot Engine implementation for the Channels API of the Phoenix Framework (Godot 3.*).
• Godot Shaders - A large library of free and open-source shaders for 2D and 3D.
• GodotTIE - Text Interface Engine to control text output (like in a RPG dialogue) (Godot 2.x, 3.x).
• gterm - GUI control that draws something similar to *nix terminal emulators (Godot >= 2.1).
• GUT - Utility for writing unit tests in GDScript (Godot 3.x).
• HTerrain - Heightmap-based terrain. Supports texture painting, colouring, holes, level of detail and grass (Godot 3.x).
• InGrid - Infinite scrolling grid (Godot 3.x).
• SMRT-Godot - A dialog system and editor fairly customizable, a nice fit for story-driven games (Godot 3.x).
• Scrolling Background - A scrolling background node (Godot 2.1,3.x).
• GodotNotificationCenter - A notification center (Godot 3.x).
• Ridiculous Coding - Makes your coding experience in Godot 1000× more ridiculous (Godot 3.x).
• Tiled importer - Import maps from Tiled (Godot 3.x).
• TileSet Builder - Quickly build tilesets with style (Godot 3.x).

Godot 3.2

• Cartographer - Heightmap-based 3D terrain editor.
• CSG Mesh Exporter (.OBJ) - Export CSG nodes to OBJ meshes to improve editing performance.
• Debanding Material Shader - Simple material shader with added debanding noise, for use with the GLES2 renderer as it doesn't support full-screen debanding.
• Code Snapshot - A plugin which lets you take beautified screenshots of your code within the editor.
• Delaunator GDScript - A GDScript library for Delaunay triangulation of 2D points.
• Dialogic - Create dialogs, characters and scenes to display conversations.
• Funexpected Flash Tools - Adobe Animate (Flash) plugin that allows you to export a project for a Godot Engine.
• GDGIFExporter - GIF exporter made entirely in GDScript.
• GitHub integration - Interact with GitHub without opening your browser.
• GDGotm - GDScript API for gotm.io.
• godotccd - Fast 3D collision checks in Godot using libccd.
• godotdetour - A GDNative implementation of the detour/detourcrowd library.
• Godot GamePad - Allows players to use their mobile devices as controllers.
• Godot NExt - A set of basic node extensions.
• Godot Mixing Desk - Make procedural sound and adaptive/procedural music with a few nodes and a couple lines of code.
• GodotRx - Reactive extensions for Godot C# (Mono).
• Godot-Trail-System - Advanced 2D/3D trail system.
• Kehom's Godot Addon Pack - A collection of addons for debugging, networking, UI, and more.
• Level of Detail (LOD) - Level of detail add-on for meshes, lights and particles. Can improve performance in large scenes.
• MDFramework - A C# multiplayer framework with additional tools (Mono).
• Mitigate-IK - Mitigates the scaling effects of SkeletonIK.
• NI mate Motion Capture - Animate Skeletons with a Microsoft Kinect sensor.
• NativeLib - Plugin management system designed to easily operate with native libraries for iOS/Android. It also takes care about plugin dependencies and provides hassle-free native libs updating.
• Qodot - Quake .map file support for Godot. Lets you use TrenchBroom for level design.
• Scatter - Randomly fill an area with props or other scenes.
• Shell Fur - 3D fur node for Godot.
• SmartShape2D - A 2D terrain tool.
• UI Design Tool - Intuitive design workflow for UIs in the editor.
• Universal Sky - Adds a Dynamic Sky and Time of Day.
• Volumetrics - Voxel-based volumetric lighting and fog plugin.
• Voxel-Core - GDScript voxel plugin for creating, importing and editing voxel content in-engine and in-game
• VPainter - 3D vertex painting plugin.
• Waterways - Tool to generate river meshes with flow and foam maps based on Bézier curves.
• Yume Visual Novel Editor - An integrated editor for creating visual novel games.

Godot 3.1

• FMOD GDNative - Plugin to use the FMOD audio engine in GDScript.

Godot 3.0

• gdstats - A library of pseudorandom number generators for common statistical distributions.

Godot 2.1

• Auto Tile Layer - Allows automatic 2D tiling using RPG Maker's Autotile format.
• Grass Plugin - A plugin to handle huge amounts of grass, foliages and other vegetations.
• SUTjoystick - Easy gamepad support for GNU/Linux and Windows.

Godot version unknown

• Camera2D Screen Shake - Screen shake effect for Camera2D.
• Easing Script - A port of the Robert Penner's equations for easing.
• GDSerCommPlugin - A plugin to read Arduino serial input (needs custom engine modules).
• gdutils - Utilities for Godot written in GDScript.
• Godot Game Tools - Blender plugin to ease importing assets into Godot.
• Polygon Merge - Merge polygons.
• Simplex 2D/3D - Simplex deterministic noise functions.
• Tileset Builder - Build tilesets.

Modules

Stuff integrated into Godot core (C++).

Various Godot versions

• Entity Spell System - An entity and spell system for complex (optionally multiplayer) RPGs (Godot 3.2, 4.0).
• godot-anl - A wrapper for Accidental Noise Library with a visual noise editing support.
• godot-python - Python support for Godot 3.
• godot-voxel - Module for creating volumetric worlds (Godot 3.1+).
• Gdnet for Godot 3 - An ENet wrapper for Godot 3.
• GodotSteam - Steam API library binding for Godot. Supports Windows, macOS and Linux (Godot 3.0 - 3.2.3).
• Texture Packer - Tools to layer, pack, and merge textures at runtime (Godot 3.2, 4.0).
• Voxelman - A voxel engine with more focus on editor integration, gameplay-related features, and extendability (Godot 3.2, 4.0).

Godot 4.0

• Godex - An entity component system library.

Godot 3.2

• Flash Module - Use Adobe Animate (Flash) projects in Godot.
• GodotAIGym - Make your Godot project into an OpenAI Gym environment to train RL models with PyTorch.
• godotcord - A wrapper for the Discord Game SDK.
• godot-apple-id - Module for sign in with Apple in Godot.
• Godot-Slicer - A port of Ezy-Slicer for Godot.
• Goost - A general-purpose, extensible and customizable extension.
• PortAudio - Wrapper methods and Godot-friendly types to use PortAudio.

Godot 3.1

• FMOD Integration - Module to integrate the FMOD audio engine in Godot.

Godot version unknown

• godot-enet-better - A better ENet module for high-performance multiplayer games with Godot.
• Head tracking using OpenCV
• Open Adaptive Music Library
• NativeDialogs - Using native dialogs in Godot.
• RawPacker - Simple binary packing/unpacking for RawArray.
• spine - Spine animation support module.
• WaterSplash 2D node

GDScript/C# editor support

Add-ons for text editors that implement GDScript or C# support.

• Atom - Syntax highlighting.
• Emacs - Syntax highlighting, code folding, indentation and autocompletion.
• Geany - Syntax highlighting.
• Gedit - Syntax highlighting.
• IntelliJ IDEA - Syntax highlighting and autocompletion.
• JetBrains Rider (C#) - Syntax highlighting, autocompletion and run configurations.
• Kakoune - Syntax highlighting.
• Sublime Text - Syntax highlighting.
• Vim - Syntax highlighting, autocompletion and linting using the LSP server provided by the Godot editor. Also supports the Godot shader language.
• Visual Studio Code - Comes with a wealth of features to make your programming experience as comfortable as possible.
  • godot-tools Visual Studio Code Extension - A complete set of tools to code games with Godot Engine in Visual Studio Code.
  • C# Tools for Godot Visual Studio Code Extension - Debugger and utilities for working with Godot C# projects in VSCode.
  • GUT Visual Studio Code Extension - Run GUT framework unit/integration tests directly from the Visual Studio Code Editors.
  • gdformat Visual Studio Code Extension - Formatter for GDScript in Visual Studio Code (Godot 3.x).

Godot script editor syntax themes

Alternative themes for the built-in script editor.

• base16-godot - All base16 themes.
• Godot syntax themes - 13 syntax themes including Ayu Mirage, Darcula, Gruvbox Dark, Monokai, One Dark, Solarized, and more.
• Syntax themes by Geequlim - Chester, Google Code Light and Monokai.

Unofficial Godot builds

Those builds will let you use recent versions of Godot Git, but they may be less stable than official ones – use at your own risk.

• Calinou's builds - Mainly master branch, other branches can be found here.
• iFire's builds - Distributed via Itch.io (automatic updates with app), master branch only.
• Raspberry Pi 4 builds - ARM builds of Godot Engine for the Raspberry Pi 4.

Bash scripts

Bash scripts can be placed in ~/.local/bin.

• build-godot and build-godot-mono - Scripts that build and run Godot, attempting to install dependencies if needed.
• godot.sh - Script that automatically downloads and launches latest version of Godot, or compiles and launches the Git master branch.
• godot-wrapper - Script that helps Debian and Ubuntu users install and use Godot.
• replicate-file.sh - Script to update copies of a file with one master file.

Websites

• Godot Asset Library - Official Godot Asset Library. Includes user-created games, projects, templates, demos, tutorials, plugins, and scripts.
• Godot Shaders - A community-driven shader library for the Godot game engine.
• Gotm.io - A website for hosting HTML5 games that were made in Godot.
• This Week in Godot - A weekly newsletter with news, tutorials, game and demo releases and more.

Other

Other stuff.

• codetranslator - Translates GDScript to C# (WIP).
• gd2cs.py - Python script that converts GDScript code to C# (WIP).
• gdscript-pp - Translates GDScript to GDNative C++ (WIP).
• gd-com npm package - Communicate with Godot clients using Node.js.
• godot-ci - Docker image to export Godot games through CI. Includes GitLab CI script example.
• godot-gdscript-toolkit - Independent set of command line tools for working with GDScript - parser, linter and formatter (Godot 3.x).
• RetroPie Godot Game Engine "Emulator" - A scriptmodule to install a Godot "emulator" for RetroPie.
• strip-to-frames.pl - Perl script to split a grid spritesheet image into numbered individual frame files.