Fireblade ECS (Entity-Component-System)

This is a dependency free, lightweight, fast and easy to use Entity-Component-System implementation in Swift. It is developed and maintained as part of the Fireblade Game Engine project.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

• Swift Package Manager (SPM)
• Swiftlint for linting - (optional)
• Jazzy for documentation - (optional)

Installing

Fireblade ECS is available for all platforms that support Swift 4.0+ and the Swift Package Manager (SPM).

Extend the following lines in your Package.swift file or use it to create a new project.

// swift-tools-version:4.0

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "YourPackageName",
    dependencies: [
        .package(url: "https://github.com/ctreffs/fireblade-ecs.git", from: "0.3.0")
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(
            name: "YourTargetName",
            dependencies: ["FirebladeECS"])
    ]
)

Code Example

A core element in the Fireblade-ECS is the Nexus. It acts as a centralized way to store, access and manage entities and their components.

let nexus = Nexus()

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Christian Treffs - Initial work
• Manuel Weidmann

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Hat tip to anyone who's code was used
• Inspiration
• etc