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What is Coral Engine?

Coral Engine is a game engine developed by students of Breda University of Applied Sciences. It was designed to be accesible to designers, so that entire games can be created without having to modify a line of C++.

The 'main' branch of this repository represents the collective effort of various students, and included the code for Lichgate. To ensure each students work is preserved at this URL, active development of Coral is done on the main-lite branch.

Key Features

Graphics

• Graphics Pipeline: Built using DX12 for PC.
• Shadows and Lighting: Supports tens of thousands of point lights with minimal performance impact.
• Post Processing: Includes effects like fog, LUTs, outlines, and more.
• Animated Skinned Meshes: Supports complex animations for detailed character models.

ECS (Entity Component System)

• Efficient Systems: Utilizes EnTT for creating systems that iterate over entity views for optimal performance.
• Event Handling: Includes a variety of events like "OnBeginPlay", "OnTick", and "OnCollisionEntry" for flexible gameplay logic.

Level Editor

• Built-In Level Editor: Allows inspection and modification of all components and entities within a world.
• Prefab System: Uses a system similar to Unity's prefabs.
• Gizmos and Shortcuts: Provides tools for quickly transforming objects and undoing changes.

Visual Scripting

• Visual Script Editor: Inspired by Unreal Engine's Blueprints, enabling the creation and modification of scripts at runtime.
• Seamless Integration: Built from scratch to integrate smoothly with the engine and EnTT, allowing scripts to benefit from ECS's data-oriented speed.

Additional Features

• Animation Blending: For smooth transitions between animations.
• Audio: Built-in support for game audio.

Projects Created with Coral Engine

• Lichgate
• Ant Simulation

Getting Started

1. Set Startup Project: Right-click on ExampleGame and select "Set as startup project."
2. Configure Build: By default, Visual Studio selects Debug mode. For the full editor, choose EditorDebug or EditorRelease.

Starting a New Project

1. Duplicate ExampleGame Folder: Copy the Games/ExampleGame folder.
2. Clean Up: Delete the contents of Games/ExampleGame/Assets and all files in Games/ExampleGame/Include and Games/ExampleGame/Source except Main.cpp.
3. Rename Project: Rename the folder and project to your desired game name.
4. Include in Solution: Add the new project to Coral.sln.