NETfishing

NETfishing is a multiplayer-first fishing game built with Godot 4.7. The current pre-alpha includes host-authoritative fishing and economy flows, freshwater and saltwater habitats, persistent player data, social features, customization, jobs, and a controller-aware interface.

The project is under active development. Interfaces, balance, content, and save migrations may continue to change before a stable release.

Requirements

Godot 4.7.x with the GL Compatibility renderer
Linux, Windows, or an Android development environment supported by Godot
Bash for the repository helper scripts

Open project.godot in Godot, or start the editor from the repository root:

godot --editor --path .

Run the game directly with:

godot --path .

Validation

The validation scripts isolate Godot's settings and application-data roots. Run the fast, deterministic suite before submitting a change:

scripts/run_validations.sh quick

Additional suites and individual commands are documented in docs/TESTING.md.

Texture import normalization

Texture import settings are cached in .import sidecars. To keep new textures consistent by default, normalize imported textures before committing:

./scripts/normalize_texture_profiles.sh

To normalize only a specific directory (for example environment textures):

./scripts/normalize_texture_profiles.sh res://art/exported/environment/textures

The script enforces a single baseline texture profile by default and sets import_profile = "managed_default" in [params]. If any texture needs custom settings, set:

[params]
import_profile="custom"

in its .import file to opt it out.

Building

Export presets are maintained for Linux, Windows, and Android. Repository scripts expect the matching Godot export templates and platform toolchains to already be installed:

scripts/build_playtest.sh
scripts/build_android_debug.sh

Build outputs belong under the ignored builds/ directory. Release builds must follow the project's separate tagged-release checklist; these convenience scripts do not create or publish tags.

Project map

main/: composition root and application orchestration
world/: map, environment, water, and world presentation
player/, fishing/, fish/: player and fishing domain
network/: transport, identity, and host-authoritative services
inventory/, items/, economy/, progression/, jobs/: game state
save/, settings/: versioned persistence
ui/: gameplay and menu presentation
tests/: focused Godot validation scripts
scripts/: build, bake, and validation entry points

See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md and world/README-WORLD-AUTHORING.md for more detail.

Authorship and assets

NETfishing is human-directed and uses a mixture of human-authored assets and software-development assistance. The project records this plainly rather than claiming that repository history can prove how each line was produced. See CREDITS.md and docs/ASSET-PROVENANCE.md.

No project-wide source license has been selected yet. Do not assume permission to redistribute the source or bundled assets beyond rights stated in their individual license records.

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