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Almond Engine - x64 Cross-platform C++20 - Complete 4D Rendering Engine - Focused on Flexability, Future Proofing, and Maximum Performance.

Almond Engine is a contemporary cross-platform library designed for creating and managing Games across multiple platforms. It abstracts platform-specific Game Management code into a unified interface, allowing you to create and manipulate AlmondEngine in a platform-agnostic way.

GPT-4

Features

• Modern Hybrid Design: Combines header-only functional programming with targeted object-oriented principles using C++20 features like DOD, RAII, and concepts.
• Cross-Platform: Supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, WebAssembly, PS5, Xbox, and No-op/Console mode for non-rendering builds.
• Namespace Isolation: Encapsulated within namespace "almond" to prevent global code pollution.
• Custom Memory Management: Efficient memory allocators tailored for game-specific workloads.
• Modular Rendering System: Supports OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX, and texture pooling for optimal batching and resource usage.
• Split-Screen & VR: Native support for local multiplayer and VR integration. (planned)
• Asset Efficiency: Implements texture pools, texture atlasing, and sprite banks for high-performance asset management.
• GUI Framework: Custom UI system with elements like buttons, sliders, and text links, integrated with the rendering pipeline.
• Binary Save System: Includes time-traversal for seamless gameplay replay.
• Future-Proof: Designed with scalability, multi-threading, and async loading for modern game development.

Tested

• Tested in Windows 10/11, and Linux Kubuntu (Ubuntu Debian/KDE)

## Supported Platforms

- **Console** (Headless mode)
- **Windows** (Win32)
- **Linux** (XCB or XLib) (XCB planned, XLib Working!)

- **macOS** (Cocoa) (planned)
- **Android** (Android) (planned)
- **iOS** (UIKit) (planned)
- **WebAssembly** (Emscripten) (planned)
- **PlayStation 5** (PS5) (planned)
- **Xbox** (Xbox) (planned)

Installation

Prerequisites

• vcpkg (Windows and Linux)
• MSVC with C++20 or later, or VSCode, VSCodium on XLib
• CMake 3.10 or later

Building

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Autodidac/AlmondEngine.git
   cd AlmondEngine

Build using WIN32 (Windows 11 64bit) and vs2022:

Simply run the provided vs solution file AlmondEngine.sln in the main folder

Build using WIN32 (Windows 11 64bit) and VSCode:

Simply open the top project folder containing AlmondEngine.sln in VSCode or VSCodium on Linux

CMake works through VSCodium on Linux, CMake is not used directly but should work.

Generate build files using CMake:

Run cmake to generate the build files, then compile:

Build the project:

Basic Build:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Usage

Example Console Batch

@echo off
Example_ConsoleApplication.exe 
pause

Example Console Bash

./Example_CMake_Project1 

Example - This is outdated until this part is finalized

#include "AlmondEngine.h"

int main() {
    auto AlmondEngine = almondengine::renderer::createAlmondEngine();
    if (AlmondEngine->init()) {
        AlmondEngine->createWindow(L"Example Game", 800, 600);
        // Main loop or additional logic here
        AlmondEngine->shutdown();
    }
    return 0;
}

API Reference

almondengine::AlmondEngine
static std::unique_ptr<AlmondEngine> createAlmondEngine()
bool init()
bool createWindow(const wchar_t* title, int width, int height)
void shutdown()

Platform-specific Implementations

The platform-specific implementation files are organized into separate source files. Each implementation file contains the initialization, window creation, and shutdown code for a specific platform.

-Windows: aleEntryPoint_Win32.cpp and aleEntryPoint_Win32.h

-macOS: aleEntryPoint_Mac.cpp and aleEntryPoint_Mac.h

-Linux: aleEntryPoint_Linux.cpp and aleEntryPoint_Linux.h

-Android: aleEntryPoint_Android.cpp and aleEntryPoint_Android.h

-iOS: aleEntryPoint_IOS.cpp and aleEntryPoint_IOS.h

-WebAssembly: aleEntryPoint_WebAssembly.cpp and aleEntryPoint_WebAssembly.h

-PlayStation 5: aleEntryPoint_PS5.cpp and aleEntryPoint_PS5.h

-Xbox: aleEntryPoint_Xbox.cpp and aleEntryPoint_Xbox.h

-No-op mode: aleEntryPoint_Console.cpp and aleEntryPoint_Console.h

License

Almond Engine is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

If you're not aware of the MIT License get familiar with it.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for guidelines.

Acknowledgements

This project was developed with the support of OpenAI's GPT-4, which provided valuable assistance in generating code and design ideas.

I appreciate the power and capabilities of GPT-4 in aiding the creation of this project and others.

Almond Engine - A GPT-4 Cross-platform Library For All! Almost Entirely Built and Designed by AI - Even much of this readme and the CMakeLists.txt are written by GPT-4.. what a wonderful tool Thank You Again!