The application module contains the central type to the Dadren engine the AppObj and its Ref type App.The App serves a few primary roles for the game author:

Loading configuration and assets
Running the main loop
Calling user event handlers

The App is initialized by passing the filename of a settings file which contains the needed information.

Imports

os, future, strutils, sdl2, ./settings, ./resources, ./clock, ./scenes, ./utils

Types

AppSettings = object title*: string scale*: float vsync: bool accelerated: bool resolution*: Resolution
AppObj = object settings*: AppSettings resources*: ResourceManager scenes*: SceneManager window*: WindowPtr display*: RendererPtr clock*: Clock running*: bool
App = ref AppObj

Procs

proc getLogicalSize(app: App): Size {.raises: [], tags: [].}
proc newApp(settings: AppSettings): App {.raises: [Exception], tags: [TimeEffect, RootEffect].}
proc newApp(width, height: int; title: string; scale = 1.0'f64; vsync = true; accelerated = true): App {.raises: [Exception], tags: [TimeEffect, RootEffect].}
proc clear(app: App; r, g, b: uint8) {.raises: [], tags: [].}
proc run(app: App; first_scene: Scene) {.raises: [Exception], tags: [RootEffect, TimeEffect].}

Module application

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