PSVM

PSVM is Pokémon Showdown's simulator compiled to native code with no runtime Javascript engine dependency.

Warning
PSVM is still under construction. Implementation details are likely to change.

Details

PSVM consists of Smogon's Pokémon Showdown battle engine bundled by esbuild for QuickJS.

PSVM is intended to be used as a battle engine for Pokémon fangames, similar to Essentials' PBS. It has no runtime Javascript engine dependency and isn't made for a specific game engine, so it should be easy enough to add to any game engine that supports native C++ modules. An example Godot 4 integration is planned.

Building

To build PSVM, Node.js and Meson are required. To compile for Windows, use the provided cross/x86_64-w64-mingw32.txt to cross compile on a Linux machine.

Instructions

git clone https://github.com/ethanl21/psvm.git
cd psvm
meson setup builddir --buildtype debug # or release
meson compile -C builddir

For Windows

git clone https://github.com/ethanl21/psvm.git
cd psvm
meson setup --cross-file cross/x86_64-w64-mingw32.txt builddir --buildtype debug # or release
meson compile -C builddir

PSVM is built as a static library by default. To build as a shared library:

# build psvm
# (in the root directory)
meson setup builddir -Ddefault_library=shared
meson compile -C builddir

A compiled test driver executable will be located at builddir/psvm_test_driver.

Usage

To use PSVM in a Meson project, add psvm.wrap to the subprojects directory in your project's root with the following contents:

[wrap-git]
directory = psvm-1.0.0
url = https://github.com/ethanl21/psvm.git
revision = v1.0.0
wrapdb_version = '1.0.0'
depth = 1

[provide]

psvm = psvm_dep

(Replace head with a commit hash to use a specific version.)

Then you can link to PSVM in your build.meson file.

psvm_dep = dependency('psvm')

executable('my_program', sources: ['...'], dependencies: ['psvm_dep'])

Attribution

PSVM uses pkmn/ps (a modular version of smogon/pokemon-showdown) to simulate battles. Both are distributed under the MIT license.

bellard/quickjs is distributed under the MIT license.

mariusbancila/stduuid is distributed under the MIT license.

PSVM itself is distributed under the MIT license.