Starter Kit City Builder

This package includes a basic template for a 3D city builder in Godot 4.5 (stable). Includes features like;

• Building and removing structures
• Smooth camera controls
• Dynamic MeshLibrary creation
• Saving/loading
• Sprites and 3D Models (CC0 licensed)

Screenshot

Controls

Key	Command
W A S D	Move camera
F	Camera to center
Middle mouse button	Hold to rotate camera
Scroll wheel	Zoom
Left mouse button	Place building
DEL	Remove building
Right mouse button	Rotate building
Q E	Toggle between buildings
F1	Save
F2	Load

Instructions

1. How to add more buildings?

Duplicate one of the existing resources in the 'structures' folder, adjust the properties in the inspector. Select the 'Builder' node in the scene and add your new resources to the 'Structures' array.

2. How to adjust building models?

Select the resource of the building you'd like to change in the 'structures' folder, adjust the model in the inspector.

3. How to save and load cities?

Pressing F1 during gameplay will save the current city to disk, F2 will load it from the same location. The file is saved as 'map.res' in the user folder (see below). You can adjust this in the 'action_save' and 'action_load' functions found in the 'builder.gd' script.

User data folder:

Windows: %APPDATA%/Godot/app_userdata/Starter Kit City Builder/

Linux: ~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/Starter Kit City Builder/

MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Godot/app_userdata/Starter Kit City Builder/

4. How to include city data in the project and load this?

You'll find a sample map in the 'sample map' folder, to load this during gameplay press F3. You can find the function that handles this as 'action_load_resources' found in the 'builder.gd' script.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Kenney

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Assets included in this package (2D sprites, 3D models and sound effects) are CC0 licensed