TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
VVVVVV
This project is a cross-platform game engine framework and build pipeline designed to produce playable executable binaries for desktop and Android devices. It provides a collection of core libraries for game development, including a native Android build system and a C++ build pipeline.
The framework features a specialized bitmap font rendering system that displays stylized typography by mapping character indices to image atlases using coordinate and spacing metadata. It also implements a hardware abstraction layer to decouple application logic from graphics and audio drivers, ensuring portable execution across different operating systems.
The system supports multi-edition product management through compile-time feature toggling and includes the ability to dynamically load the Steamworks SDK to access platform-specific features without requiring separate binaries for different environments.
Features
- Cross-Platform Engines - Provides a cross-platform game engine framework with core libraries for rendering and portable platform integration.
- Game Development Frameworks - Provides a cross-platform game engine framework and build pipeline for producing binaries for desktop and Android devices.
- Cross-Platform and Native Compilation - Transforms source code into platform-specific binaries for both desktop and mobile environments using a native build system.
- Cross-Platform Build Pipelines - Provides an automated system for compiling and packaging software binaries for multiple target platforms.
- Executable Binary Toolchains - Builds playable versions of the application for desktop operating systems using a compiler and a media layer.
- Multiplatform Build Pipelines - Includes a C++ build pipeline for producing playable executable binaries across desktop and mobile operating systems.
- Game Build Packaging - Compiles source code into installable Android mobile packages using a native build system and dependency manager.
- Android Packages - Generates installable Android packages from source code using native build tools and dependency management.
- Cross-Platform Game Compilation - Builds playable executable binaries for desktop and Android devices from a single source codebase.
- Game Engines & Frameworks - Implements a comprehensive game engine framework with integrated rendering and platform integration.
- Hardware Abstraction Layers - Provides a hardware abstraction layer to ensure portable execution of graphics and audio drivers across different operating systems.
- Native Build Pipelines - Ships a native Android build system for packaging source code into installable mobile applications.
- Media - Decouples the core application logic from underlying graphics and audio drivers for portable execution.
- Hardware Abstraction Layers - Implements a hardware abstraction layer to decouple core application logic from graphics and audio drivers across different operating systems.
- Game Content Toggling - Toggles between different product versions and editions using compile-time definitions to change features and content.
- Coordinate-Based Glyph Rendering - Displays stylized typography by mapping character indices to specific pixel regions within a bitmap texture.
- Font - Renders text by indexing glyph coordinates from a single image file using accompanying spacing and dimension metadata.
- Build-Time Feature Toggles - Uses preprocessor definitions as build-time toggles to include or exclude specific game editions and content.
- Font Renderers - Implements a font rendering system that converts image-based font data into displayable bitmaps.
- Bitmap - Implements a specialized rendering system that maps characters to image atlases using coordinate and spacing metadata.
- Bitmap Font Rendering - Provides a specialized system for rendering stylized typography using image atlases and coordinate metadata.
- Game Engine Remakes - Source code release for VVVVVV.
- Platformers and Action - Gravity-flipping platformer game.
- Miscellaneous Tools - Source code for a platform game.
- Open Source Games - Source code for the gravity-flipping platformer.
