A small, yet feature-rich C++ based game engine capable of building projects for Windows, OSX, and Linux. Features a Lua scripting system, a basic 2D renderer running on SDL, a graphical user interface, templating, a robust scripting API, an input API, as well as a customizable component system. To begin use, run the solution and modify files in the assets directory.

Basic usage:

• assets: the main folder for holding all game-related objects
  • components: holds all user .lua files
    • Component.lua files have the following API:
      • OnStart(): called upon the component's creation (whether at game start or during runtime)
      • OnUpdate(): called once every frame
      • OnLateUpdate(): called once every frame, right after OnUpdate()
      • OnRender(): called once every frame, right after OnLateUpdate()
  • fonts: holds all .ttf files
  • scenes: holds all .scene files
    • Scene.scene files have the following format:
      • name: the name of the scene
      • actors: a list of all of the scene's initial actors
        • name: the actor's name
        • components: a list of components with their key and values
          • type: using type ExampleComponent will load ExampleComponent.lua from assets/components
  • templates: holds all .template files
    • a Template.template file has the same format as an actor in a .scene file
  • textures: holds all .png files