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https://github.com/Vladar4/nimgame2

A simple 2D game engine for Nim language.
https://github.com/Vladar4/nimgame2

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A simple 2D game engine for Nim language.

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Nimgame 2

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A simple 2D game engine for Nim language.



For more information check [home page](https://vladar4.github.io/nimgame2/).



[Coding style guide](STYLE.md) for the contributors.



All pull requests should be done into the **devel** branch.



Status: v0.6.2 alpha

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Requires:

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* [sdl2_nim](https://github.com/Vladar4/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](https://github.com/Vladar4/sdl2_nim/blob/master/LINKS.md))



Optional dependencies:

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* For plugin/mpeggraphic

  * mpg123 runtime library (dll is distributed within SDL_)

* For plugin/tar:

  * [zip](https://github.com/nim-lang/zip)

  * zlib runtime library (dll is distributed within SDL2_image builds)

* For plugin/zzip:

  * [zip](https://github.com/nim-lang/zip)

  * zlib runtime library (dll is distributed within SDL2_image builds)

  * zzip runtime library



Installation through [Nimble](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble):

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* stable version: `nimble install nimgame2@#head`

* development version: `nimble install nimgame2@#devel`



Recommended compilation flags:

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



Links:

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* [home page](https://vladar4.github.io/nimgame2/)

* [demos](demos)

* [tutorials](https://vladar4.github.io/nimgame2/tutorials)

* [documentation](https://vladar4.github.io/nimgame2/docs.html)

* [ng2planetoids](https://github.com/Vladar4/ng2planetoids) - first demo game.

* [ng2gggrotto](https://github.com/Vladar4/ng2gggrotto) - Linux Game Jam 2017 entry.



Changelog:

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### 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](https://github.com/CodeDoes))

* input: mouse wheel events (by [CodeDoes](https://github.com/CodeDoes))

* icon surface init option

* RW loading procedures

* simplified time counters

* demo23 (transform) (by [CodeDoes](https://github.com/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](https://vladar4.github.io/nimgame2/tut102_platformer.html)



### v0.4 alpha (2017-05-04)

* GUI:

  * RadioGroup

  * RadioButton

* IndexedImage

* PerspectiveImage

* TextureAtlas

* joysticks support

* window management procedures

* 4 new demos

* [first tutorial](https://vladar4.github.io/nimgame2/tut101_bounce.html)



### 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