I think we have a feature request for this already but right now I can’t find it.
This sounds strange. You should only ever need an internet connection if you have made a change to your native extensions (ie a dependency containing native code), if you have deleted the .internal/cache folder (where the custom engine is stored) or if you have made changes to your app manifest. In all other cases the editor and tools should use an already existing cached version of the custom engine. Are you doing any of the above?
Tracked here: Editor hangs in the second windows · Issue #7845 · defold/defold · GitHub I think @vlaaad is working on a fix.
There’s 20+ games made by Ben James here: GitHub - benjames-171/defold-games: Collection of 2D games made with Defold. Perhaps they can serve as inspiration? In general it will be very hard to find the source code for large projects. Developers are not inclinde to share the source code of their large game projects.
We want this too! We’re actually working on some examples based on 3D models from Kenney.nl and Kay Lousberg, but it will take a few weeks before we can share them. Perhaps someone can share something?
Have you seen this thread on 3D in Defold by the way?