Nimgame 2

A simple 2D game engine for Nim language.

For more information check home page.

Coding style guide for the contributors.

All pull requests should be done into the devel branch.

Status: v0.6.2 alpha

Requires:

• sdl2_nim package (v2.0.14.2 or newer).


• Runtime libraries for:
  
  
  
  • SDL 2.0.12 or newer
  
  
  • SDL_gfx 1.0.1
  
  
  • SDL_image 2.0.2
  
  
  • SDL_mixer 2.0.2
  
  
  • SDL_ttf 2.0.14 (see SDL2 links)
  
  

Optional dependencies:

• For plugin/mpeggraphic
  
  
  
  • mpg123 runtime library (dll is distributed within SDL_)
  
  


• For plugin/tar:
  
  
  
  • zip
  
  
  • zlib runtime library (dll is distributed within SDL2_image builds)
  
  


• For plugin/zzip:
  
  
  
  • zip
  
  
  • zlib runtime library (dll is distributed within SDL2_image builds)
  
  
  • zzip runtime library
  
  

Installation through Nimble:

• stable version: nimble install nimgame2@#head


• development version: nimble install nimgame2@#devel

Recommended compilation flags:

--multimethods:on -d:release --opt:speed

Links:

• home page


• demos


• tutorials


• documentation


• ng2planetoids - first demo game.


• ng2gggrotto - Linux Game Jam 2017 entry.

Changelog:

v0.6.2 alpha (2021-08-20)

• Maintenance release to keep up with the current versions of Nim and sdl2_nim until v0.7 is ready

v0.6.1 alpha (2019-06-15)

• Nim v0.20.0 transition

v0.6 alpha (2019-01-21)

• new modules: typewriter


• new plugins: mpeggraphic (+demo22), tar, zzip


• new utils procedures: textureFormat, textureFormats, toSeq, neg, new rand procedures


• color constants


• audio: playing template


• emitter: emission areas, procedure argument for emit


• entity: animation callback, blinking, scale parameters, dim template (by CodeDoes)


• input: mouse wheel events (by CodeDoes)


• icon surface init option


• RW loading procedures


• simplified time counters


• demo23 (transform) (by CodeDoes)


• various minor changes and upgrades, code refactoring


• Nim v0.19.0 transition

v0.5 alpha (2017-08-01)

• changed physics and logic systems


• platformer physics


• CoordInt type


• now collider module is autmatically included into the entity module


• group collider


• huge Tilemap optimizations


• various utility Tilemap procedures


• TextureGraphic.drawTiled


• GUI:
  
  
  
  • GUIProgressBar
  
  
  • widget actions
  
  


• various minor changes and upgrades


• Nim v0.17.0 transition


• documentation, snippets, and demos update


• second tutorial

v0.4 alpha (2017-05-04)

• GUI:
  
  
  
  • RadioGroup
  
  
  • RadioButton
  
  


• IndexedImage


• PerspectiveImage


• TextureAtlas


• joysticks support


• window management procedures


• 4 new demos


• first tutorial

v0.3 alpha (2017-03-10)

• camera property (Scene)


• new collision procedures


• reworked input


• Mosaic


• parallax property (Entity)


• TextField


• GUI:
  
  
  
  • Widget
  
  
  • Button
  
  
  • TextInput
  
  


• 3 new demos


• home page, snippets, and documentation

v0.2 alpha (2017-01-31)

• collider optimizations


• music playlists


• random procedures


• tilemaps


• tweens


• emitters


• various fixes


• 4 new demos

v0.1 alpha (2017-01-16)

• base scene/entity system


• assets manager


• basic sound and music


• colliders (point, box, circle, line, and polygon)


• fonts (bitmap and TrueType) and text output


• keyboard and mouse input


• vector drawing procedures