Starports

Starports Space Defense

This is the full C++ source code to <a href="https://franticsoftware.com/starports">Starports Space Defense</a>, a mobile 3D tower defense released in 2015.

In addition to the game source, this includes the full game pipeline (engine, editor, and tools). This engine is a continuation of <a href="https://franticsoftware.com/vlad">VLAD Heavy Strike</a>'s engine.

:warning: Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2019 are required

How To Build

• Run BuildEditor.bat or BuildGame.bat
• Or build from the solution files EditorLauncher.sln or GameLauncher.sln

How To Run

• Run LaunchEditor.bat to launch the editor
  • Open Game/data/menu/touchtostartscene.xml to play the game in the editor
• Run LaunchGame.bat to launch the game

How To Debug

• From EditorLauncher.sln

  • Ensure the Debugging -> Working Directory is Game
  • Hit Play

• From GameLauncher.sln

  • Ensure Shoot\tools\FileSystemGenerator\vc\FileSystemGenerator.sln was built
  • Ensure game data was built by running Game/FileSystemGenerator.bat
  • Ensure the Debugging -> Working Directory is Game
  • Hit Play

Engine Features

Low Level:

• Cross platform targets (PC / iOS / Android / Windows Phone 8)<br>
• 3D rendering using OpenGL, GLES2.0, and DirectX11<br>
• Memory allocation tracking (full leak & allocation reporting)<br>
• 3D Math library<br>
• File system abstraction<br>
• Network socket abstraction<br>
• Multi-threading abstraction<br>
• Touch and Key input abstraction<br>
• FBX and PNG support through fbxsdk and libpng<br>
• OGG and WAV support through cricket audio<br>
• Event system<br>

High Level:

• Object Model framework, with serialization, ref. counting, weak handles, and polymorphism support<br>
• Entity Component System (ECS)<br>
• Resource abstraction model
• Generic entity hierarchy handling allowing to have 3D or 2D hierarchies, or both in the same tree<br>
• Quad-tree partitioning<br>
• Collision handling<br>
• Context stacking and switching<br>

Tool Side:

• WYSIWYG Game Editor for Game and Level design<br>
• The game can be played in the editor and game contexts can be inspected at run-time<br>
• ObjectViewer tool, allows to inspect all alive objects at any given time<br>
• DependencyViewer tool that displays reference and dependency information across objects<br>
• Data packaging tool for optimal data loading at runtime<br>