Top 22 C++ Animation Projects

• aseprite

  144 15,162 9.4 C++

  Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)

  

  Project mention: Just finished making a bite-sized platformer with dashing and slashing using love2d! (playable version linked in comments) | reddit.com/r/love2d | 2022-01-19

  I used aseprite for the pixel art, Tiled for level creation and editing, and love.js to port it to the web. This the second game I've made with Love2D. I originally fell in love with this framework during a game jam and haven't looked back since. This project took about 80 hours of work total, spread out over 2 months or so.

• o3de

  36 4,266 10.0 C++

  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.

  

  Project mention: Upcoming GZDoom-powered FPS Selaco shows off the 'AI Response System' | reddit.com/r/linux_gaming | 2022-01-10

  O3DE, the open-sourced version of Amazon Lumberyard, could, if for some reason id Tech 4 with Vulkan couldn't.

• OPS

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• LibreSprite

  12 2,034 9.0 C++

  Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool -- Fork of the last GPLv2 commit of Aseprite

  

  Project mention: Pixel art, gif animations like Flipnote Studio on Steam Deck | reddit.com/r/SteamDeck | 2022-01-11

  I have also seen Aseprite being recommended. It looks nice and I'm sure it works well, but it is not open source unfortunately. There is an open source alternative called LibreSprite, which seems to mimic Aseprite quite closely.

• appleseed

  1 1,841 1.6 C++

  A modern open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects

  

  Project mention: Where can I find spectrum data of random objects? | reddit.com/r/astrophysics | 2021-05-13

• ozz-animation

  1 1,531 1.2 C++

  Open source c++ skeletal animation library and toolset

  Project mention: Good resources for learning how to implement skeletal animation? | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-06-14

  On the otherhand, if I was going to pull in some code/an existing animation system, I have been interested in messing with https://github.com/guillaumeblanc/ozz-animation. It is pretty cool. There is a separate runtime/engine code from whatever editor/asset management you use. I've been toying with the idea of maybe pulling it into Jedi Academy.

• synfig

  1 1,233 9.7 C++

  This is the Official source code repository of the Synfig project

  

  Project mention: Lottie – use After Effects animations in web and native apps | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-12-20

• reactphysics3d

  1 920 1.8 C++

  Open source C++ physics engine library in 3D

  Project mention: Most Popular C[++] Open-Source Physics Engines | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-11-14

• SonarQube

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• ALS-Community

  13 889 8.4 C++

  Replicated and optimized community version of Advanced Locomotion System V4 for Unreal Engine 4.27 with additional bug fixes.

  Project mention: Does anyone have this issue with ALS 4.0 and a Physical object? | reddit.com/r/unrealengine | 2021-12-13

• rhubarb-lip-sync

  1 861 5.4 C++

  Rhubarb Lip Sync is a command-line tool that automatically creates 2D mouth animation from voice recordings. You can use it for characters in computer games, in animated cartoons, or in any other project that requires animating mouths based on existing recordings.

  Project mention: I need to find a program that plays an audio file for every letter in a text field. | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-05-02

  There's a program called Rhubarb Lip Sync that you should look into.

• Klein

  0 555 3.0 C++

  P(R*_{3, 0, 1}) specialized SIMD Geometric Algebra Library

• lunasvg

  7 443 8.7 C++

  lunasvg is a standalone SVG rendering library in C++

  Project mention: LunaSVG is an ultra fast SVG rendering library in C++ | reddit.com/r/coolgithubprojects | 2021-10-16

• CppRobotics

  9 307 8.3 C++

  Header-only C++ library for robotics, control, and path planning algorithms. Work in progress, contributions are welcome!

  Project mention: Should I rename CppRobotics to Control++? | reddit.com/r/ControlTheory | 2021-09-28

  I even opened an issue about this, so feel free to post your ideas there.

• SpookyGhost

  2 181 6.1 C++

  A procedural sprite animation tool made with the nCine

  

  Project mention: SpookyGhost, my open-source procedural animation tool for sprites, comes to Raspberry Pi | reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi | 2021-11-01

  Of course you can always download and compile the source code.

• keyleds

  3 166 0.6 C++

  Logitech Keyboard animation for Linux — G410, G513, G610, G810, G910, GPro

  

  Project mention: What desktop Linux needs to succeed in the mainstream | reddit.com/r/kde | 2021-12-10

• thorvg

  1 138 9.8 C++

  ThorVG is a platform-independent portable library for drawing vector-based scenes and animations including SVG. ThorVG provides user-friendly APIs, its library has no dependencies and maintains super compact size.

  

  Project mention: Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-09-28

  Was amazing contributing as an open source contributor to the Samsung team at https://github.com/Samsung/thorvg and https://github.com/Samsung/rlottie.

  `rlottie` is used in Discord and telegram for animated stickers and `thorvg` is the work-in-progress next generation animated vector / static vectors technology.

  Hope that animated vectors is important to more people.

• Creature_Godot

  1 76 0.0 C++

  2D Skeletal Animation Creature Runtime for Godot Engine

  Project mention: ways to reduce player sprites / other art | reddit.com/r/godot | 2021-05-14

  You can use the in engine animation and skeletal system. Or software like Creature 2D to build animations. They have a module you can build into Godot to use real time animations.

• TP_Arduino_DigitalRain_Anim

  2 72 4.7 C++

  A library that represents Digital Rain Animation on color displays that support TFT_eSPI

  Project mention: I made this as a big fan of the movie The Matrix. You can download it through the Arduino Library. | reddit.com/r/arduino | 2021-11-23

  Available for displays that support TFT_eSPI and ESP32 or ESP8266. Video I made with this Github Link this

• ProtoTracer

  8 47 7.0 C++

  3D rendering and animation engine for multifaceted displays on microcontrollers

  

  Project mention: protogen_irl | reddit.com/r/furry_irl | 2021-10-04

  Yep! Here it is if you wanna check out all of the code: https://github.com/coelacant1/ProtoTracer

• TM1637TinyDisplay

  1 20 6.2 C++

  Arduino library to display numbers and text on a 4 and 6 digit 7-segment TM1637 display modules.

  Project mention: Got an Amazon 7 segment display, can't get it to work with Flora | reddit.com/r/adafruit | 2022-01-11

  Or this one that has some nice documentation: https://github.com/jasonacox/TM1637TinyDisplay

• SDLXX

  1 7 6.4 C++

  :space_invader: Modern C++ wrapper for Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL2)

  Project mention: Im learning C++ and want to make a small game with it. What do you suggest me for graphics? | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-11-20

• MGS-MDN-Noesis

  1 6 2.4 C++

  Noesis Plugin for Metal Gear Solid 4 Model (MDN) and Animation (MTAR) files

  Project mention: MGS4 Character and enemies/bosses model file location | reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid | 2021-08-14

• sprite-animation-example

  1 2 3.9 C++

  A simple sprites animator using OpenGL 3.3 with C++

  Project mention: I've made this simple sprite animator using OpenGL 3.3 with C++ , I know most of you know how to do it, but I hope it'll help beginners with OpenGL :)) | reddit.com/r/opengl | 2021-09-12

C++ Animation related posts

• Just finished making a bite-sized platformer with dashing and slashing using love2d! (playable version linked in comments)
  3 projects | reddit.com/r/love2d | 19 Jan 2022
• Animated sprite editor and pixel art tool
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jan 2022
• Quake 1 .mdl textures all bugged?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/quake | 16 Jan 2022
• Super Easy God Rays Tutorial
  1 project | reddit.com/r/PixelArt | 15 Jan 2022
• Pixel art, gif animations like Flipnote Studio on Steam Deck
  4 projects | reddit.com/r/SteamDeck | 11 Jan 2022
• Upcoming GZDoom-powered FPS Selaco shows off the 'AI Response System'
  2 projects | reddit.com/r/linux_gaming | 10 Jan 2022
• What's a good free coding software?
  2 projects | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 8 Jan 2022

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