Godot Proposals Topics

[Xrayez]

This is a list of related proposals at GIP which may share the same underlying need, and to keep #6 clean.

Topics

Speeding up creation of new projects or development workflows

• A wizard plugin system to generate custom scenes. godotengine/godot-proposals#65
• Add the ability to create inherited projects godotengine/godot-proposals#1360
• Starting project should start out with a default audio asset godotengine/godot-proposals#1365
• Give projects a kickstart by including a placeholder asset library! (Placeholder textures, audio, and maybe models/meshes) godotengine/godot-proposals#1419
• #12
• Add a way to save and load local project templates godotengine/godot-proposals#1481
• Add support for project manager plugins godotengine/godot-proposals#1482
• Add a button to duplicate a project in ProjectManager godotengine/godot-proposals#2292
• Make the script template Godot picks by default editor-wide instead of just per project godotengine/godot-proposals#2585
• Add a default main.tscn to a new project godotengine/godot-proposals#2792
• Integrate templates for a new project into "Create New Project" window godotengine/godot-proposals#3029

Flattening/converting collision shapes into polygon-based shapes

• Add a menu option to conert a CollisionShape2D into a CollisionPolygon2D godotengine/godot-proposals#199
• Ability to convert a CollisionShape2D's visual representation to an OccluderPolygon2D godotengine/godot-proposals#564
• Add predefined regular polygon/circle shapes for Path2D godotengine/godot-proposals#1925
• Add a Shape2D node to draw 2D shapes godotengine/godot-proposals#1126
• Refactor collision shape editor to a common code base godotengine/godot-proposals#1157

Static methods

Keywords: static method, instance, singleton

• Make some methods in File and Directory class static godotengine/godot-proposals#1101
• GDScript: Add keyword to access the current class godotengine/godot-proposals#391
• Make get_class() also able to be called from non-instance (Make the function static) godotengine/godot-proposals#2312
• Instantiate RandomNumberGenerator at global scope as Random singleton, or the functionality behind it godotengine/godot-proposals#1741

Machine learning/Neural networks

• Implement Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning Modules  godotengine/godot-proposals#2506
• Implement a way to use deep neural networks in Godot godotengine/godot#30613
• Implement the Vulkan Kompute framework for GPU-accelerated machine learning and advanced data processing godotengine/godot-proposals#1577

Node composition/hierarchy and organization

• Custom function to call when a node with a certain group is added godotengine/godot-proposals#627
• Add a Node.node_added signal/method to detect the addition of children and subchildren nodes godotengine/godot-proposals#2544
• Add node_added and node_removed signals to Node (in addition to the existing SceneTree signals) godotengine/godot-proposals#724
• Use a component-based system instead of inheritance [NOT ECS] godotengine/godot-proposals#2796