uRetroFantasyConsole

Is the game engine to create retro games with lua.    Engine works like "player" where is possible run game from console or via bat/lnk file with defined arguments.   You can create games with user-defined hardware properties, such as screen size, maximum map size, map layers, pixel style, etc. defined within the beginning in the main.lua  script and   RFC.exe  run game stored in folders or in compressed cartridge. Engine doesn't contain editing tools for assets. For create sprites, music, tiles, ... you need use 3rd party tools. All build-in lua commands are documented in markdown  format here:   

Doc and Examples

RELEASE 1.0.1

• added new console command 'play' - load cartridge and extract to folder and run - all in once
• added object GIF for capture 'retro' screen to animated gif image
• added RFC.cfg file - when exist, then use RFC.exe for run game [all *.bat and *.lnk files are ignored]
  •  cartridge:[cartridgename]
  •  screen_w:[screen width]
  • screen_h:[screen height]
  • fullscreen:[true/false]

RELEASE 1.0.0

• Pixel Perfect Rendering
• Pixel Style
• Sprite sheets
• Drawing Sprite
• Drawing  9-slice Sprite
• Drawing primitives - pixel, rect, elipse, trianle, line
• Build-in Font
• Custom font
• Inline String Coloring
• Inline Font Changes
• Text Alignment
• Text Clipping
• Tilemaps
• Changing Layer Sprite Sheet
• Setting/Getting Tile Info
• Color Tinting
• Alpha Transparency
• Clip Region
• Camera
• Post-Processing Effects
• Tween
• Sound load/play OGG | MOD | WAV | XM | XMA
• Music load/play OGG | MOD | WAV | XM | XMA
• Gamepad Input
• Keyboard input
• Mouse input

Execute game:

RFC.exe -game <folder name> -resolution <app width(int)> <app height(int)> <fullscreen(bool)>

RFC.exe -game Demos -resolution 1280 800 false

Start new project:

1. Create folder inside [RFC_Games]
2.  jump in and
3. create  main.lua script with  callback functions:
   1. OnHardwareSetup()
   2. OnInitialize()
   3. OnUpdate(deltaTime)
   4. OnPreRender()
   5. OnRender()
   6. OnClose()
4.  or copy main.lua source from [_Template_]  folder  to new one created

Included Lua LIBS:

• Cave generator
• Maze generator
• Rooms generator
• Marchingsquare
• Class constructor
• Animation
• Basic platformer conttroller
• Button and Key input helpers