zig_raylib_sandbox

License: MIT

Lib:

raylib 5.0 master f62202198e35161a9fe394a14bbd1a7c655107ad
raygui 4.0 master 12804826d01bfb636e36f816bda19eaa23b4ace7
zig 0.12.0

OS:

Windows 10 [Tested]
Linux [N/A]
Mac [N/A]

Information:

Work in progress build sandbox testing. Simple raylib and raygui test build.

The package manager is work in progress from Zig language Dev. Since the release of 0.11.0 This project use zig dependencies download to run application. By using the dependencies to handle build.zig script for easy compile and run application.

The Zig language will be subject to change in API. Which will break the build config. Since it not release to 1.0.0.

TO DO LIST:

UI Editor
Save and Load data
ECS
World
Scene
Physics

Design:

Work in progress.

Note his idea base on Wicked Engine way to save assets to create prefab entity. Just like Godot Engine format.

Need to build module stuff for libs to access and toggle enable features.

Features (idea):

lua
entity
component
system
binary for load game content faster.
config
API

Project layout:

 - src
 -- app_2d.zig // test 2D
 -- app_3d.zig // test 3D
 -- main.zig // main
 -- window_editor.zig // UI Editor Test
 -- root.zig // lib

raylib:

const r = @cImport({
    @cInclude("raylib.h");
    @cInclude("raygui.h");
});
//...
r.InitWindow(960, 540, "My Window Name");

Note it still use access but with name space. Check out on cheatsheet for more information from raylib site.

raygui:

Note that Zig language use name space for easy access for C language. As well same with the raylab as they group together.

const r = @cImport({
    @cInclude("raylib.h");
    @cInclude("raygui.h");
});

//...
r.InitWindow(960, 540, "My Window Name");
//...

It can be found in https://github.com/raysan5/raygui/blob/master/src/raygui.h

if (r.GuiButton(r.Rectangle{ .x = 20, .y = 100, .height = 16, .width = 100 }, "Print!") == 1) {
    std.debug.print("Hello World!\n", .{});
}

Note button return is int and not bool.

Note one file is add to handle raygui.h file for load correctly that is raygui_impl.c.

Zig:

zig build

If nothing happen, it pass build.

zig build run

Window, text and gui checkbox test.

Engine or Framework? :

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5068992/whats-the-difference-between-an-engine-and-a-framework#:~:text=Frameworks%20provide%20a%20relatively%20static,a%20specific%20type%20of%20work.

Zig RayLib Examples:

Example zig files.

https://github.com/Durobot/raylib-zig-examples

Lightnet/zig_raylib_sandbox