Best Godot C#

Prefer C# over GDScript? Godot's Mono/.NET support is first-class. These resources focus on C#-based add-ons, examples and tutorials for the Godot Engine.

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Thrive

Thrive is an open-source game project built with Godot Engine, focusing on the evolution of life. It's primarily written in C# and utilizes Godot's scene system for game development.

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HCoroutines

HCoroutines is a C# library for Godot that introduces hierarchical coroutines, simplifying game logic by handling Godot-specific features like signals, tweens, and pausing. It supports async programming and offers an easy-to-use interface for increased readability and reduced boilerplate.

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Questify

Questify is a graph-based quest editor and manager for Godot 4, providing a visual interface to create and manage quests using a node-based system. It includes features like condition handling, branching, serialization, and C# support.

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TerraBrush

TerraBrush is a C# terrain heightmap editor for Godot 4, allowing users to sculpt, paint textures, and add foliage, water, and snow. It supports LOD, multi-zones, and custom shaders for creating detailed and optimized terrains.

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Dijkstra map for Godot

This GDNative plugin provides a Dijkstra Map pathfinding node for Godot, offering versatility for pre-computing paths in games like tower defense, RTS, and roguelikes. It is written in Rust and supports C# integration, providing a performance boost over GDScript.

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GdUnit3

GdUnit3 is a Godot editor plugin that provides a unit testing framework for GDScript and C# scripts, enabling test-driven development. Note: GdUnit3 is no longer maintained; consider using GdUnit4 for Godot 4 projects.

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godot-ink

GodotInk is a Godot Engine 4 plugin that integrates the Ink scripting language for creating interactive narratives. It provides a seamless way to use Ink stories within Godot projects, leveraging C# and .NET.

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GodotOnReady

GodotOnReady is a C# source generator for Godot 3.x that provides `onready`-like functionality for C# scripts, eliminating the need for reflection. It offers attributes to load nodes/resources and execute methods during `_Ready`.

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GodotRx

GodotRx is a set of reactive extensions for Godot C# (Mono), providing observables for signals, lifecycle events, input events, and frame events. It also includes awaitable tasks, time scale-based schedulers, and reactive properties to enhance reactive programming in Godot.

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MDFramework

MDFramework is a C# multiplayer game framework for Godot 3.4, designed to bring familiar features from other game engines into Godot. It provides tools for member replication, network spawning, command-line parameter parsing, logging, profiling, and more.

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godot-luaAPI

godot-luaAPI is a Godot addon that enables Lua API support via GDScript, C#, or GDExtension for creating sandboxed modding environments. It is designed for custom modding APIs where you have control over the sandbox environment.

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godot-anl

godot-anl is a Godot Engine wrapper for the Accidental Noise Library, enabling noise generation with visual nodes, GDScript, and C#. It supports height, normal, and bump map generation and custom modular noise creation.

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DotnetQuestSystem

DotnetQuestSystem is a simple and powerful Godot add-on written in C# for creating quest systems. It offers an easy-to-use API and detailed documentation for quick integration of quest mechanics.

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Friflo.Engine.ECS

Friflo.Engine.ECS is a high-performance C# Entity Component System (ECS) framework designed for game development. It offers a simple API and supports multiple platforms including .NET, WASM/WebAssembly, Native AOT, Godot, Unity, and MonoGame.

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GdUnit4

GdUnit4 is an embedded unit testing framework for Godot Engine, supporting GdScript and C# with features like test discovery, fluent syntax, mocking, and continuous integration support. It allows developers to write and execute unit tests directly within the Godot editor.

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JetBrains Rider (C#)

A suite of JetBrains plugins for enhanced Godot game development within JetBrains IDEs, including Rider, offering C# and GDScript support with debugging capabilities. Includes a bridge plugin for inter-plugin communication.

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codetranslator

Codetranslator is a tool designed to convert GDScript code to C# for the dual-language system in Godot. This project is still in the experimental phase and may contain bugs.

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gd2cs.py

gd2cs.py is a Python script with a graphical UI plugin for the Godot Editor that automates the conversion of GDScript code to C#. While not perfect, it significantly reduces the manual effort required for code conversion.