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Game Development
This information is meant to help newcomers learn how to develop their own games for the Spring Engine.
General
Templates
- SpringABC - 3 Templates of Increasing Complexity
- Spring Tutorial Game - A Tutorial Template Game with full examples
Technical Documentation
- GameData
- Armordefs.lua
- Icontypes.lua
- Messages.lua
- Modinfo.lua
- Modrules.lua - Global game variables
- Movedefs.lua
- Resources.lua
- Sidedata.lua
- Sounds.lua
- Definition Files
- UnitDefs - define the attributes of units
- Units-WeaponDefs - define the attributes of weapons/projectiles
- Units-FeatureDefs - define the attributes of static map features and wrecks
- CEG Particle effects (explosions etc)
- Animation
Lua Animations
COB Animations (Deprecated)
- Unit Development
- Unit_Categories - define which weapon type aim at which targets
- Unit Collision Volumes - collision detection
- Units:WeaponMainDir
- Weapons:Antinukes: All about antinukes.
- Units:Buildpics
- Units:FlankingBonus
- Models & Textures
- Misc
Tools
In-Game Tools
- ToolBox - A Collection of Game Development Tools
- Feature Placer - A Map Feature & NPC Unit Placement Tool
External Tools
Lua Libraries
- LUPS - Lua Particle System
- Chili - A GUI Framework
- Custom Unit Shaders
- ChangePiece
Engine Related
- Download_Testing - Test the compatibility of your game on upcoming versions of the Spring engine.
Tutorials
Game Development Tutorials
- The Complete Guide To Making A Spring Game - A fairly comprehensive getting started tutorial.
- Porting TA content to Spring
Simple Game Tutorial- needs to be updated
Modelling Tutorials
- Wings UV Mapping Tutorial
- Saving polygons in Wings3d Tutorial
- Runecrafter's 3DS Max UV Mapping Tutorial
- Blender Workflow Tutorial