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// raven-engine

#vulkan#c++#game engine
raven-engine

Simple 3D game engine with retro/PSX aesthetics and quirks written in C++ with Vulkan API

entt · jolt · imgui · vulkan · c++

REPO

Raven Engine

A Simple Vulkan Engine with PSX/Retro Aesthetics

Core

  • Vulkan 1.3 renderer
  • Low-resolution internal rendering
  • Vertex snapping and affine-style texture warping
  • Dithering, color quantization, fog and palette control
  • ECS scene and gameplay layer
  • Jolt physics
  • Seeded generation and reproducible captures
  • Scene editor, material tools and immediate playtesting
  • Debug UI, profiling and RenderDoc capture support

Footage

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Build

sh
make deps
make run

The first build compiles the dependencies, so it will take longer than later builds.

sh
make editor SCENE=path/to/scene.scn  # edit, then press F5 to playtest
make editor                          # run default scene
make scene SCENE=path/to/scene.scn   # cook and run a scene
make prefab-viewer PREFAB=prefab     # inspect a model
make demo                            # run the renderer demo
make test                            # run the test suite
make help                            # show every target and option

Different Profiles:

sh
make run PRESET=ps1
make run PRESET=n64
make run PRESET=pixel-3d
make run PRESET=modern-ps1

Content Pipeline

  .scn    source
    |
    x     scene cooker
    |
    v
  .map    runtime data
    |
    v
  game

License

Released under the GNU GPL v3.

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