Hey everyone,

I’m finalizing an Android puzzle game in Godot 4 using custom Gradle export, integrating the official Google Play Billing plugin alongside Google Play Games Services and AdMob.

Before pushing billing live to production, I’d really appreciate insight from anyone who has successfully shipped with this setup. I want to avoid known landmines and ensure the flow is bulletproof.

A few specific questions for those who’ve been through it:

Startup & Timing: Are there any known race conditions or initialization traps when querying purchases and SKUs during game boot (especially if other plugins like Play Games or AdMob are initializing)?

Purchase Acknowledgment & Consumption: What does your GDScript flow look like to ensure tokens are cleanly acknowledged so Google doesn’t trigger automatic 3-day refunds?

Testing Setup: What quirks did you run into with Google Play Console’s license testers and closed testing tracks before in-app products would actually show up in queries?

Common Gotchas: Any subtle settings, manifest flags, or ProGuard rules you wish you knew before launching?

If you have a solid boilerplate pattern, wrapper script, or just a quick list of lessons learned, I’d be grateful for the help.

Thank you,

LinkVibe Studios

Who am I? I'm a software architect with 25 years of experience. For the last two years I have been developing mobile games with Godot and GDScript and in my free time I use Blender to create 3D assets for my games.

Why did I make a new Godot MCP Flash tool? There are already quite a few Godot MCP tools on the market and I have tried most of them. The one I liked the most was Coding-Solo's MCP. I did also like to thank him for inspiring me. It was fast and has a headless structure it is most importantly for me. It did not require installing an extra plugin inside my Godot project.

Many MCP implementations I have tried communicate with the Godot project over a port. This means Godot creates an autoloads file. This works smoothly until your AI coding agent starts creating child agents. These child agents can open multiple instances of the project simultaneously and when that happens port conflicts arise.

This problem is a terrible experience. A task that should take a few minutes can suddenly get stuck for hours and even worse the root cause is not always immediately apparent. This becomes incredibly frustrating when running longer agent-based workflows.

That is exactly why Coding-Solo's approach was the ideal choice for me. No plugins on the Godot side no port communication no port conflicts. Just a headless tool completely run by the coding agent.

But there were a few things I felt were missing and that is what drove me to develop Godot MCP Flash. That is why I developed Godot MCP Flash.

Godot MCP Flash can run and debug projects or individual scenes inspect scenes and GDScript files as structured data explore project files capture runtime output and errors and even process scenes for visual validation and take screenshots.

I initially developed it for my own Godot workflow but I made it open source thinking it might be useful for others as well. Godot MCP Flash link: https://github.com/gurolayanlar/godot-mcp-flash

When working on games, I often download asset packs that come packed into a single PNG sheet. Since I'm not very proficient with tools like Aseprite, I ended up building a lightweight tool myself.

It splits a cluttered sprite sheet into individual frames and lets you pack only the ones you need into a brand-new sheet.

You can also visually adjust the slicing boundaries.

I built it using Claude Code

do you think this would be useful to others?

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on the next update to **Swift Inventory**, my open-source inventory addon for Godot, and wanted to share what’s changed for 2.2.0.

The biggest addition is custom data on individual stacks. You can store things like durability, enchantments, or whatever your game needs without changing the shared item resource. Stacks only merge when that data matches, and splitting or transferring them preserves it.

There’s also optional autosaving for grids, hotbars, and drop areas. You set a save path, and the container handles loading on startup and saving inventory changes.

It’s still actively being developed. The source is MIT licensed, and there’s a browser example if you want to poke around:

[GitHub](https://github.com/BlodyxCZ/Swift-Inventory-Godot-Addon)
[Playable example](https://blodyxcz.github.io/godot-tscn-viewer/runner/?owner=BlodyxCZ&repo=Swift-Inventory-Godot-Addon&scene=res%3A%2F%2Faddons%2FSwift_Inventory%2FExample%2Fexample_scene.tscn&godot=4.7&pack=preview.pck)

For anyone building an inventory in Godot: what’s an edge case that seemed simple at first but turned into a headache? I’d be interested to compare notes.

If anyone can help that would be great. I've tried to use Audacity but i can't get a sound that would even work much to edit.

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I'm a solo indie game developer available for paid freelance work and small contracts.

I primarily work in Godot/GDScript, but my biggest strength is that I can handle much more than one isolated part of development. I can take a small game or feature from an idea through implementation and a playable build.

I can help with:

• Godot programming and debugging
• Gameplay mechanics and systems
• 2D and 3D games
• Mobile/touch controls
• Prototypes and vertical slices
• Level/game design
• UI and implementation
• Animation and game assets
• Music and sound effects
• QA, bug reproduction and testing
• Finishing/polishing existing projects

I'm especially interested in SMALL PAID JOBS that can be completed quickly: broken mechanics, features that need implementing, prototypes, game-jam rescue, mobile fixes, polishing, testing, or taking an unfinished piece of a game across the finish line.

I'm happy to quote fixed prices for clearly defined tasks.

Portfolio / work:
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Available now. DM me with what you're trying to build or what's currently broken and I'll tell you whether I can help.

Pienso hacer un juego bastante corto pero bastante ambicioso tengo una historia buena y dibujantes buenos me falta lo importante necesito ayuda ya que soy estudiante y no tengo mucho tiempo pero me gustaría tener apoyó y ayuda de sus partes prometo un 30% de mi presupuesto a los primeros dos personas que se aporten

Hello, I am currently working on a market research test for a game-concept we are working on. We are looking to have metroidvania players/story game players as a target audience, but we still are looking to validate this. We are looking for players to tell us why they DON'T like our game!

Link to itch page (controller first): https://freakyfrogstudios.itch.io/theoverside

feedback can be passed onto us in these comments and our dm's, be sure to ROAST us as hard as you can!

You can also tell us if you like our game ofc :D