Guides by topic

Browse a subject for procedures, implementation references and detailed contracts. Each guide has one home here; the Task index links directly to the relevant instructions when you know the operation you need. For a complete learning sequence, start with Tutorials.

• Assets and animation
  • Load and publish assets
  • Author graphics manifests
  • Play sprite animation
  • Animate sprites and select tiles
  • Discover files and font candidates
  • Install optional artwork packages
• Rendering and resources
  • Draw a whole image
  • Position objects with a camera
  • Submit frames and configure materials
  • Manage caches, publication and retirement
  • OpenGL backend reference
• Input
  • Bind input actions
  • Actions, records, capture and focus
• Text and fonts
  • Display and update text
  • Configure fonts and prepare text
  • Decode UTF-8 and interpret source indices
  • Use legacy bitmap fonts
• GUI
• Audio
  • Control playback and ownership
  • miniaudio reference
• Runtime and concurrency
  • Ownership and cleanup
  • Threads and data flow
  • Initialize, run and stop a session
  • Choose simulation timing and recovery
  • Observe and operate windows
  • Deliver typed events
  • Dispatch to an owner thread
  • Configure worker pools and groups
  • Application startup reference
  • Worker configuration and topology
  • Native GLFW platform reference
• Memory, state and utilities
  • Use pools, reservations and release contexts
  • Track state and use time, number and geometry helpers
• Logging and diagnostics
  • Configure logging and investigate missing records
  • Investigate runtime and resource symptoms
  • Handle native and cleanup failures
  • Linux output viewer

Use Engine Systems to choose a system or public type. Runtime and concurrency includes cross-system ownership, cleanup and work-delivery guidance. To implement another integration, use Module authoring.