https://github.com/ncine/ncine

A cross-platform 2D game engine
https://github.com/ncine/ncine

android cpp11 cross-platform emscripten game-development game-engine game-engine-2d gamedev imgui linux lua macos mingw ncine opengl real-time renderdoc rendering windows

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A cross-platform 2D game engine

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ncine/ncine
• Owner: nCine
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-05-28T17:31:43.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-13T00:53:43.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-13T01:36:49.062Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: android, cpp11, cross-platform, emscripten, game-development, game-engine, game-engine-2d, gamedev, imgui, linux, lua, macos, mingw, ncine, opengl, real-time, renderdoc, rendering, windows
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://ncine.github.io/
• Size: 4.01 MB
• Stars: 1,155
• Watchers: 30
• Forks: 71
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# nCine

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## Overview

nCine is a cross-platform 2D game engine with an emphasis on performance. It is written in C++11 but it can optionally be scripted with Lua.  

It is released under the MIT License and it has been in active development since June 2011.

For additional information: .

Copyright (c) 2011-2025 Angelo Theodorou.

## Screenshots

  

    

      

        

        SpookyGhost, a procedural sprite animation tool by Encelo

      

    

    

      

        

        ncJump, a platform game with Box2D physics and an ImGui editor by Fahien

      

    

  

  

    

      

        

        Jazz² Resurrection, the C++ version of the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation project by DeathKiller

      

    

    

      

        

        ncJugiMapFrameworkDemo, a demo test for JugiMap integration framework by Jugilus

      

    

  

## Documentation

- [Build Instructions](https://github.com/nCine/nCine/wiki/Build-Instructions)

- [Getting Started](https://github.com/nCine/nCine/wiki/Getting-Started)

- [C++ API Documentation](https://ncine.github.io/docs/master/) (Doxygen)

- [Lua API Documentation](https://ncine.github.io/docs/lua_master/) (LDoc)

- [Lua Tutorial](https://ncine.github.io/Lua_Tutorial.html)

## Technical Information

### Dependencies

- GLEW

- GLFW 3.x, SDL 2, Qt 5

- libpng, libwebp

- OpenAL-soft, libogg, libvorbis, libvorbisfile

- Lua 5.4

- Dear ImGui, Nuklear

### Supported Platforms and Compilers

- Windows (MSVC, MinGW-w64 on MSYS2)

- macOS (Apple Clang)

- Linux (GCC, Clang)

- Android (GCC, Clang)

- Emscripten

### Development Tools

- Git, CMake

- Qt Creator, Visual Studio Code

- Doxygen with GraphViz

- Valgrind, Cppcheck, clang-format

- Google Test and Gcovr, Google Benchmark

- Tracy frame profiler, RenderDoc graphics debugger