|_Action/Condition Cell Expression Editor |_Condition Cell (richtex label)(click to open another window to edit) |_Action cell (richtex label) (click to open another window to edit) |_event sheet row (can be parented to another event sheet row or an event sheet group)
|_Event sheet established variables and connections tab
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In any case, I am writing this proposal not to say that one system is better than the other - but more with the hope of sparking interest in developing an alternative to our custom visual scripting approach - an alternative that is popular amongst people learning to code and that is a great transition to gdscript - as I found out from first hand experienceĭemos of event sheet style systems that you can try online(no log in required): No need to pan at all- you only scroll and its much less. You just add or drop logic blocks in the cells. Less clicks needed to get things working - no need to connect nodes or move nodes on the blueprint table. Most nodes in godot also have icons - they can be reused for the event sheet implementation Logic blocks are easy to quickly read/find because they have icons. The user gets a filtered list of things to do on the two columns. Why is it easier to learn than blueprints - the clear divide of condition and action and obvious order of execution. It is easier to transition learning from event sheets to scripting - because it's more similar to scripting than blueprints
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You can technically just take a screenshot of an event sheet and share it to show someone else how to do something. Less wasted empty space between logic blocks. It is easier to learn and arguably clearer for non-programmersĪn event sheet can pack much more information of the game logic on one screen than blueprints - less scrolling and panning to get the information. It has also been requested on Unity forums too It is an alternative style of visual scripting with a big following - a quick look at the number of users of construct 2 and the number of succesful 2d games made with clickteam fusion should be a good enough indicator. So What are the advantages over our current visual script: Some actions/condition blocks can be negatedįunctions that can take parameters can be used as well, by using a special function condition block and nesting conditions/actions under its row Rows can be nested under other rows (called sub-events), can be commented, disabled or re-enabled (just like commenting code) On top of that the user can use expressions in both columns - so potentially use gdscript for more specific instructions. This clear divide makes for a very easy to learn way of setting game logic. On the left column the user can only attach conditional methods, on the right - only action methods. Both columns can be populated with logic blocks from nodes and their children that the sheet is attached to (node methods). The event sheet is pretty much a spreadsheet with two columns - a conditions column and an actions column. What is an event sheet visual script in the other engines: It is a very different approach from the one with blueprints and people learning to program are still requesting it on facebook and other godot community forums The proposal here is for a second visual scripting system, that is similar to event sheets in Construct 2 (proprietary), Multimedia fusion (proprietary) and Gdevelop (open source)
We currently have a visual scripting system similar to blueprints in Unreal - connecting nodes.
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Here is the test repo that I added the prototype project toĮveryone is free to fork or do pull requests 👍
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