Mintaro is a tiny framework for making simple, retro style games. It's not intended to bea full-featured game engine, but is instead focused on simplicity and just making it funto make simple games.
C/C++, single file, public domain.
- A single file with optional dependencies to extend functionality.
- No external dependencies except for the standard library and necessary platform librarieslike XLib and Win32.
- Software rendering, with up to 256 colors and a customizable palette.
- Uncapped framerate.
- Custom resolutions of any dimensions.
- 8 buttons of input
- Up, down, left, right
- A, B
- Start, Select
- Sound groups with independant volume controls.
- A simple API.
- Supports Windows and Linux.
- Fullscreen mode
- Line rasterization
- Triangle rasterization (solid and textured)
- Rotated sprites
- More optimizations, especially for graphics
- More platforms
- More flexibility for input:
- Support for binding different keys to the same button.
- Support for general keyboard controls (in addition to buttons)
- Support for mouse controls
- Support for 360 controllers
Mintaro is a single-file library. To use it, just #include "mintaro.h" like you would any otherheader file and then in one source file do the following:
#define MINTARO_IMPLEMENTATION#include "mintaro.h"
Make sure you don't define the implementation in more than one translation unit.
Mintaro includes a built-in loader for TGA images, but you can enable loading of additionalformats via stb_image by simply including it before the implementation of Mintaro, like this:
#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION#include "stb_image.h"#define MINTARO_IMPLEMENTATION#include "mintaro.h"
A copy of stb_image.h is included in the "extras" directory.
Mintaro includes a built-in loader for WAV sounds, but you can enable loading of Vorbis and FLACsounds by #including stb_vorbis.c and/or dr_flac.h before the implementation of Mintaro, in thesame was as mentioned above for stb_image.h.
Mintaro is focused on simplicity. Here's a quick example.
voidon_step(mo_context*pContext,doubledt){// Input.if (mo_was_button_pressed(MO_BUTTON_A)) {if (CanShoot()) {mo_play_sound_source(pContext,pGunshotSoundSource); } }// Simulation.UpdateCharacter(dt);// Drawing.mo_clear(pContext,clearColorIndex);mo_draw_image(pContext,characterPosX,characterPosY,pCharacterSpriteSheet,0,0,64,64);mo_draw_textf(pContext,0,0,textColorIndex,"Health: %d",characterHealth);}intmain(){mo_context*pContext;if (mo_init(NULL,"My Game's Name",on_step,pUserData,&pContext) {return-1; }// Load some resources.mo_sound_source*pMusicSource;mo_sound_source_load(pContext,"data/my_music.wav",&pMusic);mo_image*pCharacterSpriteSheet;mo_image_load(pContext,"data/character.tga",&pCharacterSpriteSheet);// Play some music in a loop.mo_sound*pMusic;mo_sound_create(pContext,pMusicSource,NULL,&pMusic);mo_sound_play(pMusic,MO_TRUE);intresult=mo_run(pContext);mo_uninit(pContext);returnresult;}You can also find a "Hello, World!" example in the "examples" folder.
