Developing a Sphere-compatible engine

Notice

This tutorial article is incomplete, but it is also important. Do not edit it unless you've been given permission, thanks.

This article aims to provide a checklist and resources for developing a JavaScript-powered game engine that is compatible with Sphere's JavaScript API.

Introduction

Throughout this article, the original Sphere implementation shall be referred to as "vanilla" Sphere.

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Input

(keyboard, mouse, joystick, touch-screen?)

Output

Video

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List of Sphere-compatible engine implementations

Complete or in-progress

• vanilla Sphere
• TurboSphere
• unnamed Sphere clone in SDL
• sphere-sfml

Discontinued or abandoned

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See also

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