HorizonEngine

This is a data-driven game engine designed to create modable games. Written in ZIG.

This is still a WIP.

Platform Support

Currently only supports Linux on X11. Planning support for Windows and Linux with wayland.

Building

Clone the repository with submodules:

git clone --recursive https://akeuben.github.com/HorizonEngine

If you cloned without cloning submodules, use:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Dependencies

The following dependencies are required:

• zig v0.14.0
• cmake
• dotnet v8.0
• vulkan
• vulkan-headers
• shaderc
• wayland
• wayland-protocols
• wayland-scanner
• libxkbcommon
• libX11
• libXcursor
• libXxf86vm
• libXrandr
• libXi
• libXinerama
• libGL

All dependencies can be installed if the nix package manager. Simply use the flake with nix develop.

Building

This project uses the zig build system. Run

zig build

to compile the engine and runtime. Immediately run the application with

zig build run -- [backend]

The following [backend] options are available:

[backend]	Description
vk	Uses the Vulkan backend
gl	Uses the OpenGL backend
none	Uses a null backend without graphics output