Projects sharing features with Vcmi

Minetest Game is an open-source voxel sandbox engine that provides a foundational environment for building, exploring, and modifying procedurally generated worlds. It functions as a creative platform where users can construct complex structures and interact with a three-dimensional, block-based landscape without predefined goals or hostile entities. The project distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that separates game mechanics from the core engine. By utilizing a sandboxed scripting environment and event-driven hooks, it allows for the dynamic modification of game behavior, ena

Space Station 14 is a C# multiplayer game and roleplay simulation framework. It is built upon an Entity-Component-System (ECS) game engine that separates logic into systems and data into components to manage complex entity interactions. The project functions as a grid-based physics simulator with a YAML data-driven prototype system for defining game objects. The project features a specialized 2D sprite rendering engine that maps server-side appearance data to client-side shaders. It implements a networking model with client-side prediction and dirty-flagged state synchronization to reduce inp

This project is a real-time strategy game and military combat simulator focused on modern warfare. It provides a simulation where players build bases and command military units to achieve tactical objectives and execute combat operations across various global locations. The software functions as a user-generated content platform, featuring a community workshop for creating, uploading, and sharing custom maps. It also includes a narrative-driven single-player campaign consisting of a series of strategic missions. Gameplay involves battling computer-controlled commanders that utilize distinct

This repository is a comprehensive collection of functional 2D and 3D demo projects and implementation samples for the Godot Game Engine. It serves as an interactive tutorial and reference library, providing a working codebase to demonstrate how to apply engine features in real-world scenarios. The collection focuses on practical implementation guides, covering a wide array of technical capabilities from basic engine fundamentals to advanced rendering and scripting techniques. It allows users to study the application of node-based composition, asset pipelines, and game logic through direct ex

FXGL is a 2D game engine and development framework designed for Java and Kotlin. It provides a structured environment for building cross-platform desktop games, integrating a central game loop with an entity component system and a JavaFX-based scene graph for rendering. The toolkit distinguishes itself by providing a comprehensive suite of integrated libraries for game AI pathfinding, physics collision resolution, and multiplayer networking via TCP and UDP protocols. It includes specialized systems for adaptive user interface design using global stylesheets and a data-driven asset management

Battle for Wesnoth is an open-source turn-based strategy game set in a high fantasy world, built around hex-grid tactical combat. At its core, it is both a complete game and a game engine, offering single-player campaigns and multiplayer battles where players command faction-specific units across terrain that provides tactical advantages. The project is fundamentally a turn-based strategy game with a dedicated multiplayer platform, supporting online and local matches with replay recording and playback. What distinguishes Wesnoth is its deep commitment to custom content creation and modding. T

Fabric API is a modular framework designed for Minecraft mod development, providing a standardized set of hooks and libraries that enable the integration of custom content into the game. It serves as a foundational toolkit for injecting custom logic, assets, and networked data into the game environment during both startup and runtime phases. The framework distinguishes itself by facilitating interoperability between independent modifications through shared events and interface-based contracts, which allow different mods to interact without requiring direct dependencies. It manages the complex

Endless Sky is an open-source space trading simulation, 2D space combat simulator, and narrative exploration game. It functions as a plugin-based game engine that allows users to explore a vast universe, engage in tactical ship battles, and progress through a central plot within a sandbox environment. The project is distinguished by its highly moddable architecture, utilizing a directory-based plugin system and data-driven entity definitions to allow for content extensions and behavior overrides without recompiling source code. It further supports visual customization through programmable ver

Zelda64Recomp is a native game recompilation project that translates legacy binary machine code into modern machine code. It functions as a native hardware port and a static recompiled binary, executing original game logic directly on modern CPUs and GPUs to run without an emulator. The project serves as a moddable game engine, providing a framework to apply community texture packs and code patches to the recompiled title. It includes native hardware porting capabilities that remove emulator overhead to improve stability and frame rate control. The software covers retro game modernization th

Warzone 2100 is an open-source real-time strategy game engine focused on tactical combat and base building. It operates as a real-time strategy game engine utilizing a data-driven asset pipeline and providing cross-platform support. The project features a modular unit design system that uses a technology tree to construct combat entities by combining chassis, propulsion, and weapon components. It includes a lockstep multiplayer network engine to synchronize game state across distributed clients for competitive matches, as well as a JavaScript game scripting framework for implementing custom l

This is the original C source code for the Quake game engine, a landmark first-person shooter engine from the 1990s. It is a retro game engine that renders 3D environments and processes player input in real time using CPU-based software rendering rather than GPU acceleration. The engine supports networked multiplayer gameplay over LAN or internet connections and is designed to be moddable, allowing users to create and run custom game modifications and levels. The engine's architecture includes a Binary Space Partition tree for efficient world geometry organization and visibility determination

Unciv is an open-source, cross-platform turn-based strategy game and a community-driven remake of a commercial strategy title. It simulates empire building, city management, and technological research for players on Android and desktop platforms. The project is designed as a moddable game engine, allowing users to override gameplay rules, modify units and buildings via external definition files, and replace audiovisual assets. It supports the distribution of custom maps and the ability to import mod archives from remote web addresses. The application includes a dedicated server for multiplay

Vis is a terminal-based modal text editor that utilizes vi keybindings and a system of structural regular expressions. It functions as a scriptable environment where Lua is used for configuration, custom key mappings, and plugin development. The editor distinguishes itself through a syntax highlighting system based on Parsing Expression Grammars and a pattern matching engine that treats text as a structure for complex search and replace operations. It also integrates directly with the system shell, allowing users to pipe text ranges to external commands and capture the resulting output. The

Sol2 is a C++ Lua binding library that serves as a language interoperability layer for integrating Lua scripts into C++ applications. It acts as a scripting wrapper and API toolkit, enabling the execution of Lua code and the management of shared state within a native C++ environment. The library focuses on automated function and type mapping to bridge native C++ classes and complex data types with the Lua scripting engine. It provides mechanisms for bidirectional data exchange, allowing compiled logic and variables to be synchronized between the host application and the script runtime. The s

This project is a programming education resource and a collection of vintage game ports. It provides a library of classic computer game implementations and algorithmic problems translated into modern memory-safe scripting languages for educational study and execution. The collection focuses on the implementation of game logic and the practice of fundamental computer science algorithms. It includes diverse examples of procedural content generation, such as random mazes and text-based art, alongside mathematical visualizations. The project covers a wide array of simulation categories, includin

The GoldSrc game engine is a 3D game framework and first-person shooter engine designed for building and running interactive software. It functions as a moddable game framework, providing a system for creating custom game rules and content through client-side code and shared libraries. The project includes a game engine SDK and development tools for compiling custom game logic into dynamic link libraries. This modular structure allows for the development and distribution of game modifications on Windows and Linux platforms.

KBEngine is a distributed game server engine and backend infrastructure designed for massively multiplayer online environments. It provides a multi-process architecture to handle high player concurrency and real-time interactions within a shared virtual world. The system features a scriptable game logic framework that combines a high-performance core with a high-level scripting language. This allows for game behavior modifications through a hot-fixable runtime that updates logic without requiring server restarts. The engine manages server scaling via dynamic load balancing across multiple ha

Urho3D is a cross-platform 3D game engine written in C++. It uses a component-based scene graph to compose game objects from nodes and attached components, separating transforms from behaviors for modular design. The engine integrates AngelScript and Lua scripting for game logic, uses the Bullet library for physics simulation, and renders scenes with OpenGL or Direct3D through forward, deferred, or light pre-pass pipelines with customizable render passes and shadow mapping. The engine distinguishes itself with a built-in visual scene and UI editor for composing 3D worlds and interface layouts

LuaViewSDK is a cross-platform UI engine and framework that uses a Lua-based scripting engine to render native user interfaces across multiple mobile operating systems. It functions as a dynamic UI orchestrator, separating interface logic from the underlying operating system to allow for the creation of native views driven by scripts. The system features a bidirectional native scripting bridge for exchanging data and triggering functions between the script runtime and native platform APIs. It also includes a Lua game runtime capable of executing interactive graphics and lightweight games thro

jynew is a 3D RPG game engine and development framework designed for building three-dimensional role playing games. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for scene editing, game logic scripting, and the creation of 3D environments. The project features a specialized 3D asset management pipeline for importing and aligning models and animations, including specific tools for weapon attachment and rendering. It includes a dedicated combat system editor for defining battle encounters, skill effects, and combat grids with real-time synchronization. Additionally, it provides a game modding fram

Defold is a cross-platform game engine and integrated development environment used to create 2D and 3D games for desktop, mobile, and web targets. It combines a game development IDE for asset and scene management with a multi-platform build system and a scripting environment based on Lua. The engine includes a specialized headless runtime for hosting game servers and performing automated testing without a graphical interface. It supports native engine extensions, allowing custom low-level code to be integrated into the core to expand functionality beyond the standard scripting interface. The

Veloren is an open-source multiplayer RPG featuring a voxel-based action adventure in a procedurally generated fantasy world. It is built upon a voxel game engine that supports 3D rendering via Vulkan and Metal, utilizing a procedural world generator to create geography and ecosystems based on erosion algorithms and temperature maps. The project is distinguished by a sandboxed plugin system using WebAssembly, which allows for the addition of new game logic and equipment without recompiling the core engine. It also features a dedicated game server architecture designed to synchronize state, ma

Warriorjs is a programming game framework and code-based logic puzzle where players write code to control characters and solve strategic combat challenges. It serves as an educational coding game designed to teach programming logic and algorithmic thinking through a series of combat scenarios. The project functions as an extensible game engine that allows the addition of new universes, levels, abilities, and units via independent package extensions. It also provides tools for custom level design, enabling the creation of challenges for other players to solve. The system manages game entity d

Odin Serializer is a framework designed for the Unity game engine to convert complex object graphs into persistent binary or JSON formats. It provides a system for saving and loading intricate class structures, including nested generics and polymorphic types, while maintaining the structural integrity of the data. The framework distinguishes itself through its support for ahead-of-time compilation, generating necessary type metadata during the build process to ensure functionality on platforms that restrict runtime reflection. It integrates directly with the Unity engine lifecycle, allowing f

VeryNginx is a Lua-based Nginx extension and programmable web application firewall. It provides a management control panel and a traffic monitoring dashboard to configure server settings and analyze request statistics without manual configuration file edits. The project implements a programmable security layer to filter malicious traffic and block common web attacks, such as SQL injection and directory traversal. It includes tools for bot traffic restriction through request rate limiting and browser identity verification. The system covers traffic management via URI routing and redirection,

Ruby Warrior is an educational programming game and scripting sandbox designed to teach the Ruby language. It functions as a turn-based strategy engine where users write scripts to control a character's behavior and solve puzzles within a grid-based world. The platform focuses on algorithmic logic and decision-making, requiring users to write autonomous scripts that navigate obstacles and defeat enemies. It provides a gamified environment for practicing tactical scripting and interactive Ruby learning. The system includes a state-querying API for detecting environment tiles and character pos

This project is a Lua-based firmware environment for the ESP8266 WiFi chip, providing an embedded Lua interpreter and a development framework for WiFi SoC hardware. It functions as a C-based wrapper around the Espressif non-OS SDK, enabling the execution of asynchronous scripts to manage wireless communication and hardware peripherals. The environment integrates a SPIFFS flash filesystem for storing persistent scripts and data directly on non-volatile memory. To optimize limited hardware resources, the system utilizes execute-in-place flash execution, running read-only constants and instructi