PaperEngine is a game engine that my friend and I developed in C++ for a school project where we had to make a historical game. We decided to build our own engine from scratch using OpenGL as the RenderAPI because we wanted learn interesting stuff about rendering and writing an engine in general.
The engine is designed to be easy to use, flexible, and powerful. It works on Windows only for now, but we're thinking about adding support for other platforms like macOS and Linux. We didn't bother adding a physics renderer yet, but it's on our to-do list.
The Engine is inspired from TheCherno's Hazel Engine.
First to say, you don't need to install any dependencies because the necessary one are all statically linked.
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Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/pascalgutsche/PaperEngine.git -
Go into the setup folder and execute the
setup.bat. -
In the setup script you will be asked for a project name. Enter it, but in
lower case. -
Last but not least, you have to execute the
build.batin the root directory. This is generating your .sln file for you so you can open the project in Visual Studio or whatever other program supports .sln files.
Now that you've successfully set up your project, take a look at the Repository-Wiki (WIP as of 04.05.2023) which explains how to end up using the engine.
If you encounter any bugs or have ideas for features that haven't been implemented yet, please don't hesitate to open an issue or create a pull request. Your contributions are greatly appreciated, and we welcome your help in developing this engine further.