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zamalek on Sept 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The anatomy of a Godot API call

This dictionary stuff is truly bizarre. I have been playing around with GDExtension and Rust - specifically the meshing interface. This dictionary stuff shows up there. Not only couldn't I figure out why (the GDScript angle makes sense in hindsight), but it also makes the API virtually impossible to discover: you have to resort to reading things up in the documentation.

As much as I love Godot, the GDExtension interface really has no redeeming qualities and needs to go back to the drawing board.

Rapzid on Sept 19, 2023 | [–]

Yeah, my take is the API should be made clean of this stuff and a shim layer added on top for GDScript to consume.

RobKohr on Sept 22, 2023 | [–]

If you are using Rust, you should check out https://bevyengine.org which is a rust based game engine with a focus on ECS

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