v2.0.0 [IN DEVELOPMENT]
v1.0.0 [STABLE RELEASE]
Water Engine is a work-in-progress game engine focused on simplicity, modularity, and rapid prototyping. It provides a structured foundation for 2D games with scene handling, actor behavior, physics, and rendering support.
- 2D Rendering powered by SFML 3
- Physics Simulation using Box2D
- Actor Component System for modular gameplay objects
- Scene Management with clean initialization + switching
- Resource Manager for textures, fonts, and assets
- Example Template Game Included for getting started quickly
- C++20 compatible compiler
- CMake 3.30.3+
Includes a Template Game Project for testing. Use it as a starting point for your own games or as a reference.
Water Engine v2 represents a complete architectural redesign and expansion, focusing on modularity, flexibility, and modern C++ practices. Planned features include:
- Full refactor of engine architecture for better modularity and maintainability
- Separation of window, rendering, input, and game logic systems
- Event-driven and state-based input management supporting keyboard, mouse, and controllers
- 2D Rendering via SFML 3
- Window system supporting borderless fullscreen, windowed, and dynamic resizing
- Full support for render scaling and aspect ratio management
- Box2D physics engine integration
- PhysicsFS for virtual filesystem and content management
- Content packing system for assets (textures, fonts, audio) into
.pakfiles - Configurables via JSON using nlohmann/json
- Full support for magic_enum for type-safe enums and reflection
- spdlog integrated for fast, flexible logging and debug output
- Full controller support (gamepads, joysticks)
- Event-based input for immediate reactions
- State-based input for sustained key/button actions
- Centralized ResourceManager for textures, fonts, and other assets
- Helper utilities for vectors, containers, and memory management (
unique,shared,weak,optional) - Template game included as a reference implementation
MIT