TheCherno/Hazel
Hazel
Hazel is a C++ game development framework and 3D graphics rendering engine designed for building high-performance interactive software. It provides a foundational architecture that enables the construction of desktop applications through native hardware acceleration.
The project includes a dedicated game engine editor that allows for the design and testing of interactive 3D and 2D scenes within a unified environment. This editor utilizes an immediate mode interface to maintain synchronization with the engine state, while a hardware-agnostic abstraction layer handles rendering commands across different graphics drivers and operating systems.
The engine supports a range of development capabilities, including a component-based entity system for modular logic and a deferred rendering pipeline for complex visual output. It also features a centralized message bus for internal communication and a serialized asset management system that facilitates efficient resource loading and hot-reloading.
The framework provides automated tools to simplify project configuration by managing dependencies and generating platform-specific build files.
Features
- Game Development Frameworks - Serves as a C++ game development framework designed for high-performance interactive software.
- Game Engines - Includes a comprehensive game engine editor for scene design, real-time rendering, and project management.
- Game Development Engines - Provides a foundational architecture for building high-performance interactive game engines and software.
- 3D Rendering Engines - Functions as a high-performance 3D graphics rendering engine for interactive visual output.
- 3D Graphics Pipelines - Provides high-fidelity 3D graphics rendering capabilities using native hardware acceleration.
- Entity Component Systems - Organizes game state into modular data containers processed by independent systems for high-performance entity management.
- 2D and 3D - Supports rendering of both 3D scenes and 2D elements like sprites using native hardware acceleration.
- Scene Renderers - Enables the rendering of complex 3D environments within a native application environment.
- Interactive Application Frameworks - Offers a foundational engine architecture for constructing high-performance interactive desktop applications.
- Game Engines - Interactive application and rendering engine.
- Game Engines - Interactive application and rendering engine.
- Level Editors - Includes a dedicated editor for designing and testing interactive game levels within a unified environment.
- Deferred Rendering Pipelines - Implements a rendering architecture that separates geometry processing from lighting calculations to optimize visual output.
- Graphics API Translators - Provides a hardware-agnostic abstraction layer that translates high-level rendering commands into native graphics API calls.
- Interactive Animation Scenes - Provides a dedicated editor environment for creating, testing, and saving interactive 3D and 2D game scenes.
- Immediate Mode UI Frameworks - Utilizes an immediate mode interface to render the development environment frame-by-frame for real-time state synchronization.
- Event Bus Architectures - Provides a centralized message bus for asynchronous communication between decoupled internal engine modules.
