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169 lines
4.1 KiB
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# Tesseract-Engine
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**A 3D Game Engine for Small to Medium-sized Games**
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Tesseract-Engine is a lightweight and powerful game engine designed for developers working on small to medium-sized projects. With a simple and visually appealing interface, it offers a LUA scripting environment and is built in C++ for optimal performance.
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Join The Discord!
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[https://discord.gg/qAc4RrYH](https://discord.gg/qAc4RrYH)
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## Features
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- **User-Friendly Interface**: Simplifies the game development process.
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- **Lua Scripting Support**: Integrates Lua for customizable and flexible scripting.
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- **Engine Tools**: Includes utilities like a profiler and playback system.
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- **High Compatibility**: Supports various asset formats, including OBJ files and dynamic textures.
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## Tools and Libraries Used
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- [ImGui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui): For UI creation.
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- [GCML](https://dock-it.dev/GigabiteStudios/gcml): General C Macros Library
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- [DLL-Extractor](https://dock-it.dev/Bit-By-Byte/DLL-Extractor): For managing and extracting DLL dependencies.
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## Development History
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### Note: Screenshots are sorted by version.
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## **Version 0.0.131**
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**Updates:**
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- Added Guizmos
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- Added Mesh Visualisers
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- Added Global Settings
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- Lua Changes
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- Added Intelisence Headers for Engine and KeyCodes
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- Changed Lua `require` to not need a path
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- Added Culling
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- Fixed GLCalls Count
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- Removed Unused Code (TestMesh.cpp)
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**Screenshot:**
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## **Version 0.0.102**
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**Updates:**
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- Added More Themes
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- Added `Engine.KeyDown()`
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- Added `KeyCode` "Returns a Bool if the key is down"
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- `local KeyCode = require("keycode")`
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- `KeyCode:Space`
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- `KeyCode:A`
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- Fixed Primary Camera on Load
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- Remade Transform Inspector
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- Remade Camera Inspector
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- Remade Play/Pause Button
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- Added -DTIMERS to include more Profiler Timers (May slow down Engine)
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- Remade Mesh Componenet Inspector to be cleaner
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.93**
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**Updates:**
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- Added support for OBJ Files with MTL Textures
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- Optimised OBJ Importer
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- Added `Engine.Expose("var name", <local var>)`
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- This Exposes a variable to the editor GUI
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- Made the LUA Engine be a `require("engine")`
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- Remade Profiler to be more readable
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.76**
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**Updates:**
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- **Engine Profiler**: Visualize frame resource usage for optimization.
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- **Playback System**: Start and pause gameplay with automatic scene saving and restoration.
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- **Lua Math Library**: Includes `math.lua` for advanced calculations.
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```lua
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local Math = require("math")
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```
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- **Temporary File Access**: Added C++ function to create temporary files.
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.68**
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**Updates:**
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- **Script Component**: Enhanced Lua scripting integration.
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- **Lua Editor (WIP)**: A basic Lua script editor.
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- **Lua Binding**: API for interfacing Lua with the engine.
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```lua
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Engine.GetGameObjectByTag("")
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Component::GetComponent("")
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Engine.Log("")
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Transform:SetPosition(vec3)
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Transform:SetRotation(vec3)
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```
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.50**
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**Updates:**
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- **Texture Preview**: Automatic texture and model loading.
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.45**
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**Updates:**
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- **OBJ File Support**: Added compatibility for OBJ asset files.
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.37**
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**Updates:**
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- **Dynamic Texture Support**: Enhanced texture management and rendering.
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.33**
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.23**
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**Screenshot:**
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### **Version 0.0.15**
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**Screenshot:**
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