A Dark Forest
A Dark Forest is a minimalistic, incremental idle game built with Godot, inspired by 'A Dark Room'. It started as a personal learning project and evolved into a community effort with multiple contributors.
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A Dark Forest: A Minimalistic Idle Game in Godot
A Dark Forest is an incremental, experimental, and minimalistic idle game project built using the Godot Engine. Inspired by 'A Dark Room,' this game started as a solo endeavor to learn Godot and has grown into a community project with over 10 contributors.
Core Gameplay
The game revolves around gathering resources, generating passive income, and battling ancient colossals. Its simple yet engaging mechanics provide a compelling gameplay loop for idle game enthusiasts.
Community-Driven Development
The project encourages contributions through various channels:
- Enhancements: Bug fixes and improvements via GitHub Issues.
- Content and Design: Active participation in Discord for discussions on game mechanics and design.
- Forking and Modifying: The code is MIT licensed, allowing developers to freely fork and modify the project.
Development Setup
The project utilizes GDScript Toolkit along with Format on Save and gdLinter plugins. Setting up the development environment involves installing the GDScript Toolkit Python package, either globally or within a virtual environment. Detailed instructions are provided for both methods, including specific steps for Windows users to ensure compatibility with the project's custom code for virtual environment integration.