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2d Top Down Combat
Build real-time top-down melee combat in Godot 4. You'll wire up Area2D hitboxes and hurtboxes, a reusable HealthComponent, directional swings, a practice-dummy enemy, knockback, i-frames, and hit feedback that actually feels good.
10
Lessons
1005
XP Reward
Intermediate
Difficulty
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Campaign preview: Real-time combat in the complete 2D top-down RPG
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It is the finished project for the whole quest. Use it to compare your work or to recover a broken step.
Health, hitbox and hurtbox components with one hit per swing, knockback, hit-stop and i-frames. Free to download, MIT licensed, no account needed.
View the free open-source version on GitHub What is in the Hitbox and Hurtbox projectBuild real-time top-down melee combat in Godot 4. You'll wire up Area2D hitboxes and hurtboxes, a reusable HealthComponent, directional swings, a practice-dummy enemy, knockback, i-frames, and hit feedback that actually feels good.
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