Will Pay Programmer To Port V3.5 TTF Text Drawing Code To Godot V4 Beta 2+

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Will Pay Programmer To Port V3.5 TTF Text Drawing Code To Godot V4 Beta 2+

JeZxLee

Hi,

We've been converting our near finished Godot 3.5 2D video game to new Godot 4 Beta 2.
Have made good progress, but we are stuck on converting our TTF text drawing function.
(The entire game project is open-source and is in GDScript)

Please look over our current TTF text drawing function on GitHub below:
https://github.com/BetaMaxHero/GDScript_Godot_4_T-Story/blob/main/VisualsCore.gd#L488

Solution should work everywhere in above project when it is finished.
Let me know if you would like to work on the above and how much it would cost us.

Jesse

Erich_L

Is this project already in 4.0 beta 2?

JeZxLee

Hi,

Thanks for the reply...

Yes, the project is running Godot version 4.0 Beta 2:
https://github.com/BetaMaxHero/GDScript_Godot_4_T-Story
(Just updated to current build)

Let me know, thanks!

Jesse

JeZxLee

Hi Again,

Better explanation of paid programming work with Godot version 4 Beta 2+ port from version 3.5.

Godot v4 Beta 2+ TTF font text drawing GDScript single function must support the following:

Load custom TTF font file into Godot 4.
Draw custom TTF font string to screen in Godot 4 with support for the following:
func DrawText(index, text, x, y, horizontalJustification, fontSize, scaleX, scaleY, rotation, red, green, blue, alpha, outlineRed, outlineGreen, outlineBlue):
(absolutely all work must be done in this one Godot 4 GDScript function)

Look here for the old Godot function:
https://github.com/BetaMaxHero/GDScript_Godot_4_T-Story/blob/main/VisualsCore.gd#L488

Can afford $100 American dollars for above work - it's all I have at this moment...Keep in mind it's a 100% free M.I.T. open-source Godot 4 game that will be showcased on the official forums... (don't have the intelligence to learn bigger engines like: Unity and UE5 - so it's going to be Godot Engine version 4.x)

Jesse

NOTE: Near finished and fully operational Godot version 3.5+ playable version is live on Itch below:
https://betamaxhero.itch.io/gdscript-godot-3-t-story

JeZxLee

Uggg....

Was $100 too low??
An average programmer can do the above work within 5-60 minutes.
$100 for at most an hour of time seems reasonable.

Jesse

Megalomaniak

JeZxLee Was $100 too low??

Maybe, I'd say it depends more so on where are you looking to draw talent from. In some markets 100 might just be the sum to get an initial consultation just to discuss the parameters of the job(in some it might be even too low for that), in others it might pay for the whole job. Depends on where a person lives, what their living and operating costs are etc.

JeZxLee

Hi,

Sorry, but I was spoiled by using Fiverr too many times...
There is no one qualified on Fiverr to do this conversion...
And I can't figure it out...

I think I know what "fair" is, and $100 for max 1 hour work is very fair...
(It's 1 function call)

I really can't afford this month more than about $100 for the above job...sorry!

Jesse

duane

Personally, I'd be hesitant to take any job working on beta software. There's a significant chance that you'd be stopped by issues with the engine, or that the engine would change and your solution wouldn't be accepted. Just my thoughts.

Pixophir

It is maybe not the money. Where I live, 100 bucks don't merit the bureaucratic effort of income anyway.

I personally am hesitant to work with code others have done and say "it is buggy and I don't know why". Don't get me wrong, I do a whole lot of buggy code myself, I am not a professional ;-)

And I second @duane, also because of the requirement "beta 2+" that is too relaxed a definition IMHO. The risk of having to visit the same code multiple times and probably introducing new mistakes in the act is high. There are still warnings out of potentially breaking changes to Godot until release.

I would wait until Godot has been released for production use (I actually do so with my project that involves a lot of C++ boilerplate code). After release, I suggest you work through the documentation and determine if your project as a whole fits into 4.0 with only minor changes, or if it needs a complete overhaul because basic invariants it relies on have changed.

Just my 2 cents ...

JeZxLee

Sorry, this job was taken, completed, and implemented into project:
https://godotforums.org/d/30991-grand-national-gnx-v2-godot-4x-2d-game-framework-mit-open-source/5