# Arnklit/Waterways

A tool to generate river meshes with flow and foam maps based on bezier curves.

Repository: https://github.com/Arnklit/Waterways
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/waterways
Homepage: https://github.com/Arnklit/WaterGenGodotDemo
Language: GDScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: godot, river, flowmap
Last push: 2025-12-17T03:14:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2122, "days_push": 259, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1316, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.789238+00:00)

## What it is
A Godot Engine add-on that generates river meshes with flow and foam maps from bezier curves, entirely within the editor. It includes path shaping tools, terrain snapping, and texture baking for flowmap-based water animation.

## Use cases
- generate river meshes in godot from bezier curves
- create flowmaps for water simulation without external tools
- add animated rivers with foam to a game level
- snap a river path to terrain colliders
- bake flow and foam textures for a water shader
- export river mesh for collision generation

## When to choose
- you are building a Godot game and need rivers or flowing water
- you want flowmap-based water effects generated inside the engine
- you need editor tools to shape rivers along terrain

## When to avoid
- you use an engine other than Godot
- you need full fluid simulation rather than flowmap-based visuals
- you need oceans or lakes rather than river-like paths

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, simulation, image-processing
- domain: graphics, simulation
- platform: game-engine
- tags: godot-addon, river-generation, flowmap, foam-map, bezier-curves, water-shader, procedural-generation, game-development

## Member repositories
- Arnklit/Waterways (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.789238+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:48:19.988541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Arnklit/Waterways (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.789238+00:00, sha 474f92096bf9)
  - homepage: https://github.com/Arnklit/WaterGenGodotDemo (fetched 2026-08-29T12:06:47.537306+00:00, sha d74b46061cd9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.