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Lycan is a game framework extending HaxeFlixel, currently under development. It aims to make Flixel easier to use, extends features, and provide more concrete implementations of common game features.

Goals

• Allow for composition based design in a way which is compatible with Flixel
• Concrete templates, utilities, effects and implementations for common game features, including for specific types of game
• Advanced integration with the Tiled map editor
• Features for mobile games such as UI, achievements, ads and IAP
• Provide tools for procedurally generating content such as art (especially for game jams and prototypes)
• Reduce the need for boilerplate
• Reimplement some flixel and flixel-addons features as components instead of FlxSprite subclasses

Features

General

• Macro based component system automates composition over inheritance
• Macro based save data management
• Macro based collection management for characters, levels, upgrades, quests etc
• Box2D physics integration (Which is better suited to certain types of game than Nape)
• Cinematics scripting
• Threaded loading
• More robust system for attaching sprites to each other

Tiled Map Editor

• Load a tiled level instantly into a playable World object
• Easily define how objects are loaded
• Many components available out of the box for common game features such as switches, chests, doors and collectables
• Pre-defined types and keywords to used in tiled maps
• Nested maps for more modular level design

Specific Game Features

• Physics based platformer controller (TODO)
• Quest system (TODO)
• AI: Behavior tree, utility based (TODO)
• Switches
• Collectables
• Moving platforms
• Power circuits
• Isometric maps and components (TODO)

Mobile Games

• UI elements such as draggable menus and viewports
• Achievements
• Ads
• IAP
• Social

Graphics and Effects

• Fire and smoke (TODO)
• Procgen animated lightning
• Procgen rain with parallax
• Procgen tilesets (TODO)
• Procgen character spritesheets (TODO)
• Procgen environments such as trees, mountains, rocks, grass, clouds (TODO)
• Procgen circular graphics such as wheels, gears, dawn beams
• Procgen stars and sparkles (TODO)
• Cinematic text animations
• Improved particle system (TODO)
• Various particle effect presets (TODO)

Utilities

• Position anything from its center
• Conditional events
• Parallax utilities