Evolve

Evolve is a learning project to study different aspects of game programming and related topics.

The code is mostly written in C++, but only very limited subset of C++ features are used to keep codebase simple and clear. Strictly OSX related parts are written in Objective-C.

Possibly outdated list of implemented features includes:

1. Minimal MacOS/Windows platform layer

   • Window creation
   • Game loop
   • Hot reloading of shared executable modules
   • Keyboard and mouse input

2. 3D rendering facilities

   • "Programmable pipeline" with vertex and fragment functions
   • Half-space triangle rasterization

3. Cubes module

   • Renders a 10x10x10 grid of textured cubes to assess renderer performance
   • Lazy and poor font rendering demonstration

4. Viewer module

   • Loading of texture and model assets (BLP/M2) from original Vanilla WoW MPQ archives
   • Display of character models according to DBC files
   • Simple immediate mode UI to select character race, sex and customize appearance

Viewer module

Example output

License

The software is provided under the ISC License (see LICENSE.txt).

You're free to fork the code, or use otherwise according to the license. Major changes to the code though are not likely to be merged into this repository, as the project is primarily used for learning purposes.