ensisoft/detonator
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2D game engine and editor 💥💣
31 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 5 stories, 26 comments · first 2020-09-19 · latest 2026-04-26
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…out the data format quite fast and easily. Here screenshots of some UI styles that it generated. https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator/tree/master/uikit
comment by samiv · 2026-04-26 · in Using coding assistance tools to revive projects you never were going to finish -
…SMEGMA companies. I wrote (for example) my 2D game engine from scratch (3rd party libs excluded) https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator but would not be able to pass a LC type interview that requires multiple LC hard solutions and a couple…
comment by samiv · 2025-09-12 · in Many hard LeetCode problems are easy constraint problems -
…can handle all the adjacent work that is super critical for the success of the whole thing. [1] https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2025-05-20 · in Making video games (without an engine) in 2025 -
…a list of functions in the script editor to the game developer. Far from perfect. [see link below] https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator/blob/master/screens/ed...
comment by samiv · 2025-05-16 · in Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua -
…idea! Here's what I have myself: https://ensisoft.com/demos/break/game.html Made with this engine https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2025-02-26 · in Show HN: Breakout with a roguelite/vampire survivor twist -
…going about this the DIY way building my own game engine. Those interested can find more info here: https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2025-01-23 · in Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (1939-1945) -
…going goes a long way towards a code base that actually has tests. I have something very similar. https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator/blob/master/base/test_... Borrowed heavily from boost.test.minimal and used to be a single header but…
comment by samiv · 2025-01-12 · in Obvious things C should do -
…I'd recommend to use WebAudio. Sokol has a pretty workable wrapper for that. Source for all this: https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2024-12-18 · in Castle Game Engine: In progress: web target, IFC, mORMot sample -
…but it's completely drag & drop in the editor. Styling (skinning) is also via UI builder. Source: https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator/tree/master/uikit Live demo: https://ensisoft.com/demos/ui/game.html Question, how do you handle…
comment by samiv · 2024-12-18 · in Show HN: Brisk – Cross-Platform C++ GUI Framework: Declarative, Reactive, Fast -
…checking against array/vector size and they don't really require specific 'testing'. (example here: https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator/blob/master/game/tilem... ) "The test of my assertion is: show me some real-ish code where you think…
comment by samiv · 2024-11-25 · in Rust's Two Kinds of 'Assert' Make for Better Code -
…of your "characters" speed then you've just created "parallax scrolling" essentially. ----- https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2024-10-08 · in My first game with Carimbo, my homemade engine -
Don't want to be a bother but if had the time I'd love to hear your thoughts on this https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator It's a (2D only) game engine I've been putting together for years and obviously not yet at a level comparable to…
comment by samiv · 2024-09-09 · in Core: an experimental new way to write videogames -
Two years is not much. I've worked on mine for over 4 years by now ;-) https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator Too bad there's no actual technical information about the authors engine.
comment by samiv · 2024-08-18 · in I spent 2 years building my own game engine (Rust, WASM, WebGPU) -
…time writing those pesky Vulkan vertex descriptor descriptor descriptors ;-) Btw this is my engine: https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2024-06-06 · in I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it -
…help The editor is integrated in my game engine's editor. You can find more details on my GitHub https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2024-06-02 · in What I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60k lines of code -
…(actually using a mix of two frame states to produce the rendering) would be a workable solution? https://github.com/ensisoft/detonator
comment by samiv · 2024-05-03 · in Making a 3D modeler in C in a week -
Nice, mine is a 2D engine. http://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-11-07 · in How does a game engine work? an overview (2016) -
…time on enter and exit. However I'm leveraging the UI built into chromium for the visualization. https://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio/blob/master/base/trac...
comment by ensiferum · 2021-11-05 · in Optick: C++ Profiler for Games -
…between doing the "fun stuff" abd the boilerplate "just has to be done" parts. It's on GitHub here http://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-11-04 · in Finishing my first game while working full-time -
…on a 2D game engine myself. Still incorporating some things before "Show HN". Comments welcome. https://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-10-25 · in Luxe: Cross platform, rapid development game engine -
…some work to before MVP. Sadly for LD you really need a browser game basically.feedback appreciated https://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-10-02 · in Ludum Dare 49 (Game jam) -
Well since you asked...a 2D game engine https://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-09-18 · in How to rapidly improve at any programming language (2016) -
…doing myself in my current UI lib (which has a very specific use case but the point still applies). https://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio/blob/master/uikit/win...
comment by ensiferum · 2021-08-27 · in Iced: A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm -
If you're interested in a 2D engine you might be interested in https://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-08-21 · in RG3D (Rust game engine) feature highlights -
Been also working on a 2D game engine and editor. Still a few features missing but getting there! http://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2021-06-20 · in LDtk: A modern and open-source 2D level editor -
…+editor. Not release ready yet but if its your cup of tea have a look and please share Feedback. http://github.com/ensisoft/gamestudio
comment by ensiferum · 2020-09-19 · in rg3d: Rust 3D game engine with an FPS demo game and scene editor