Illumination Engine

Illumination Engine is a game engine written in C++. It is currently under development and in early alpha. Illumination Engine targets Linux and Windows operating systems with macOS support on the way.

Requirements for Completion

• Illumination Engine Application
• File structure management
• Building games

Essential Modules

• Core
• GUI
• Input
• Scripting
• Asset

Optional modules

• Graphics
• Physics
• Sound

Todo List

• GUI
  • Take inspiration from CLion and Blender
  • 3D viewport synced with game
  • Multi-window, modular workspaces
  • Panels that can display information and receive input from the user
• File structure management
  • Create files and directories
  • Delete files and directories
  • Edit files and directories
  • Add support for a virtual filesystem
    • Simulate files and directories in RAM
    • Minimize interactions with the disk
    • Support writing the virtual filesystem, a file, or a directory to disk
• Building applications
  • Compilation of scripts
  • Execution of scripts within their respective contexts
  • Manipulation of variables within script contexts
  • Support importing and exporting compiled scripts