Development < Gamedev:Main

Game Development

This information is meant to help newcomers learn how to develop their own games for the Spring Engine.

General

• Game structure
  
• VirtualFileSystem
• Game specification
  
• Q&A Site for the Spring Engine

Templates

• SpringABC - 3 Templates of Increasing Complexity
• Spring Tutorial Game - A Tutorial Template Game with full examples

Technical Documentation

GameData

• Armordefs.lua
• Icontypes.lua
• Messages.lua
• Modinfo.lua
• Modrules.lua - Global game variables
• Movedefs.lua
• Resources.lua
• Sidedata.lua
• Sounds.lua

Definition Files

• Units-UnitDefs - define the attributes of units
• Units-WeaponDefs - define the attributes of weapons/projectiles
• Units-FeatureDefs - define the attributes of static map features and wrecks
• CEG Particle effects (explosions etc)

Lua API & Libraries

• Lua API Documentation
• LUPS - Lua Particle System
• Chili - A GUI Framework
• Custom Unit Shaders - Normal mapping and more
• ChangePiece - Switch piece geometry

Animation

Lua Animations

• Animation-LuaScripting
  • Animation-LuaCallins
  • Animation-LuaCallouts
  • Animation-CobLuaDifferences

COB Animations (Deprecated)

• Animation-CobOverview
  • Animation-CobAnimation
  • Animation-CobCallins
  • Animation-CobConstants
  • Animation-CobThreads
  • Animation-CobHitByWeaponID
  • Units:LuaCOB - how to interface COB with LUA
  • Game Development:Calling basic CEGs from COB
  • GPL COB Examples

Unit Development

• Unit Collision Volumes - collision detection
• Units:WeaponMainDir
• Units:Buildpics

Models & Textures

• .s3o
• Assimp
• Units:Textures

Misc

• MouseCursors
• Game Development:Archives
• Game Development:Sidepics

Tools

In-Game Tools

• ToolBox - A Collection of Game Development Tools
• Feature Placer - A Map Feature & NPC Unit Placement Tool

External Tools

• Upspring
• Development Tools

Engine Related

• Download_Testing - Test the compatibility of your game on upcoming versions of the Spring engine.

Tutorials

Game Development Tutorials

• The Complete Guide To Making A Spring Game - A fairly comprehensive getting started tutorial.
• Porting TA content to Spring
• Simple Game Tutorial - needs to be updated

Modelling Tutorials

Wings3D

• Units:CreateModel
• Wings UV Mapping Tutorial
• Saving polygons in Wings3d Tutorial

Blender

• Blender Workflow Tutorial

3DS Max

• Runecrafter's 3DS Max UV Mapping Tutorial

Texturing Tutorials

• DDS Textures: How To
• Greeble Tutorial 1
• Greeble Tutorial 2