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Godot to Balaur importer

Godot to Balaur importer

· One min read
Dragos
Balaur

balaur import converts a Godot project: the settings, every scene, the scripts, the theme, and a report of what did not carry.

balaur import project.godot --project my-game

Godot on the left, the port on the right

Ported: Polyglot Pirates, a shipped Godot 4.7 game. 181 scenes, 769 scripts, a theme of 700 items. Its automation runner was ported first, so a passing scenario proves every script it walks through.

What landed​

  • One root per scene. An instance is that root, so a converted node path reads the same as in Godot.
  • stack container. Every child over the same box, as a Godot MarginContainer lays them.
  • Theme import. Separations, icon colours and bold faces carry over.
  • fit on a picture. Godot's expand and stretch modes.
  • await on a signal and on another node's method.
  • meta component, Array[Node] exports, toggle buttons, and children running init before their parent.
  • Tilemaps honour z_index against sprites.
  • A button takes the box the layout solved, not its caption's size.
  • macOS dark mode is read from the window.

Where it is​

Five scenarios pass headless, and a run ends with a screenshot. The menu matches. The gameplay screens are next.