awesome-godot VS SmartShape2D

Some more listed here: https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot#projects

-A curated list of free resources for Godot -Heartbeast tutorial and channel

I just did some googling and and I found this: https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot

No, i don't really have a general advice for that..all depends on what you want to build. I'd say start simple but as it grows you have to make sure your architecture stays clean, otherwise the whole thing becomes unmanageable. If you want to look at other big open source applications done in Godot look at Pixelorama and MaterialMaker (this one even got an Epic Mega Grant). There is also this list with great apps/pluings etc: https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot

The Awesome Godot GitHub Repository has some Template content, some Demos, and some Games (some of which point to GitHub repositories with source code).

What kind of content goes in the list? Is it limited to just GDScript/C#/GDNative addons that can be downloaded from the Asset Library in the editor, or also projects that can be downloaded from the Asset Library in the project manager, or also modules that require recompiling the engine? Is this a general-purpose list like https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot is?

Here you go, that's the gold mine: https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot#tutorials

I would recommend you to look at this list of plugins and scripts. There are many nice plugins listed.

- 2D polygons are supported at the same level as primitives and can be used as collision https://github.com/SirRamEsq/SmartShape2D here is a popular plugin that mimics unity spriteshapes.

For smooth 2D level design, look into SmartShape2D.

It's an add-on named "smartshape2d", very handy https://github.com/SirRamEsq/SmartShape2D

Amazing plugin: https://github.com/SirRamEsq/SmartShape2D for curved terrain.

yes there is, u/Nkzar already linked you to the SmartShape2D plugin.

Instead of making your own tools, the SmartShape2D plugin might be your thing. It's 2D, but since you're only mentioning planes a 2D tool might work for you.

I started out using tilemaps for that reason. It's much quicker and easier to start prototyping levels. I now use the SmartShape2D addon for the vast majority of my terrain. I would suggest watching a tutorial about it if you decide to try it out. It's a very powerful tool but can be quite daunting/confusing at first. As the previous user said you can use a lot of different nodes though so just try experimenting.