Vulkan-Docs VS Vulkan-Headers

Pipelines (or in general terms PSOs) are the most problematic aspect of Vulkan / DX12 - much more than synchronization! Large parts of the gamedev industry seems to recognize all the performance issues with pipelines and therefore companies are experimenting with newer models like the VK_EXT_shader_object extension ("Vulkan without Pipelines": https://www.khronos.org/blog/you-can-use-vulkan-without-pipe...).

I've written a detailed comment about this before here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37843946#37845431) but for a much more comprehensive explanation by an engineer from Nintendo read the initial proposal for the VK_EXT_shader_object extension: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/blob/main/propos...).

There's also Casey Muratori's mail to the Vulkan advisory on 2015 that basically predicts this whole clusterfuck would happen: https://github.com/cmuratori/misc/blob/main/vulkan_dynamic_s...

Apple -> MoltenVK is an emulation layer and doesn't give you as much control as using Metal directly.

Nintendo and Sony prefer their own APIs, NVN and LibGNM, and AIUI Vulkan is a second-class API on those platforms which does not offer as much power, it is widely understood studios use NVN and LibGNM to get access to the real hardware on those platforms.

Windows/AMD/NVidia/Intel -> HW manufacturers tend to prototype and release new features with D3D first and then 'backport' them to Vulkan after a while. DirectX 12 for example had mesh shaders for over 2 years before Vulkan got a vendor neutral extension for them[0]

Android and Linux are the only platform where Vulkan is a first-class citizen.

You could maybe argue Nvidia treats Vulkan as a first-class citizen because they tend to have vendor-specific Vulkan extensions for the latest features available before anyone else. But otherwise, no, Vulkan is not a first-class API anywhere except Linux and Android.

Graphics API wars are alive and well.

[0] https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/issues/1423

Understand Wayland concepts: Familiarize yourself with the basic concepts and principles of Wayland. This will help you gain a solid understanding of how the system works. You can refer to the official Wayland documentation (https://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/html/) and the Wayland book (https://wayland-book.com/). Learn Rust: If you're not already proficient in Rust, take some time to learn the language. The Rust Book (https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/) is a great place to start. Study existing Wayland compositors: Since you mentioned Anvil and smallvil, you can study their source code to gain insights into how they're designed and implemented. Try to understand the structure and how different components interact with each other. Dive into Smithay: Smithay (https://github.com/Smithay/smithay) is a Rust library for building Wayland compositors. Familiarize yourself with the library and its components. You can start by studying the provided examples and reading the API documentation. Learn graphics programming: Since you're interested in graphics effects, you'll need to learn about graphics programming concepts, such as shaders, framebuffers, and texturing. Vulkan (https://www.vulkan.org/) is a popular graphics API that you can use with Rust. Check out the following resources to learn more about Vulkan and graphics programming in Rust: Vulkan Tutorial (https://vulkan-tutorial.com/) gfx-rs (https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx), a Rust graphics library Vulkano (https://github.com/vulkano-rs/vulkano), a safe, pure-Rust wrapper around the Vulkan API Start small: Break down the compositor project into smaller, manageable tasks. Begin by implementing basic functionality, like setting up a window and drawing simple shapes. Gradually add more features, such as input handling and window management. Ask for help: Join the Wayland and Rust communities to ask questions and seek advice. You can find them on forums, mailing lists, and chat platforms like Discord or IRC. The Wayland mailing list (https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel) and the Rust programming subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/) are good places to start. Iterate and experiment: As you progress, keep experimenting with different graphics effects and shaders. Try to implement the features you're interested in, such as blur, window previews, and window switching.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0) project(P2_PR VERSION 0.1.0) set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20) set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES) set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF) add_executable(P2_PR main.cpp) find_package(Vulkan QUIET) if(NOT Vulkan_FOUND)     message(FATAL_ERROR "Vulkan not found. Download at https://www.vulkan.org/") endif() find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED) include_directories(${Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS}) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${Vulkan_LIBRARIES} ${GLM_LIBRARIES} SDL2::SDL2)

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16) project(P1_PC) add_executable(P1_PC src/main.cpp) find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED) if(NOT Vulkan_FOUND) message(FATAL_ERROR "Vulkan not found. Download at https://www.vulkan.org/") endif() find_package(SDL2 QUIET) if(NOT SDL2_FOUND) include(FetchContent) FETCHCONTENT_DECLARE( SDL2 GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL GIT_TAG release-2.26.3 ) FetchContent_GetProperties(SDL2) if (NOT sdl2_POPULATED) set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET NO) FetchContent_Populate(SDL2) set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) set(BUILD_GAMES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) add_subdirectory(${sdl2_SOURCE_DIR} ${sdl2_BINARY_DIR}) endif() endif() target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS} PRIVATE ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${Vulkan_LIBRARIES} SDL2-static SDL2main SDL2) target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)

message(FATAL_ERROR "Vulkan not found. Download at https://www.vulkan.org/")

You might look at the Vulkan API: https://www.vulkan.org/. There are bindings in many languages, including Haskell (I have personally used https://hackage.haskell.org/package/vulkan).

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8) include(FetchContent) project(foo LANGUAGES C CXX) # Vulkan FetchContent_Declare( Vulkan-Headers GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git" GIT_TAG "sdk-1.3.216.0" ) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Vulkan-Headers) FetchContent_Declare( Vulkan-Loader GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader.git" GIT_TAG "sdk-1.3.216.0" ) set(UPDATE_DEPS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "") set(BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "") FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Vulkan-Headers Vulkan-Loader) add_executable(dummy "main.cc") set_target_properties( ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17 CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF ) target_compile_options( ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE $<$: /ZI; > ) target_link_libraries( ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Vulkan::Vulkan )