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Create arcade style games quickly and easily
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 Dependencies

Development

~> 2.0
~> 5.13
~> 13.0

Runtime

~> 1.1.2
~> 0.15.0
~> 1.0.0
 Project Readme

AuthorEngine

A virtual console¹ that you code in Ruby.

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Getting Started

Install

gem install author_engine

Run

author_engine [filename] [options]

  • Run AuthorEngine editor with optional filename argument to open project.

author_engine export filename

  • Export project to web using Opal.

Options

--native Open AuthorEngine in fullscreen and maximized.

Interface

Play

play_view

Sprite Editor

sprite_editor_view

Level Editor

level_editor_view

Code Editor

code_editor_view

¹: Does not directly run any kind of assembly

Development

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/cyberarm/author_engineV2.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.