RodEngine is a custom C++ game engine I'm building from scratch. It's currently based on The Cherno's game engine series, which serves as the foundation for learning and early development. Once I complete the tutorials, I plan to expand the engine with my own architecture, features, and tools.
⚠️ RodEngine is in early development. Expect rapid changes, incomplete systems, and experimental features.
- Windows
- Visual Studio 2022
- Git
- Python 3.13+
- CMake 3.30+
- Premake5
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Clone the repository (with submodules):
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Plecaj/RodEngine.git
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Navigate to the project root folder:
cd RodEngine -
Navigate into the
scripts/directory:cd scripts -
Run the Windows setup script to generate project files:
Win-GenProjects.bat
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Open the generated solution file:
After running the script, a
.slnfile will be created in the root directory. Open it using Visual Studio. -
Build the solution:
Once the solution is open, set your desired configuration (Debug, Release, etc.) and build the project.
- 🖥️ Platform: Windows
- 💻 Language: C++
- 🏗️ Build System: Premake5
- 🎨 Rendering: OpenGL
- 🖱️ Windowing & Input: GLFW (with minor changes for no windows titlebar support)
- 📐 Math Library: GLM
- 🖥️ GUI: ImGui, ImGuizmo
- ⚛️ ECS Library: entt
- 📝 Logging: spdlog
- 🖼️ Image Loading: stb_image
- 🔧 Shader Compilation: Shaderc
- High-performance 3D rendering with support for meshes, models, materials, and textures
- Physically-Based Rendering (PBR) pipeline with real-time lighting and shadows
- Support for multiple rendering APIs (OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX, Metal)
- Efficient batching, frustum culling, and draw call optimization
- Post-processing effects: bloom, HDR, motion blur, and SSAO
- Built-in 3D scene editor with drag-and-drop functionality
- Visual UI editor for interfaces, menus, and HUDs
- Real-time preview and live editing of scenes and assets
- Asset management for models, textures, shaders, animations, and audio
- Cross-platform support: Windows, Linux, macOS
- 3D spatial audio engine with sound positioning
- Sound effects and music management with mixing, layering, and attenuation
- C# scripting support with hot-reload capability
- Easy-to-use API for engine features and gameplay logic
- 3D physics engine with rigid bodies, colliders, and joints
- Collision detection, resolution, and physics simulation
- Rod’s custom ECS architecture for scalable, data-driven performance
- Multi-threading support and job system for parallelized tasks
Special thanks to The Cherno for the incredible game engine tutorial series, which helped kickstart this project and continues to be a valuable learning resource.