Glaceon is a 3D rendering project developed with the primary aim of deepening understanding of the fundamental components and inner workings of game engines. This project utilizes a range of libraries and tools to provide a robust environment for exploring graphics programming and game development concepts.

• Educational Focus: Primary goal is to enhance personal knowledge of game engine architecture and graphics programming.
• Practical Application: Hands-on experience with industry-standard libraries and tools.
• Skill Development: Strengthening C++ programming, graphics API usage, and memory management skills.

• 3D Rendering: Utilizes Vulkan for efficient and high-performance graphics rendering.
• Model Loading: Integrates Assimp for importing and exporting 3D model formats.
• Math Libraries: Uses GLM for mathematics needed in graphics programming.
• Logging: Employs spdlog for fast and easy logging.
• Memory Management: Incorporates Vulkan Memory Allocator for sophisticated memory handling.
• UI: Uses ImGui for immediate mode graphical user interfaces.
• Image Loading: Utilizes stb_image for image loading.

• CMake 3.22.1 or higher
• Vulkan SDK 1.3.283.0 or higher
• vcpkg for managing dependencies

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/JesterSe7en/glaceon.git
   cd glaceon

2. Bootstrap vcpkg:

    ./extern/vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh

3. Install dependencies using vcpkg:

   ./extern/vcpkg install

4. Configure and build the project with CMake:

   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
   cmake --build .

• Assimp: Open Asset Import Library
• spdlog: Fast C++ logging library
• Vulkan Memory Allocator: Easy to integrate Vulkan memory allocation library
• Vulkan: Low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and computing API
• GLM: Header-only C++ mathematics library for graphics software
• ImGui: Bloat-free graphical user interface library for C++
• stb: Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and create a pull request with your changes. I am using Google's C++ coding style so please make sure to follow that coding style.

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

Special thanks to the developers of the libraries and tools used in this project.