ofxCogEngine

What's the CogEngine?

CogEngine stands for C++ component-oriented game engine. It can be used as a tool for creating 2D windows or mobile games. It is implemented as an OpenFrameworks addon.

Budget: over 600 working hours

Platforms

Windows
Linux
Android

Features

Scene graph
ECS pattern (messaging, generic attributes, flags, behaviors, components)
Animations
Finite state machines
Goal-driven behavior components
Steering behaviors
Monte-Carlo tree search
A* Path-finding
SQLite database
Custom networking protocol for multiplayer
XML and JSON parsers for certain components
Lua scripting language

Projects

Hydroq
- RTS game with Monte Carlo AI
- available here
- !!only works with the version 0.2 of this engine (link)

Arkanoid clone
- included in the Example folder

Paratrooper clone
- included in the Example folder

How to use it

Tutorial - getting started
Architecture - brief description of the architecture

Component Architecture

The whole game is made of components
Component is an entity that defines functional behavior for the whole application or its part (is not attached to any game object)
Behavior is a component that is attached to a game object, defining its functionality
Node is a part of scene graph, represents a single entity (usually a game object)
Attribute is a generic attribute, kept in a collection the Node has a reference to
The overall behavior of a particular game object is determined by the aggregation of its behaviors and attributes

Component Architecture Example

Scene

Objects

Component architecture

Compatibility

Works with OpenFrameworks 0.9.8

LICENSE and ATTRIBUTIONS

ofxCogEngine is made available under the MIT license.
ofxCogEngine bundles catch framework, lua scripting language, luabridge binder, sqlite and following OpenFrameworks addons: ofxNetwork, ofxSQLite, ofxTextLabel, ofxXmlSettings

dodolab/CogEngine