Godot Genre Party

## Godot-Specific Tips

*   **SubViewport**: Powerful for 4-player split-screen. Each player gets a camera, all rendering the same world (or different worlds!).
*   **InputEventJoypadButton**: Use `Input.get_connected_joypads()` to auto-detect controllers on the Lobby screen.
*   **Remapping**: Godot's `InputMap` system can be modified at runtime using `InputMap.action_add_event()`. Creating "p1_jump", "p2_jump" dynamically is a common pattern.

## Reference

> Progressive disclosure: open Official Documentation links only when researching a specific API;
> load Related Skills when routing work to a peer domain — do not preload the whole lattice.

### Official Documentation
- [Controllers, gamepads, and joysticks](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/inputs/controllers_gamepads_joysticks.html) — Joypad connect/disconnect, device IDs, and multi-pad mapping for lobby join and local isolation.
- [Using InputEvent](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/inputs/inputevent.html) — Event order and `_unhandled_input` so join presses and per-device routing run after UI focus.
- [Controller vibration and features](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/inputs/controller_features.html) — Per-device rumble APIs used for localized hit/eliminate feedback.
- [Using Viewports](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/rendering/viewports.html) — SubViewport worlds, cameras, and UI layers required for 2–4 player split-screen.
- [Background loading](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/io/background_loading.html) — `ResourceLoader` threaded load while the instructions screen stays interactive.
- [Change scenes manually](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/change_scenes_manually.html) — Deferred free/instantiate patterns for hub ↔ minigame swaps without mid-frame crashes.
- [Singletons (Autoload)](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/singletons_autoload.html) — Persistent tournament scores, device maps, and party roster across scene changes.
- [GUI navigation](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/ui/gui_navigation.html) — Focus neighbors and gamepad menu traversal for character select and lobby UI.
- [Pausing games](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/pausing_games.html) — Tree pause + reconnect overlays when a joypad drops mid-minigame.
- [Resources](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/scripting/resources.html) — `.tres` minigame definitions (title, scene path, 1v3 flags) without hardcoding catalogs.
- [InputMap](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_inputmap.html) — Runtime `action_add_event` for per-player device-bound actions (`pN_*`).

### Related Skills

#### Prerequisites
- [godot-input-handling](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-input-handling/SKILL.md) — Device IDs, `InputMap` remaps, deadzones, and `_unhandled_input` ownership before party routing.
- [godot-scene-management](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-scene-management/SKILL.md) — Clean load/unload and deferred scene swaps between hub, instructions, and minigames.
- [godot-resource-data-patterns](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-resource-data-patterns/SKILL.md) — Typed `Resource` / `.tres` catalogs that define each minigame's scene and metadata.
- [godot-autoload-architecture](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-autoload-architecture/SKILL.md) — Singleton placement for tournament state that must outlive every minigame scene.

#### Complements
- [godot-ui-containers](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-ui-containers/SKILL.md) — Scoreboards, instruction overlays, and `GridContainer` split-screen / character-select layouts with focus.
- [godot-camera-systems](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-camera-systems/SKILL.md) — Shared-room framing and per-viewport cameras that zoom/pan to keep all players on screen.
- [godot-signal-architecture](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-signal-architecture/SKILL.md) — `player_joined`, `game_ended`, and reconnect prompts without hard refs across lobby and minigames.
- [godot-turn-system](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-turn-system/SKILL.md) — Board / meta round phases between short competitive minigames.
- [godot-audio-systems](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-audio-systems/SKILL.md) — Short stingers, countdown cues, and per-player SFX buses that survive rapid scene cycling.

#### Downstream / consumers
- [godot-monte-carlo-balancer](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-monte-carlo-balancer/SKILL.md) — Simulate asymmetric 1v3 / handicap power offsets so party roles stay socially fair across rounds.
- [godot-characterbody-2d](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-characterbody-2d/SKILL.md) — Typical consumer of per-device move vectors inside shared-screen 2D party arenas.

#### Master
- [godot-master](https://github.com/thedivergentai/gd-agentic-skills/blob/main/skills/godot-master/SKILL.md) — Library router and mirrored module entry; open when discovering which Domain Skill owns input, scenes, or UI pieces of a party stack.