About

Last modified: 07 April 2025

CETech1 is experimental game engine write in awesome language named zig. Some core features like AsseDB, CDB and ApiDB is based on BitSquid/OurMachinery blog posts.

Goals

  • Small reusable blocks that you can combine for what your project need. This is opposite to engine like Unreal, Unity etc.

  • Zero-work editor UI for new asset/data types. You can start with automatic-default and customize it later on your needed.

  • Fast iteration on ideas by hot-reload assets and code.

  • Multiplatform runtime + editor

  • Hackable

  • And one day real game using this technology ;)

Plan

0.1.0 - Core (current WIP)

  • Basic concept for core (Assets, CDB, Window, Input, UI)

  • Support for modules with hot-reload

  • Supported platforms macOS, linux/steamdeck, windows

  • Editor basic concept

  • Automatic test for UI

  • Unittest

  • GPU/GFX

  • Render graph

  • ECS

  • Actions (HL concept for Input)

  • Localization for UI/Editor

Credits/Licenses For Fonts Included In Repository

Some fonts files are available in the src/embed/fonts/ folder: