aestial/foster

A WebGL + TypeScript 2D Game framework with a Scene>Entity>Component model.

foster

A WebGL + TypeScript 2D Game framework with a Scene -> Entity -> Component model.

★ still very work in progress ★ and has frequent, breaking changes. Not worrying about backwards compatability with updates. Use at own risk.

Goals

• Lightweight framework to be easily used for GameJam games
• Foster should run in the Browser and in Electron without any changes on the game-side
• ES6 all the way. No interest in being ES5 / backwards compatible.
• Scene -> Entity -> Component structure
• Frame-based animation, with atlas loading (Aseprite, Texture Packer, etc)
• AABB Collision system, with simple Physics component to handle motion

Todo

• BlendModes (additive, multiply, subtract, etc)
• Comment everything (and generate Docs somehow?)
• Use ES6 import/export and put it into a Foster namespace
• Make NPM package?
• Add lots of helper / usability methods (ex. Audio fade in/out, built in screen transitions, more atlas loaders, etc)

Builds

• foster.js : compiled JS file
• foster.d.ts : typescript definition file to reference from your game (ex. /// <reference path="foster.d.ts"/>)

Build it yourself

• Clone the repo
• Run npm install
• Compile the typescript to the bin directory with tsc

Foster Examples

MIT License