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NeoAxis Game Engine 2020.5

58 points by IvanEfimov 6y ago

optymizer 6y ago
I remember when NeoAxis was announced about 10 years ago, iirc on Ogre3D forums. It seemed like one guy's labor of love. I am pleasantly surprised to see it's still going strong after a decade. Kudos to the author(s) for sticking with it!
- IvanEfimov 6y ago
  Thanks) Today continue in the same spirit
- forgotpwd16 6y ago
  Was originally meant to be Ogre-based?
  - daeken 6y ago
    It appears to still be based on OGRE. The native wrappers in the repo seem to bind all the key OGRE types into .NET.
    - IvanEfimov 6y ago
      We are switched from OGRE to BGFX. Now as low-level rendering library BGFX is used. Part of OGRE is used for image loading.
bottled_poe 6y ago
This looks really great! Very keen to give it a try. I love the approach of building the interface as a VSCode plugin.
legohead 6y ago
What platforms can it build for? I only saw mention of "windows application"
- na85 6y ago
  .Net Core runs natively on linux and mac as well. Not sure about the mobile platforms.
  - lwansbrough 6y ago
    .NET Core the framework does, but there are other major considerations for game engines, such as the render pipeline. For instance, supporting Mac means you need to be able to render to Metal. This engine appears to support Windows only right now.
- Lorkki 6y ago
  Looks like only Windows and UWP: https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/features https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/features
- IvanEfimov 6y ago
  Mobile support almost done. I think build for Android will available in this month. It is already working, Vulkan support is still remains to add. Screenshot by the link: https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/roadmap https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/roadmap Done with OpenGL ES, but it too old. We will skip OpenGL ES support.
fxtentacle 6y ago
Wow, this sounds like how I always hoped Unity would turn out :) Pragmatic editor + C# + Full source code, including the renderer + no royalties + ability to use double precision mathematics = no more flickering bugs + Rider IDE
- deleted 6y ago
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zwaps 6y ago
Is there any documentation as to what the underlying component/framework pattern is? Godot for example is very opinionated on how the game logic must be structured and built (in the graphical UI, specifically). How is it here?
teh_g 6y ago
The name probably suggests a new take on some piece of software called Axis, a geometrical term that makes perfect sense for a game engine. It can't possibly have anything to do with Neo-nazism and the World War II Axis powers. I still can't shake off the connotation.
- setr 6y ago
  At some point, context needs to be taken into consideration. Just because you can find a face in any image with 3 holes doesn't mean a face is actually there, or that it's sensible to assume anything of its presence.
- adolfojp 6y ago
  Does my name trigger a similar response in you?
forgotpwd16 6y ago
It seems it was recently transitioned to a royalty-free open source license with the only condition being to credit the engine[1]. I guess the business plan is now selling support? The most important issue I see is the engine only supports Windows. Is it planned to support other platforms? [1]: https://github.com/NeoAxis/NeoAxisEngine#license https://github.com/NeoAxis/NeoAxisEngine#license
- IvanEfimov 6y ago
  This release is a big step towards multi-platform, thanks to the transition to .NET Core. Support for Mac, Linux is planned. Support for mobile devices, in particular Android, I think will be available this month. You can find technical details in the comments below.

58 points by IvanEfimov 6y ago

I remember when NeoAxis was announced about 10 years ago, iirc on Ogre3D forums. It seemed like one guy's labor of love. I am pleasantly surprised to see it's still going strong after a decade. Kudos to the author(s) for sticking with it!

IvanEfimov 6y ago
Thanks) Today continue in the same spirit
forgotpwd16 6y ago
Was originally meant to be Ogre-based?
- daeken 6y ago
  It appears to still be based on OGRE. The native wrappers in the repo seem to bind all the key OGRE types into .NET.
  - IvanEfimov 6y ago
    We are switched from OGRE to BGFX. Now as low-level rendering library BGFX is used. Part of OGRE is used for image loading.

bottled_poe 6y ago

This looks really great! Very keen to give it a try. I love the approach of building the interface as a VSCode plugin.

legohead 6y ago

What platforms can it build for? I only saw mention of "windows application"

na85 6y ago
.Net Core runs natively on linux and mac as well. Not sure about the mobile platforms.
- lwansbrough 6y ago
  .NET Core the framework does, but there are other major considerations for game engines, such as the render pipeline. For instance, supporting Mac means you need to be able to render to Metal. This engine appears to support Windows only right now.
Lorkki 6y ago
Looks like only Windows and UWP: https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/features https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/features
IvanEfimov 6y ago
Mobile support almost done. I think build for Android will available in this month. It is already working, Vulkan support is still remains to add. Screenshot by the link: https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/roadmap https://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/roadmap Done with OpenGL ES, but it too old. We will skip OpenGL ES support.

fxtentacle 6y ago

Wow, this sounds like how I always hoped Unity would turn out :) Pragmatic editor + C# + Full source code, including the renderer + no royalties + ability to use double precision mathematics = no more flickering bugs + Rider IDE

deleted 6y ago
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zwaps 6y ago

Is there any documentation as to what the underlying component/framework pattern is? Godot for example is very opinionated on how the game logic must be structured and built (in the graphical UI, specifically). How is it here?

teh_g 6y ago

The name probably suggests a new take on some piece of software called Axis, a geometrical term that makes perfect sense for a game engine. It can't possibly have anything to do with Neo-nazism and the World War II Axis powers. I still can't shake off the connotation.

setr 6y ago
At some point, context needs to be taken into consideration. Just because you can find a face in any image with 3 holes doesn't mean a face is actually there, or that it's sensible to assume anything of its presence.
adolfojp 6y ago
Does my name trigger a similar response in you?

forgotpwd16 6y ago

It seems it was recently transitioned to a royalty-free open source license with the only condition being to credit the engine[1]. I guess the business plan is now selling support? The most important issue I see is the engine only supports Windows. Is it planned to support other platforms? [1]: https://github.com/NeoAxis/NeoAxisEngine#license https://github.com/NeoAxis/NeoAxisEngine#license

IvanEfimov 6y ago
This release is a big step towards multi-platform, thanks to the transition to .NET Core. Support for Mac, Linux is planned. Support for mobile devices, in particular Android, I think will be available this month. You can find technical details in the comments below.