Glimpse: See Behind Trees, Walls and Roofs in Godot 4
A Godot 4 addon pack from Core Systems Asset Factory. Made with Godot. Paid.
Glimpse: See Behind Trees, Walls and Roofs in Godot 4 is a Godot 4 addon pack for Godot, paid.
Its title or description names Godot 4. Its store page states that commercial use is permitted; the exact licence terms are on the store page.
Glimpse is a Godot 4.7 addon with 48 styles for top down and 3/4 view 2D games. When a character walks behind a tree, a wall or a roof, the thing in front opens around them and the part still covered is drawn through it as a silhouette. A free lite with 12 of the styles is on this page.
Why it exists The usual fix is to fade a tree whenever the player is near it, which also fades it when the player stands in front of it, and stops working once the trees are tiles. Glimpse uses the rule Godot itself draws by: a character whose feet are higher on the screen than an occluder's, and whose sprite overlaps it, is behind it. Everything else is left alone.
A TileMapLayer opens only the tiles in front of someone, a roof opens while someone stands inside its footprint, and two characters behind one tree each keep their own silhouette in depth order. 48 styles in six families Cutouts: a clean window through the occluder, from Soft Circle and Keyhole to Porthole and Arched Window.
Dither and print: the occluder dissolves in a pattern, such as Bayer, halftone, blinds or honeycomb. Whole object: the whole tree, wall or roof turns to glass, a wireframe, a blueprint or a pen sketch.
AI disclosure, as the store page states it: AI Assisted, Code, Graphics
Questions
Which engines is it for?
Its itch.io store page lists Godot under Made with. Its title or description names Godot 4.
Can I use it in a commercial game?
Yes. Its store page states that commercial use is permitted. The exact licence terms are on the store page.
Paid · Get it on itch.io. Files, screenshots and the full description are on the store page.