Awesome OCaml Gamedev

Bindings

• Tsdl - Bindings to the SDL2 library
• OCamlSDL2 - Bindings to the SDL2 library
• Ocsfml - Bindings to the SFML library
• ocaml-sfml - Bindings to the SFML library
• ocaml-clanlib - Bindings to the ClanLib library
• ocaml-allegro - Bindings to the Allegro library
• raylib-ocaml - Bindings to the Raylib library

Accompanying Bindings for SDL2

There are also bindings for the accompanying libraries of SDL2:

• Accompanying bindings to go with Tsdl:

  • tsdl-image - Bindings to the SDL2_image library to go with Tsdl
  • tsdl-mixer - Bindings to the SDL2_mixer library to go with Tsdl
  • tsdl-ttf - Bindings to the SDL2_ttf library to go with Tsdl
  • tsdl-gfx - Bindings to the SDL2_gfx library to go with Tsdl

• Accompanying bindings to go with OCamlSDL2:

  • OCamlSDL2_TTF - Bindings to the SDL2_ttf library
  • OCamlSDL2_Image - Bindings to the SDL2_image library
  • OCamlSDL2_Mixer - Bindings to the SDL2_mixer library
  • OCamlSDL2_Net - Bindings to the SDL2_net library
  • OCamlSDL2_Gfx - Bindings to the SDL2_gfx library

OpenGL

• Tgls - Bindings to OpenGL 3.{2,3}, 4.{0,1,2,3,4} and OpenGL ES {2,3}
• LablGL - Interface to OpenGL
• glMLite - Bindings to OpenGL

Libraries

• OCamlODE - Bindings to ODE, a 3D physics engine
• ocaml-chipmunk - Bindings to Chipmunk, a 2D physics engine
• OCaml-Irrlicht - Bindings to Irrlicht, a 3D engine
• px_sprite_gen - A Pixel Sprite Generator
• bulletml - Manipulate and interpret shmup patterns

Entity / Component Systems (ECS)

• ocaml-enties - Entity / Component System (api-doc)
• VLanvin/ECS - Entity / Component System

Games

• da-typing-shooter - A shooter inspired by typespeed. To shoot an enemy, type the word on it
• crypts-and-camls - A text-based dungeon crawler
• Pongos - Multiplayer pong gaming
• Wander - A 3D orienteering game, with an excessively simple landscape
• ocaml-shmups - Abstract mini-shmups collection
• ocaml-shmup-ds - Mini-shmup using sprites from Commander
• Binkohp - Little game inspired by the Mah-jong and extended on a 3D cube
• rolling-moon - Game inspired by the SNES game "On The Ball" (or "CamelTry" in Japan), aryx/fork
• Tetratta - Game similar to chinese checkers, but with a 3D tetrahedral board
• Caboodle - A puzzle game, clone of Planarity
• MariOCaml - HTML 5 canvas web-browser implementation of the Super Mario Bros platformer, git
• Fury-Puyo - A free clone of the Puyo Puyo game

Old Games

• old_caml_site/humps/caml_Games - Old games from the Hump

Samples for beginners

• ocaml-sdl2-minigames - Some basic samples for mini-games like Snake (using SDL2)

Articles

• Programming A Space Invader OpenGL: Lessons Learned
• Making a game (engine) with ECS and in OCaml

Tutorials

• How to make an HTML5-Canvas game with OCaml

Other Pages About GameDev for OCaml

• The gamedev page on ocamlverse

License

This documentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.