godot-nim VS gdnim

Since Godot 4 is gonna change their binding system the previous Nim bindings are not gonna work and the maintainers stated that they wont adapt the bindings to Godot 4.

Since Godot 4 is gonna change their binding system the previous [Nim bindings](https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim)

Another option is Nim. Looks and writes like Python but closer to C in performance. It also has static typing so I prefer it for scripting as well.

People have built a few games with the Nim Godot bindings:

https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim

There’s also an interesting project to do hot reloading using dlls:

https://github.com/geekrelief/gdnim

Enu is a 3D live-programming/learning/game development environment written in Nim using Godot 3, godot-nim, and godot_voxel. I use it to run a small local coding club with a group of 12 year olds, and think it is (or at least will be) a great tool for learning to code, and for making games quickly.

It uses a python-like language, is free & open-source (MIT License), has a fantastic GUI creation system, exports to all major OS's, and produces single small binaries. You could eventually incorporate Nim as well, as there are Nim bindings for Godot.

Ant then install the bindings. And thats where I'm a bit lost even after reading Godot docs. Not sure if I'm right, but seems to be necessary to compile Godot?

Well no language is perfect, but Nim can be used in almost every domain because of it's compilation targets(C, C++, JS) and it's fast compile times(who needs interpretation when compile times are that fast!):

* Shell scripting, I still assume most people will just use Bash tho: https://github.com/Vindaar/shell

* Frontend: https://github.com/karaxnim/karax or you could bind to an existing JS library.

* Backend: For something Flask-like: https://github.com/dom96/jester or something with more defaults https://github.com/planety/prologue

* Scientific computing: the wonderful SciNim https://github.com/SciNim

* Blockchain: Status has some of the biggest Nim codebases currently in production https://github.com/status-im?q=&type=&language=nim&sort=

* Gamedev: Also used in production: https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim and due to easy C and C++ interop, you get access to a lot of gamedev libraries!

* Embedded: this is a domain I know very little about but for example https://github.com/elcritch/nesper or https://github.com/PMunch/badger for fun Nim+embedded stuff!

Most of the disadvantages come from tooling and lack of $$$ support.

As for gdnim, it's my framework built on top of godot-nim. https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim-stub

I've renewed my enjoyment of programming through game development (an area I haven't been active in before) and had a great time implementing a Quadtree in GDScript but then the other problem of raw execution speed for any script language made that a bit disappointing as well (it worked well but was only an improvement for larger numbers). So now I'm learning Nim (which has godot-nim bindings) to be able to write really performant code in an easy way.

Another option is Nim. Looks and writes like Python but closer to C in performance. It also has static typing so I prefer it for scripting as well.

People have built a few games with the Nim Godot bindings:

https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim

There’s also an interesting project to do hot reloading using dlls:

https://github.com/geekrelief/gdnim

I've been down this road. I forked godot-nim to https://github.com/geekrelief/gdnim and have add several features. I've since moved on to working on https://github.com/geekrelief/tm-nim, a binding for The Machinery.

I maintain a fork of the godot-nim binding https://github.com/geekrelief/gdnim/ All your issues I've dealt with by not relying on the godot editor. Instead I do all the setup with my build script which can generate the gdnlib, gdns, and tscn file for a node with script attached.

This is my first exposure to this and the proposal. I maintain a fork of godot-nim, https://github.com/geekrelief/gdnim. I know someone who was trying to exchange data between gdscript and godot-nim. Nim has a generic vector type: seq[T], and he was trying to expose that to gdscript. I told him to use an Array of Variants instead. Would this PR allow us to expose data structures from gdnative (or whatever) to gdscript?

I can't speak to the issues with setting things up. I never had a problem on Windows. But if you need help create an issue on the godot-nim repo someone might come along and help. I know at least one person that uses/used a mac to get godot-nim running. On my own repo, https://github.com/geekrelief/gdnim I plan to get osx working, but it's not my main dev machine.