godot-ci VS godot-game-template

I found this Github Action https://github.com/abarichello/godot-ci ( please let me know if there are any official / "better" alternatives ? ) and started with the following

This little project is based on the Barichello CI/CD project for Godot 3.X

Unfortunately, it does not support Godot 4 (unless you know something I don't): https://github.com/abarichello/godot-ci/issues/98

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I’ve had success starting with this as a baseline.

It's amazing! However it broke with Godot 3.4 Android and OSX exports so I had to write a custom Dockerfile and push it do Dockerhub to update my template to 3.4. I also shared this and reported on their issue page. You can find more details here: https://github.com/abarichello/godot-ci/issues/62

I'll try creating a repository for reference where I'll add an action to export at each new tag (but you can already find examples for that on godot-ci). This post might become a tutorial somewhere.

Basically I explained everything in this issue: https://github.com/crystal-bit/godot-game-template/issues/80

I don't actually know what this does, but it looks really well done (https://github.com/crystal-bit/godot-game-template) (general game template with some scene managers)

If you go with Godot, you can use a template like crystal-bit/godot-game-template to automate pushing a build to github pages. Then you can share a link for students to play.

FYI, there is also abarichello/godot-ci which I think supports 3 and 4 with and without C#. I use it via crystal-bit/godot-game-template and it exports web and native builds, hosts web builds on GitHub pages, and pushes builds to itchio.

Check out crystal-bit/godot-game-template for a github template for godot games that build for those platforms with Github Actions. I haven't actually used any of them but the html5 one yet, but really nice that it was so easy to setup.

I often wonder about this too - is it better to switch scenes or have a very basic "main" scene that's basically just a persistent container for more substantive scenes which are instantiated and freed as needed. Haven't tried it yet but I did stumble across this github repo which demonstrates one approach: https://github.com/crystal-bit/godot-game-template

The game has been made using the Godot Game Template, check it out if you want automatic CI builds + extra utils for your game!