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https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine

Cross-platform (desktop, mobile, console) 3D and 2D game engine supporting many asset formats (glTF, X3D, Spine...) and using modern Object Pascal
https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine

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Cross-platform (desktop, mobile, console) 3D and 2D game engine supporting many asset formats (glTF, X3D, Spine...) and using modern Object Pascal

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Castle Game Engine

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["Castle Game Engine"](https://castle-engine.io/) is a cross-platform (desktop, mobile, console) 3D and 2D game engine.



![Castle Game Engine - editor with terrain](https://castle-engine.io/images/not_resized_original/combined_cge_logo_game.png)



We feature:



* Powerful visual editor to design 3D and 2D games.



* A lot of components to design viewport contents (3D and 2D world, using scenes, cameras, navigation, primitives, lights...) and user inteface (buttons, images, labels...).



* Support for glTF, X3D, Spine and more formats.



* Composable shader effects, shadows, mirrors, physically based rendering, bump mapping, gamma correction...



* Fast clean code using modern Pascal.



* We are free and open-source.



See https://castle-engine.io/features for the complete list of engine features.



Installation and building your first application

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See the [Installation](https://castle-engine.io/install) manual page.



We recommend you download the engine from [our downloads](https://castle-engine.io/download), unpack the release and then run `bin/castle-editor` executable inside.



If you got the source code straight from our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/) then read first [Compiling from source](https://castle-engine.io/compiling_from_source.php).



Usage in short:



- Our [editor](https://castle-engine.io/manual_editor.php) is used to design and build your applications.



- Our [build tool](https://castle-engine.io/build_tool) is used to build your applications from the command-line.



    Both the build tool and editor use the project settings

    from the [CastleEngineManifest.xml](https://castle-engine.io/project_manifest)

    file.



- You can also use [Lazarus](https://www.lazarus-ide.org/).



    Make sure to register in Lazarus our packages. It's easiest to do this using the button _"Register Lazarus Packages"_ in CGE editor _"Preferences -> FPC and Lazarus"_ (see https://castle-engine.io/install ).



    You can install the `castle_components.lpk` package in Lazarus, to have LCL component `TCastleControl` (see https://castle-engine.io/control_on_form ).



    You can build the most important CGE packages and tools (editor, build tool) using Lazarus [project group](https://wiki.freepascal.org/Project_Groups) called `most_important_lazarus_packages_and_tools.lpg`.



- You can also use [Visual Studio Code](https://castle-engine.io/vscode). We feature a Pascal LSP server that can do code completion for Pascal and CGE API.



Documentation

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- [Manual](https://castle-engine.io/manual_intro.php) is the most recommended way to learn the engine.



- [API reference](https://castle-engine.io/apidoc/html/index.html).



    It is also available offline in the engine archive (if you downloaded the binary engine release), just open the file `doc/reference/index.html` in your WWW browser.



- Numerous examples are provided in the `examples/` subdirectory.



- [Guide to creating game data](https://castle-engine.io/creating_data_intro.php).



Support

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Questions? Talk to us on [forum or Discord chat](https://castle-engine.io/talk.php).



[Support us on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/castleengine).



License

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The engine is available on the terms of LGPL >= 2 license with "static linking exception". This is the same license as used by FPC RTL and Lazarus LCL. In short, you *can* make commercial and closed-source games using the engine, you only have to share your modifications to the engine core.



See [license](https://castle-engine.io/license) for details.



Have fun!



Authors

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This is the life project of _Michalis Kamburelis_.



Thank you to [all the contributors and supporters](https://castle-engine.io/credits) for making the engine with me throughout the years. Keep it going please :)