Ignis

Description

Ignis is a very minimal abstraction layer (no dependencies needed) between modern graphics APIs; current list of planned APIs:

• OpenGL 4.6 (In development)
• Vulkan 1.0 (In development)

Current list of planned platforms:

• Windows (In development)
• Linux (In development)
• Android (Planned; Vulkan only)

The main idea is to allow fast library prototyping with optimal performance and low load times.

Since this is a no-dependency library, it won't provide resource management and it is highly recommended to add a resource manager that loads textures, shaders (SPIR-V) and other data such as shader reflection. This also means you have to manage your mips yourself; something similar to DDS with mips should be used.

Setup on windows

• Download CMake 3.13 or higher
• Download Visual Studio or a CMake generator of your choosing
• Run mkdir builds & cd builds & cmake .. -G "<Your generator here>
• Open the solution or run cmake --build .

Setup on linux

• Download cmake (sudo apt install cmake)
• Download mesa and their opengl packages (sudo apt install mesa-common-dev && sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dev && sudo apt install libglu1-mesa-dev)
• Run mkdir builds && cd builds && cmake ..
• Run make or cmake --build .

Builds

git clone --recursive https://github.com/Nielsbishere/ignis
mkdir builds & cd builds
cmake ../ -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64
cmake --build . -j 8
cd ../

Guides

These are guides on how Ignis works:

• ViewportInterface