Connection Jam

TL:DR: There is no "play" experience. This is more a tech demo.

After completing the first two projects in Gamedev TV's "Complete Godot 4 2D: Code Your Own 2D Games In Godot 4!" series I came across this game jam a day after it started and decided to give it a go knowing I wouldn't be able to get a working game in time because I was just too new at Godot.

However, I am extremely proud of what I was actually get done and I learned so much giving it a go!

When I saw the theme was connections my attempt that this was to really give "composition" a try. I have really wanted to architect a game using composition! So the intent was to create a bit of a tower defense game where you would combine different "ingredients" to create spells that would behave different.

The demo has a "paths" and "effects" system in place where I can chain different methods of moving a spell and chain different effects.

Ultimately I think the technical system is quite strong, but I ran into the biggest issue ... I have absolutely no idea how to make a UI to enable this functionality and this is where I am going to have to concede on getting an actually playable game in time for the deadline.

The prototype includes an example spell made up of 2 chained orbit paths and a simple damage effect.

Additionally there is a simple enemy that approaches the home cauldren. I have created a HealthComponent that the DamageEffect interacts with, without being tied to the enemy itself thus allowing easy creation of new enemies.

So while right now the "game" simply plays itself and everything is hardcoded I am super proud of getting here after having only followed 2 tutorials so far and I feel there is strong architectural foundations to make a good game here. I will continue learning and figure out how to build UIs to support the functionality here.

Project is on Github at https://github.com/Ionshard/connection-jam