A cross-platform C# game engine built on top of SDL3.

Night Engine aims to provide a "batteries-included," in-code editor experience for game development. It consists of two main parts:

1. Night Framework: A heavily Love2D-inspired API for C# developers, providing a foundational layer for low-level game development tasks. This is the current focus of development. It leverages SDL3 for cross-platform capabilities. I am aiming for Love2D API parity.
2. Night.Engine (Future): An optional, opinionated game engine built on top of the Night framework. It will offer higher-level systems like Scene Management, ECS (Entity Component System), and more, allowing game designers to focus on building games.

This project also intends to be AI-friendly, with clear documentation and API design to assist non-programmer game designers.

• Window Management: Creating and managing the game window.
• Input Handling: Basic keyboard and mouse input.
• 2D Graphics Rendering: Loading and drawing sprites, clearing the screen, and presenting frames.
• Game Loop Structure: A managed game loop with Load, Update, Draw, and KeyPressed callbacks.
• Sample Game: A basic platformer demonstrating framework features.
• Documentation: API documented.

The core of the project is the Night.dll library. This assembly contains:

• The Night namespace: Provides the Love2D-inspired Night.Framework API.
• The Night.Engine namespace: Will house the future higher-level, more opinionated game engine components. Not yet implemented.

• Project Foundation & SDL3 Integration
• Window Management (Night.Window)
• Input Handling
• 2D Graphics Rendering (Night.Graphics)
• Game Loop Structure (Night.Framework.Run)
• Sample Game (Night.SampleGame) demonstrates framework features.
• Timer Module (Night.Timer) - Basic delta time is implemented, further Love2D parity planned.
• Filesystem Module (Night.Filesystem) - Basic needs met by .NET System.IO, further Love2D parity planned.
• Audio Module (Night.Audio, Night.Sound)
• Font Module (Night.Font)
• Joystick Module (Night.Joystick)
• Event Module (Night.Event) - Beyond basic KeyPressed callback.
• Touch Module (Night.Touch)
• Video Module (Night.Video)
• Data Module (Night.Data)
• Math Module (Night.Math) - Beyond System.Math, for Love2D specific functions.
• System Module (Night.System) - Beyond basic OS info.
• LLM friendly documentation
• More Game samples

• Manager system (Assets, Scenes, etc.)
• Entity Component System (ECS)
• Scene Management & Scene Graph
• Advanced Asset Management
• Dear ImGui Integration
• Quake-Style Debug Console

1. Ensure mise is installed.

2. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/nightconcept/NightEngine.git
   cd NightEngine

3. Install project-specific tools and dependencies:

   mise install

4. Build the solution:

   mise build

5. Run the sample game:

   mise game

Contributions... eventually! When I feel like the code-base is in a good place, I will update contributions.

This project is licensed under the zlib License. See also NOTICE.md for details on third-party software.