Hey there, Godot devs! I've maintained a project starter template on github for quite some time now. It has pre-made scenes that you'll need (title, how-to-play, credits), scene transitions (fade to and from black), a pause menu (shows on escape key) and a game over dialog (see repo readme for how to use). Plus it comes with the ability to take screenshots to make animated GIFs with, and a utility scene for creating properly sized GIFs for itch.io covers.

The github repo page is https://github.com/jhlothamer/godotprojectstarter

The repo page also contains instructions on how to use and override some basic things, but unless you run out of time you'll want to revamp the title and other scenes to your liking too.

If you're more in the mood for a video about it, I've got ya' covered!

Godot Project Starter

I also made a helper pack with even more useful utilities and components. You can checkout the github page for that here: https://github.com/jhlothamer/godothelperpack

The helper pack has a github wiki describing everything in the pack. The two things I use in every project are the SignalMgr (lets you connect signals without needing to use get_node or node paths) and the ServiceMgr (sort of like and IoC/DI container for GDScript). So you might want to check those out if you're curious.

All repos are MIT license and free to use, no attribution required or necessary. I just hope they help!