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This project first started as a 3 weeks long school project. The goal of this project was to learn DirectX12 and C++ through a complex project. It was made with the help of :

• Hugo Maestracci
• Nathanael Vogt
• Theo Da Silva

What was made during those first 3 weeks

The goal of these first weeks was to create a 3D space shooter game. The main goal was to learn DirectX12 rendering and how to create a game engine.

Engine features

Rendering

The Engine rendering contains multiple features :

• A custom shader system, we can create different shader class linked to different .hlsl files
  • Texture rendering
  • Directional lighting
• Each shader is bound to a material, bindable to a MeshRenderer
• Particle system with custom particle shader
• Primitive Mesh creation and rendering
• Different renderers to render different types of things
  • MeshRenderer for 3D models
  • ParticleRenderer for particles
  • SkyboxRenderer for skyboxes
  • UIRenderer for UI elements

ECS

The Engine is based on an ECS system. It contains multiple features :

• Entity creation and destruction
• Component creation and destruction
  • Example : Transform, MeshRenderer, ParticleSystem, etc...
  • Each component knows the entity it is linked to and the entity's transform

Physics

The Engine contains a custom physics engine. It contains multiple features :

• Sphere vs Sphere collision detection
• Space partitioning with classic grid
• Bitmask to know which entities can collide with which

Game features

Gameplay

The game is a 3D space shooter. The player controls a spaceship and has to destroy asteroids.

• The player moves is 3 dimensions without any camera lock
• The player can shoot lasers
• The fov changes depending on the player's speed
• Waves of asteroids spawn at regular intervals
• The player can die and respawn

What was made after those first 3 weeks

TBA