A Virtual Space for Android where players are presented with virtual toys. Toys should all be fairly unique, and are ultimately bi-products of the joy of developing them. This Project also serves as a playground for trying out different features and functions of both Android SDK and Godot Engine.

Made with Godot 4.2.2-stable

Available on Itch.io https://lettucepie.itch.io/toybox

As economics continue to get more insane, I have found a refreshed purpose in this project. There's a very real possibility that free apps will become the primary avenue for kids to play. Smartphones appear to be more of a necessity via virtual integrations, and parents want the ability to track/call their kids. So in the scenario where you can buy your kid a smartphone once every couple years or several different toys every few months; kids might not have toys anymore. I suddenly feel importance in providing non-predatory or addictive applications...

I think it would be best to define what a Toy is to this project, and all the extra functions it would require to make it a cohesive and understandable.

In the case of this project, a Toy is;

• An interactive object.
• It most likely will be 3D.
• It can have a setting or stage where it's played with if needed.
  • Table
  • Box
  • Tub of water
• A Toy should not ever load in an entire environment, that would just be a video game.
• A Toy can be an object that has a video game on it, akin to very old key-chain games.
• It does NOT require;
  • Points
  • Timers
  • Conventional Physics
    • Try to explain or frame unconventional physics in some way.
• A Toy has its own User Interface options loaded into the universal menu.
  • It can be stylized
• A Toy can be "focused" into view with it's own camera
  • Camera focus must be escapable
• A Toy can be an inspired creation off of real life toys and properties.
  • It CANNOT be an exact virtual clone, we don't want to get sued here.
  • It can do similar things, but should not look or sound the same.

This app will be using a standardization system for each toy. To briefly understand what is required, read through the "load_toy" function on play.gd and the variables of components/toy_meta.gd.

1. Make a folder for your new Toy in /toys/.
   • This will contain Scenes, Assets, GUI, and Metadata.
   • Organize your files however you like within your toys folder.
2. Make a new ToyUI scene within your toy folder.
   • New Scene -> Other Node -> Navigate to Node > CanvasItem > Control > ToyUI or just search "toyui".
   • Or you can extend ToyUI into your own Control Node UI.
3. Make a new ToyMeta resource within your toy folder.
   • Right-Click on your toy folder, select Create New Resource, search for ToyMeta.
4. Make your toy.
   • If your toy has multiple pieces, consider making each piece it's own scene.
   • If your toy will be picked up and moved around alot, consider making its root node my custom class PickupPhysics, and add the component scene PickupRay as a child. Of course if you need a more intricate solution then go for it. The only necessary components are ToyUI and ToyMeta.
5. Fill out the ToyMeta resource.
6. Load up the Toybox scene /toybox.tscn, and append your ToyMeta to the Toy Metadatas array in the inspector.

Just jotting some brainstorm stuff down here don't mind me.

• letting users upload panoramas or multiple images to set their own custom worldbox for their play room.