Welcome to the Artemis Engine! Artemis is a modern cross-platform 2D game engine designed on top of Monogame/Xna. This repository is the main repository for the Artemis Engine along with it's Unit Tests and Approval Tests.
The Artemis Engine is developed by a group of programmers with plenty of first-hand experience developing game engines and video games, so the vision and values of the Artemis Engine are directly in line with what a game developer would need.
The engine features
- Multiforms: Similar to the Cocos2D engine, games are created using Multiforms that partition game logic into distinct objects.
- Polish: One of the Artemis Engine's major focuses is the need for "polish" in a game; the small changes and additions you add to your game that make it a polished, finalized product. Often, a game's source code will be 20% actual game code and 80% polish code. Artemis Engine cuts that down significantly with many builtin features.
- Builtin Runtime Automated Testing: Automated testing of games is a heavily unexplored direction for game engines to take. Artemis Engine goes to new heights by supplying a variety of useful tools for automatically testing your game's features, such as user input simulation, automated benchmarking, and approval testing.
Artemis Engine values
- OOP and SOLID design principles.
- Agile Development Methodology.
- Fast and flexible game development.
- KISS Principle.
The Artemis.Engine project is the main class library for the engine, where all core game components such as the Engine object itself are stored.
The Artemis.UnitTests project is the main unit test project.
The Artemis.ApprovalTests project is where "approval tests" for the engine are placed. An approval test doesn't have a "yes" or "no" answer like a unit test does. Approval tests are tests that ensure the engine is fulfilling it's requirements to adequate satisfaction and beyond. They directly test the engine's features by testing how they would work in a real game development environment.
If you want to contribute, fork the repository and get to work! There are lots of ways you can help out!
Since the engine is currently in its very early develompent stages, heavy coordination between the project manager and contributors is required. If you'd like to help develop the engine, you can contact the project manager at [email protected].
Alternatively, you can look for currently open issues for the project and address them on your own.
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