Adelie Game Engine

Adelie is a cross-platform game engine built with modern C++23 and Vulkan. It provides a robust foundation for building games and interactive applications, featuring a native platform abstraction layer, a flexible rendering system, and the Watschel editor.

Features

• Vulkan Rendering - Modern graphics API with cross-platform support via MoltenVK on macOS
• Cross-Platform - Native support for Windows, Linux (Wayland/X11), and macOS
• Modern C++23 - Leverages the latest language features including std::expected, std::generator, and deducing this
• Platform-Native Text Rendering - DirectWrite (Windows), Core Text (macOS), Pango (Linux)
• Watschel Editor - Integrated editor application for content creation

Requirements

Platform	Compiler	Build System
Linux	Clang	CMake 3.31+
macOS	Clang	CMake 3.31+
Windows	MSVC	CMake 3.31+

Building

Prerequisites (All Platforms)

• CMake 3.31.6 or later
• Vulkan SDK
• Git (for submodules)

Linux

# Install dependencies (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y cmake clang libboost-all-dev libvulkan-dev vulkan-utility-libraries-dev \
    libxcb1-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libwayland-dev pkg-config wayland-protocols libglm-dev \
    libxkbcommon-dev libpango1.0-dev libcairo2-dev glslc

# Clone and build
git clone --recursive https://github.com/flying7eleven/adelie.git
cd adelie
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
cmake --build build

macOS

# Install dependencies via Homebrew
brew install cmake boost molten-vk vulkan-headers vulkan-loader \
    vulkan-utility-libraries vulkan-validationlayers glm shaderc

# Clone and build
git clone --recursive https://github.com/flying7eleven/adelie.git
cd adelie
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build

Windows

Windows builds use vcpkg for dependency management.

# Clone vcpkg (if not already installed)
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git C:\vcpkg
C:\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat

# Set environment variables
$env:VCPKG_ROOT = "C:\vcpkg"
$env:VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET = "x64-windows"

# Clone and build
git clone --recursive https://github.com/flying7eleven/adelie.git
cd adelie
vcpkg install
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --config Release

Alternatively, open the project in Visual Studio 2022+ which has built-in CMake support.

Project Structure

adelie/
├── source/
│   ├── engine/         # Core engine library (libadelie)
│   │   └── adelie/
│   │       ├── core/           # Application, input, events
│   │       ├── platform/       # Platform-specific implementations
│   │       └── renderer/       # Vulkan rendering system
│   └── editor/         # Watschel editor application
├── resources/
│   └── shaders/        # GLSL shader sources
├── scripts/            # Build and development scripts
└── docs/               # Documentation

License

Copyright (c) 2025 by Tim Janke. All rights reserved.