halley
A lightweight game engine written in modern C++ (by amzeratul)
Cinder
Cinder is a community-developed, free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++. (by cinder)
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| 11 | 26 | |
| 3,474 | 5,240 | |
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| 9.8 | 5.9 | |
| 7 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
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| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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halley
Posts with mentions or reviews of halley.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-17.
- Ask HN: Released games built on FOSS engines?
- A lightweight game engine written in modern C++
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Lightweight, C++ code-driven game engine in the style of Urho3D?
https://github.com/amzeratul/halley if you want 2D
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Console?
Given that the game is being written with their in-house engine called halley which supports consoles (was used for Wargroove), the answer is most likely yes.
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SDL, SFML, other libraries for game development in C++...?
Halley Engine - C++ Game engine used in Starbound, Wargroove and the Upcoming Witchbrook
- C++ Game Engine?
- Is there any Engine that is based on C++, can Export to consoles, and is good for 2D?
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Witchbrook FAQ
It was originally in another programming language called Rust, but the programmer that knew that program left. Amzertul made an amazing engine with Wargroove called halley and we felt that it would be perfect for WB. Focus was shifted to Wargroove for a while, and then witchbrook started to be recoded. At this time the artstyle was changed to isometric.
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AMA - We’re Pixpil, Shanghai-based indie team behind RPG adventure, Eastward. Grab your frying pans and ask us anything!
Not pixpil, but our own engine which we use to make pixel art titles is open source.
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What engine do you use and why did you choose it?
We used my own game engine (Halley) for both Wargroove & Witchbrook, no regrets at all! It's definitely a lot of work, but owning the entire stack gives you a lot of advantages. I posted a Twitter thread with my thoughts on the pros and cons a while ago, if you're interested.
Cinder
Posts with mentions or reviews of Cinder.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-15.
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UI framework with C++ simulation.
Have you come across openFrameworks (https://openframeworks.cc/) or Cinder (https://libcinder.org/)?
- Learning C++ for Multimedia and Audio programming
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100 commits on CProcessing
CProcessing reminds me of Cinder
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SDL, SFML, other libraries for game development in C++...?
I only used SFML, currently making a 2D isometric game. I really like it so far overall, easy to use IMO, pretty well documented. Does what I need it to do. Heard good things about SDL2 and also Cinder++ (https://libcinder.org/) also.
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GUI Tips C++
What kind of game? You might be better off using a game engine unless it's more of a simple starter project. Check out https://libcinder.org/ or see lots of engines here: https://github.com/collections/game-engines
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Frameworks C++
Cinder
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Something like p5.js but for C++
Try Cinder (https://libcinder.org/). I have not tried it myself but it seems to have the same goals as P5 and Processing (ie. creative coding).
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How the Cinder JIT’s inliner works
Kind of a shorty thing for Meta to do when Cinder is already taken by https://libcinder.org
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What is the most engaging coding language to start with...
or its C++ cousins openFrameworks and Cinder
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I'm having a hard time staying committed to learning C++ and OpenGL for game development.
Mid Level [Three.js (WebGL)(https://libcinder.org/) Mesh, Geometry, Material, Lighting] [Graphics Library]
What are some alternatives?
When comparing halley and Cinder you can also consider the following projects:
awesome-cpp - A curated list of awesome C++ (or C) frameworks, libraries, resources, and shiny things. Inspired by awesome-... stuff.
OpenFrameworks - openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.
CppGame - Game Library in Cpp
Qt - Qt Base (Core, Gui, Widgets, Network, ...)
libSDL2pp - C++ bindings/wrapper for SDL2
JUCE - JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, LV2 and AAX audio plug-ins.
raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
magnum - Lightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization
urho3d - Game engine
Pyston - A faster and highly-compatible implementation of the Python programming language.
bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
Folly - An open-source C++ library developed and used at Facebook.