How to make a resources and base-building game?

Nerdzmasterz

This has been driving me insane for years. I have been on the lookout for anything that shows me how to make a base-building and resource management game- both for 2d like Sheltered, and 3d like The Infected. How do I snap objects to each other to form a wall, or place objects on top of another, like turrets in Fallout 4, or "recycle" resources to get its lesser components- things like that? I'm working on one has has minimal mechanics for things like that, but not to this extent. (if you have enough wood, you can build a wall, or use the stick in your hand for a weapon, or use a shovel and other things to start a bunker).

I'm not picky as I don't know what I'm doing yet, but learning to do it in VR would also be a plus, as I have played games that involved placing items in a container to get resources to make things with... Once I figure out the settings for Oculus Quest 2.

Tomcat

That's a very interesting question. I'll keep an eye out for answers in this thread. B)

Nerdzmasterz

Another thing: rearranging items. If you're in a bunker or cabin, you have little room and might have to place your cooking fire outside to save room for a new box to keep things in, or a big battery that can't get wet.

duane

There are probably dozens of ways you could do those things. Maybe you should pick your favorite, existing game and focus on duplicating their mechanics.

Nerdzmasterz

That is a great method. I'm kind of doing that already with the W.I.P. I've been working on. The game, to my knowledge, is dead- but I still loved it! So make what used to be so fun for me, and add new features and characters.

Megalomaniak

For building like in say fallout 4 or ark or the myriad other ones, for floors and walls and such, GridMaps should be a perfect fit. Things like workbenches or cooking fires or what not would likely be just MeshInstances parented to the GridMap they are placed on top of.

Nerdzmasterz

@Megalomaniak said: For building like in say fallout 4 or ark or the myriad other ones, for floors and walls and such, GridMaps should be a perfect fit. Things like workbenches or cooking fires or what not would likely be just MeshInstances parented to the GridMap they are placed on top of.

And use a tile map for 2D. I would then have to re-build the tile map at runtime if I was using an auto tile.

As for placing things again, I suspect I would grab the object via code to turn it into an area2d child, and once I place it, unparent it and switch it back to static2D.

This could take a while, but I can't wait to see how things turn out.