Brakeza3D Game Engine

A Powerful 2D/3D Game Engine for Indie Developers

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Brakeza3D Editor

🚀 What is Brakeza3D?

Brakeza3D is a free, open-source game engine written from scratch in C++, designed for flexibility, learning, and complete control over the rendering pipeline. Built with a clean, component-based architecture, it empowers indie developers and small teams to prototype and build games quickly and efficiently.

Whether you're learning graphics programming, prototyping game ideas, or building small to medium real-time projects, Brakeza3D provides an intuitive yet powerful toolset.

✨ Key Highlights

🎯 Dual 2D/3D Workflow — Seamlessly work with both 2D and 3D content
🎨 Visual Shader Editor — Node-based shader creation alongside GLSL support
📝 Lua Scripting — Write game logic without recompilation
🛠️ Integrated Editor — Drag-and-drop interface with real-time preview
⚡ High Performance — Modern OpenGL with optimized rendering pipeline
🌍 Cross-Platform — Windows, Linux, and macOS support

📦 Quick Start

Pre-built Binaries

Download ready-to-use binaries for your platform:

Windows 10/11 (amd74): Download .exe (68.9 MB)
Ubuntu/Debian (amd64): Download .deb (33.3 MB)

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/rzeronte/brakeza3d.git
cd brakeza3d
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

📖 For detailed build instructions, dependencies, and platform-specific guides, see the full documentation.

🎯 Features

🎨 Rendering & Graphics

Forward and Deferred rendering pipelines
Shadow mapping with configurable quality
ADS lighting system (Ambient, Diffuse, Specular)
Extensible GLSL shaders + visual node-based editor
Modern OpenGL rendering

🛠️ Development Tools

Dockable GUI with intuitive drag & drop
Integrated profiler for performance analysis
Code editor with syntax highlighting (Lua/GLSL)
Scene management system
Real-time preview in editor

⚙️ Core Systems

Cross-platform (Windows / Linux / macOS)
Multi-threading support (thread pool based)
Physics world integration (Bullet Physics)
Sound system integration (SDL2_mixer)
Assimp library for 3D model loading

🎮 Scripting & Input

Lua 5.2 scripting with full engine API access
Gamepad support (Xbox / PlayStation controllers)
Component-based architecture for easy extensibility

🏗️ Built With

| Technology | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | C++ | Core engine language | | SDL2 | Window management & input | | OpenGL | Graphics rendering | | Bullet Physics | Physics simulation | | Assimp | 3D model importing | | Lua 5.2 | Scripting | | ImGui | Editor interface | | GLM | Mathematics library |