I'm getting back to a project I started in 2024 but got to pause it (couldn't find anyone to help me). It's called SuperTux Smasher (formerly SuperTuxBattleMelee), a platform fighter featuring Tux and other mascots in the open source community
So far, we are three people working on it (the other two just joined very recently) and they even get to do a logo for the game. There's also a sample design of the main screen, and we're working on the menu and a stage
We're also looking for other potential people interested. Just note that it's likely going to be a pixel art game, so if you know how to use Aseprite or Libresprite, that would be awesome. Otherwise, you can go as composer or programmer. You'll just need to know how to use C++ and Squirrel (it's like Lua, but with a true object-oriented paradigm), the latter will be used for modding support
If you're interested, the source code is here on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/SuperTuxSmasher/sts-game
It feels like you are creating yet another generic game from scratch. Why not use something existing or Godot?
Because it's fun ^^
But seriously, the goal here is also to make an engine specifically for the game, not using a full-featured one. Basically I wanna use and (most importantly) implement what is needed for my game, and any full-featured engine like Godot wouldn't allow me to do it
Isn't Godot incredibly light-weight? It's not like we're talking about UE5.