Rust SDL2 Game Engine

A 2D game engine built with Rust and SDL2, featuring a custom Entity Component System (ECS) architecture.

Features

• Sprite rendering with support for animation
• Keyboard input handling
• Character movement and attack animations
• Sprite flipping based on movement direction
• Simple AI for non-player entities

Rust SDL2 Game Engine

A 2D game engine built with Rust and SDL2, featuring a custom Entity Component System (ECS) architecture.

Features

• Sprite rendering with support for animation
• Keyboard input handling
• Character movement and attack animations
• Sprite flipping based on movement direction
• Simple AI for non-player entities
• Custom Entity Component System architecture

Getting Started

To get started with the Rust SDL2 Game Engine, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/rust-sdl2-game.git
   cd rust-sdl2-game

2. Install the required dependencies (see below).

3. Build and run the project:

   cargo run

Dependencies

• Rust (stable channel)
• SDL2
• SDL2_image

Setup

Install SDL2 dependencies

Windows

# Using Scoop
scoop install sdl2 sdl2_image

# Or using MSVC development libraries
# Download from https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php and https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/

macOS

brew install sdl2 sdl2_image

Linux (Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Or using MSVC development libraries

Download from https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php and https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/