Show HN: Oathshaper – A BioWare Inspired Open RPG Game Engine

Category: devtools

Tags: game-engine, rpg, godot, rust, narrative

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

Oathshaper is an early-stage RPG game engine combining a Godot host with a deterministic Rust narrative core for choice-driven 3D games. It validates JSON dialogue graphs, evaluates conditions and commits atomic choice effects, and ships with a playable demo called Lantern Quay featuring three BioWare-inspired combat styles.

Target audience: game developers, narrative designers, educators

Repository: https://github.com/oathshaper/oathshaper · GDScript · MIT

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