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A 3.x [Godot Engine](https://godotengine.org) fork where I hack and slash and cause mayhem and destruction to all things good and godot.

Similar idea to godot 4.0, but taken in a completely different direction.
Similar idea going from godot 3.x to godot 4.x, but taken in a completely different direction.

It contains all of my currently in use engine modules. See the [changelog](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for a more comprehensive list of changes.
Currently this engine is a weird amalgamation of godot 3.x, 4.x, and lots of custom features.

Most of the design decisions went into making everything simple for people that knows (or wants to know) what is going on.

It contains all of my currently in use engine modules.

See the [changelog](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for a more comprehensive list of changes.

## 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine

Pandemonium Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface.
It provides a comprehensive set of [common tools](https://godotengine.org/features), so that users can focus on making games
It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games
without having to reinvent the wheel. Games can be exported with one click to a
number of platforms, including the major desktop platforms (Linux, macOS,
Windows), mobile platforms (Android, iOS), as well as Web-based platforms
(HTML5) and [consoles](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/platform/consoles.html).
(HTML5) and [consoles](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine_docs/blob/master/03_usage/13_platform/01_consoles.md).

## Free, open source and community-driven

Pandemonium is completely free and open source under the very permissive [MIT license](https://godotengine.org/license).
Pandemonium is completely free and open source under the very permissive
[MIT license](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).
No strings attached, no royalties, nothing. The users' games are theirs, down
to the last line of engine code.

Godot's development is fully independent and
Pandemonium's development is fully independent and
community-driven, empowering users to help shape their engine to match their
expectations. It is supported by the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/)
not-for-profit.

### Godot

Before being open sourced in [February 2014](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/commit/0b806ee0fc9097fa7bda7ac0109191c9c5e0a1ac),
Godot had been developed by [Juan Linietsky](https://github.com/reduz) and
[Ariel Manzur](https://github.com/punto-) (both still maintaining the project) for several
years as an in-house engine, used to publish several work-for-hire titles.

### Pandemonium

The Godot engine developers decided to remove the GLES2 backend in Godot 4.x so they can pursue the more modern graphics API-s.

After quite a while of thinking and experimentation however I decided that I still need (and want) the GLES2 renderer for my games,
I also needed some of the new features from godot 4.x.

So in early 2022 I decided that I'll fork godot 3.x, and backport anything that I
need for my games / projects. While here I also used the opportunity to modularize the engine more,
and fix issues I had with it. I also added my engine modules to it by default, and
ended up writing lots of custom things.

## Getting the engine

### Binary downloads

I don't have anything (like an official webpage) set up at the moment, but temporarily you can download binaries from the github actions tab [[here]](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine), or the releases tab [[here]](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine/releases).
You can download binaries from the github actions tab [[here]](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine),
or the releases tab [[here]](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine/releases).

### Compiling from source

Compiling is exactly the same as for Godot, so [See the official Godot docs](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/development/compiling/)
[See the official docs](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine_docs/tree/master/05_engine_development/01_compiling)
for compilation instructions for every supported platform.

## Documentation and demos

Some of the documentation is available in this repo under the doc/engine folder. [[Here]](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine/tree/master/doc/engine).

You can also look at the official 3.x Godot documentation, it will work mostly (sometimes with trivial modifications). It is hosted on [ReadTheDocs](https://docs.godotengine.org), and is maintained by the Godot community in its own [GitHub repository](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs).
The documentation is available [[Here]](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_engine_docs).

The class docs are accessible from the editor.

You can also look at the official pandemonium demos in their own [GitHub repository](https://github.com/Relintai/pandemonium_demo_projects).

It's also worth looking at official godot 3.x resources, like this [awesome Godot list](https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot), and there are also a number of other [godot learning resources](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/community/tutorials.html)
You can also look at the official 3.x Godot documentation, it will work mostly (sometimes with trivial modifications).
It is hosted on [ReadTheDocs](https://docs.godotengine.org), and is maintained by the
Godot community in its own [GitHub repository](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs).

It's also worth looking at official godot 3.x resources, like this [awesome Godot list](https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot),
and there are also a number of other [godot learning resources](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/community/tutorials.html)
provided by the community, such as text and video tutorials, demos, etc.

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