Quarter

A minimalistic arcade-oriented toolkit on top of Pixel.

Why another game framework / engine?

Because I love Go, I love Pixel and I love classic arcade games and I wanted to combine all these 3 passions in a simple package that allowed me and others to have fun developing arcade games.

Objectives

• Simple, so it is easy to learn and use, providing a coherent API.
• Focused, as it is oriented to build 2D arcade games only.
• Modular, just include those packages you're interested in.
• Well tested, providing a rock-solid foundation for your games.
• Fast, performance should be the best it can, provided that this goal does not collide with the previous ones.

Features

• Animated sprites with animation subpackage.
• Collision detection and handling using AABB in collision subpackage.
• Level loading with layering, grid and custom properties support in level subpackage.
• Simple game status management with scene subpackage.
• Text effects with textfx subpackage.