2D Game Project Structure

For Godot, the approach that we are taking for project structure is to place assets as close as possible to the object that is using it. This makes the project much more scalable.

Below is an example that showcases this principle:

res://
└── entities/
    ├── player_character/
    │   ├── movement.gd
    │   ├── sprite.png
    │   └── walk_anim.png
    ├── enemy_1/
    │   ├── ai.gd
    │   ├── sprite.png
    │   └── attack_anim.png
    └── character.gd

Outline

The following is a general outline of the GDC project structure for a 2D Godot Project:

res://
├── addons/
│   └── ...
├── assets/
│   ├── backgrounds/
│   │   └── ...
│   └── tiles/
│       └── ...
├── entities/
│   └── ...
├── scenes/
│   └── ...
└── sounds/
    ├── bgm/
    │   └── ...
    └── sfx/
        └── ...

Folder	Explanation
res://	The root of the Godot project. Please try to avoid adding anything new here.
addons/	A folder containing all imported 3rd-party files. The only exception to this is game assets used for for characters
assets/	A folder containing general assets for the game. DO NOT ADD INDIVIDUAL FILES, please create sub-folders as needed
assets/background	A folder containing background art for the game
assets/tiles	A folder containing all tiles and tilesets used in the game
entities/	A folder containing all npc, enemies, and player characters within the game
scenes/	A folder containing all of the .scn files for the game
sounds/	A folder containing all of the sounds for the game. DO NOT ADD INDIVIDUAL FILES, please create sub-folders as needed
sounds/bgm	A folder containing all background music for the game
sounds/sfx	A folder containing all general sfx for the game