LuaSTG-x

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LuaSTG-x is a multi-platform game engine based on cocos2d-x and LuaSTGPlus. It is aimed at providing a powerful engine for building STG, especially bullet hell games.

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Download

Full release download:

• mega
• baidu (bmna)

Main Features

• Complete 2D game engine functions from cocos2d-x.
• Multi-platform audio engine, supports audio effects.
• Multi-platform video engine based on FFmpeg.
• Cocos Creator support from creator_to_cocos2dx.
• Live2D support with Lua binding.
• ImGui support with Lua binding.
• Multi-thread optimizations.

Relevant Link

• LuaSTG-x GitHub Wiki
• LuaSTG-x Lua API Document
• Baidu Tieba
• LuaSTG Wiki Site
• Bullet Hell Engines Discord Channel

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repo and submodules from GitHub (or download from release page).

    $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/Xrysnow/LuaSTG-x.git
   

2. Download extra files from Cubism SDK if you need live2d module. (instructions).

3. Generate project using CMake (instructions).

   • If your target is Android platform, just open frameworks/runtime-src/proj.android with Android Studio.
   • If your target is macOS platform, add -GXcode parameter to cmake.
   • If your target is IOS platform, you can search for a bash script that helps to configure cmake.
   • If your target is macOS/IOS platform, you need to open project setting -> TARGETS -> LuaSTG-x -> Build Phases -> Copy Files and check Code Sigh On Copy for frameworks.

4. Compile with your target compiler.

Build Requirements

• CMake 3.15+
• Android Studio 3.3.0+ and NDK r16+
• OS X 10.9+ and Xcode 9+
• or Linux with CC supports c++11
• or Windows 7+ and VS 2019+

Runtime Requirements

Runtime requirements is actually decided by your compiler, but in most cases they should satisfy these conditions:

• Android 5.0+
• iOS 8.0+
• OS X 10.9+
• Windows 7+ and visual c++ runtime

Dependency Graph

LuaSTG-x
├　cocos2d-x
├　lstgx_Audio
│　　└ openal-soft (in lstgx_external)
├　lstgx_external
│　　├ BurstLinker
│　　├ luafilesystem
│　　├ LPeg
│　　├ NativeFileDialog
│　　├ libogg
│　　├ openal-soft
│　　├ cLaTeXMath
│　　├ FFmpeg
│　　├ nanosvg
│　　└ libzippp
│　　　└ libzip
├　lstgx_Math
├　lstgx_LuaCore
├　cocos2d-x-imgui
│　　├ ImGui
│　　├ imgui_markdown
│　　├ ImGuiColorTextEdit
│　　└ implot
├　cocos2d-x-live2d
│　├ CubismNativeFramework
│　└ Cubism SDK for Native
├　cocos2d-x-video
│　　└ FFmpeg (in lstgx_external)
└　creator_to_cocos2dx