Era.js

Overview

Description Updated on: 220622

Era.js is a next-generation cross-platform rich text game engine built by TypeScript + Python3, with Python3 as the game script. It is developed based on both web & desktop platform and Span Charm opinionated style library.

Notice

🚧 Work In Heavy Progress. Ultra-Experimental. 🚧

Development Philosophy

• Make full use of HTML5 technology to create a gorgeous, neat, rich, full of design sense of the game front end, only for text-based game;
• Carefully set up the API so that game developers can worry less about things that have nothing to do with content or gameplay;
• [WIP] All code cross-platform;
• The development environment, packaging and deployment must be simple and reliable;
• Be friendly to re-development;
• In principle, do not cut off any functionality provided by the technology used.
• Use the latest technology.

Features

• Easy to Operate
  • Introduced HTML5 interface logic, easy to get started.
• Easy to Develop
  • API design is intuitive, concise and comprehensive;
  • The engine is development-friendly and modification-friendly;
  • Typography, graphics, video, audio and other functions will be supported by the game engine native in the future.

Tech Stack

Core

• The front-end language：TypeScript
  • User Interface Framework: Vue.js 3
  • Responsive style library: Span Charm(opinionated style)
• The Back-end language(& Game Script): Python 3

Application Container for Desktop

• Tauri

Application Container for Mobile

• Flutter?

Platform Support

Directory Structure

• Assets: Accessory code improves engine usability
• docs: Documents
• Engine: Engine Folder
• SDK: Software Development Kit
• UtilityScripts: Tool scripts improve engine flow

Thanks

Thanks to qsjl11's pyera project for providing inspiration and reference of API naming for this project;