Is it possible to make your own "engine" on top of Godot, but as a game built with Godot, not a fork

EnrikeChurin

Hi, I have been wanting to build a sort of minimal and very handy "engine" on top of Godot. The catch is that I don't want to go into the source and make it into something. Instead I want to create the engine as a Godot game, which will be exported as such too.

My question is, will I be missing any features if I refer to this method. Like, if I create my logic with GDScript and my file format, etc. If that will work on its own and I'll have a workaround to being able to export it with the use of special Godot project. Will I be missing on some of the essential features, like using shaders, models or anything?

Thanks in advance.

cybereality

I'm not sure what you're getting at. What exactly would this accomplish that Godot does not already do?

Megalomaniak

Yes. See RPG in a Box.

EnrikeChurin

@Megalomaniak said: Yes. See RPG in a Box.

Ok, but was it created by forking Godot or by creating a "game" inside Godot editor?

cybereality

So you want to make a level editor? Yes, this is possible. However, loading assets at run-time is limited, so it would be difficult to have custom code or custom art, without forking the engine. But if you had pre-made art and let people design levels or combine pre-made scripts, that would work.

Megalomaniak

@EnrikeChurin said:

@Megalomaniak said: Yes. See RPG in a Box.

Ok, but was it created by forking Godot or by creating a "game" inside Godot editor?

I'm not sure the author is really active on the forums here anymore, but you could try asking @Ol_Smaug in their topic here: https://godotforums.org/discussion/14485/rpg-in-a-box

You might notice the posts are formatted a bit odd, it's because back then we were using a different forum software.

Technically godot engines editor itself is built on top of the godot engine, but it is mostly a C++ project rather than a purely GDScript one, AFAIK. It is not however a fork of godot engine. But even if your engine would be, would it really matter? You can still keep it in sync with the upstream.

cybereality

It would help if you explained specifically what you are trying to accomplish.