sokol-tools
Godot
| sokol-tools | Godot | |
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| 5 | 2,745 | |
| 201 | 84,229 | |
| - | 2.3% | |
| 7.3 | 10.0 | |
| 2 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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sokol-tools
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Stop Hiding the Sharp Knives: The WebAssembly Linux Interface
I would really love being able to take any POSIX command line tool, compile that to WASI, and run it on (at least) Linux, Windows and macOS like a regular executable without having to install a separate WASI runtime.
I'm a 'WASI convert' since I was able to take an ancient 8-bit assembler written in the mid-90's (http://xi6.com/projects/asmx/), compile that as-is with the WASI SDK (https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-sdk), and then integrate it into a VSCode extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=floooh.v...).
A similar problem is I have is a shader cross-compiler (https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools) which needs to run Linux, macOS and Windows and takes too long to build locally, thus I currently need to distribute that as pre-built binaries. Compiling this to WASI works, but the filesystem access restrictions built into current wasm runtimes are a hassle to manage, and it would require a WASI runtime to be separately installed).
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Meta Releases Intermediate Graphics Library
Sokol also provides a solution for shader cross-compilation (https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools/blob/master/docs/sokol...), so you only need to write your shaders once no matter if you're targeting OpenGL, Metal, or DirectX.
There are other tools you could use out there with IGL, but Sokol's solution streamlines the whole process.
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Go 1.21 will (likely) have a static toolchain on Linux
> but that is only for software written in C, it does not work with C++.
I have a pretty complex C++ command line tool which works just fine with MUSL (https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools). What potential problems should I be aware of?
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Zig: The Modern Alternative to C
In practice it works very well though, I experimented replacing cmake with build.zig for a 'not-quite-trivial' C++ project, and tbh for cross-platform code that's a lot nicer wrestling with cmake and all the C/C++ compiler toolchain differences:
https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools/blob/master/build.zig
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Qb – Zero-configuration build system to quickly build C/C++ projects
Yes, here is an example:
https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools/blob/master/build.zig
Compared to cmake, this means giving up IDE support like Xcode or Visual Studio though, it's really just a pure build system.
Godot
- Ask HN: Modern Day Equivalent to HyperCard?
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Tetris Development 1 - Setting Up
Instead, I was recommended Godot by a fellow developer. It is an easy-to-pickup and beginner-friendly open-source engine, which I will use to develop the Tetris game.
- Web Game Engines and Libraries
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Name it Better (ideas for making more informative names)
Here's an example file tree from a part of the Godot game engine source code.
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Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Godot [1] is a very nice game engine. There's a game on Itch.io that teaches the scripting language it uses [2], and a ton of great tutorials on YouTube for beginners and experts alike.
[1]: https://godotengine.org/
- Show HN: GodotOS: A Fake Operating System Interface Made in the Godot Engine
- Unity Software cutting 25% of staff in 'company reset' continuation
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Show HN: Mutable.ai – Turn your codebase into a Wiki
The Bitcoin and Mastadon links don't seem to be working! (wiki not found)
Would love to see this for Godot (https://github.com/godotengine/godot). Maybe Maplibre too (https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native)!
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My thought on different engines
Godot Engine is a free and open-source game engine. The story started as an in-house engine of an Argentinian studio in 2007, and since 2014, it's been a community-driven project with a lot of contributors.
- How do "feature flags work"
What are some alternatives?
libxev - libxev is a cross-platform, high-performance event loop that provides abstractions for non-blocking IO, timers, events, and more and works on Linux (io_uring or epoll), macOS (kqueue), and Wasm + WASI. Available as both a Zig and C API.
bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
SFML-IGL - Rendering example with Meta's Intermediate Graphics Library and SFML
o3de - Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
c - Compile and execute C "scripts" in one go!
Cocos2d - Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.
libddwaf - Datadog's WAF
GDevelop - :video_game: Open-source, cross-platform game engine designed to be used by everyone.
igl - Intermediate Graphics Library (IGL) is a cross-platform library that commands the GPU. It provides a single low-level cross-platform interface on top of various graphics APIs (e.g. OpenGL, Metal and Vulkan).
Panda3D - Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU
qb - Zero-configuration build system to very quickly build C/C++ projects.
Spring RTS game engine - A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/