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helios

Introduction​

Welcome to the API reference for the helios Framework.

helios is an ongoing, educational project and strives for providing a foundational and modular technical backbone for game development. Designed with a top-down, prototype-oriented approach, it emphasizes a clear separation of concerns and robust architectural patterns to help with creating maintainable games.

Core Purpose​

The primary objective of helios is to offer a flexible and extensible platform for interactive games. As a prototype, it provides the following systems:

  • Rendering Pipeline: A rendering layer with customizable render passes.
  • Modular Subsystems: Well-defined interfaces for core components such as Scene Management and Rendering.
  • Modern C++ Practices: Leveraging C++(23) Modules for improved dependency management and compile-time efficiency.

Architecture Overview​

The framework's architecture follows a component-based philosophy, providing abstract interfaces that decouple high-level scene descriptions from underlying hardware implementations. Further details on specific modules, classes, and their relationships can be found within the respective namespace and class documentation sections.

License​

helios is distributed under the MIT-license.

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