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Copyright © 2007-2008 Diggory Hardy |
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License: GNU General Public License version 2 or later (see COPYING) |
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--- Some brief info --- |
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-- Platforms -- |
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Linux: My development platform. |
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Windows: Poorly tested; dsss.conf needs some adjusting. |
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-- Dependencies -- |
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Compile-time: |
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tango (at least r3697) |
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derelict (at least r300) |
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Run-time: |
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Sdl |
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FreeType 2.3.5 (2.3.0 might work; older versions probably won't due to the binding not finding some (unneeded) symbols). |
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OpenGL 1.3 or higher |
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Build instructions: |
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dsss build |
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Then run the executable (from the current directory unless you install mde and/or use path options): |
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bin/mde or bin\mde |
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Testing: |
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dsss clean (this is important if a previous build exists!) |
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dsss build -debug -debug=mdeUnitTest -C-unittest |
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bin/mde or bin\mde |
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Credits: |
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Me (Diggory Hardy) for just about everything in mde as of now. |
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Someone (?) for the toDg function in mde.util . |
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Also thanks to: |
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Walter Bright and Digital Mars for D and DMD. |
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The tango team. |
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[derelict] |
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[sdl] |
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[opengl] |
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[freetype] |
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--- Goal --- |
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Mde is an attempt to build a game engine. |
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It is my second serious attempt at a game engine, following on from ge118 (http://diggory.hardy.googlepages.com/ge118). GE118 was written in C++, starting from some basic OpenGL and SDL tests and some of my early ideas about implementing an engine, and was heavily revised over time as I learned more about programming. |
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Mde â a Modular D (game-oriented) Engine â was started after I discovered D, and decided I wanted to make a clean start. The acronym starts "modular" because, from experience working on ge118, I had discovered that tightly-related module dependancies (and worse, circular dependancies) caused many difficulties while programming and prevented good designs of components; thus I wanted to separate each part of the project in order to enable better design and facilitate developing a replacement for a part of the program (in case someone would wish to do so). |
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It is not a library, since: |
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a) IMO, different games using the same engine should, where possible (which should be the case with an open source engine) share the same executable and only use config/command line arguments to select the different game. |
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b) The source is tied together so tightly and is only designed to be used in one way; thus there seems little point organising it as a library and example app. |
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Anyway, anyone wanting to use it as a library need only remove mde/mde.d and compile it. |
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--- FAQ (or just a few questions) --- |
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+ How many lines are there? |
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# wc -l $(find . -name "*.d") |
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As of my last count, that was 10227. |
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+ Why is the code so DENSE? |
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That's just my coding style (I still mostly stick to the D style guide). I like code to look neat, but I don't like spacing it out a lot because then it takes more room (more scrolling) and IMO it becomes harder to visualise what goes on. |
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+ What toolkits/external libraries are used? |
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tango |
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derelict (SDL, OpenGL, FreeType 2) |
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+ What libraries are planned to be used? |
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OpenAL, if I get around to doing anything with audio. |
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