Tridingine-3DSlib v0.1.0-alpha

The first public alpha release of Tridingine-3DSlib.

Tridingine-3DSlib is a lightweight game development library focused on PC and Nintendo 3DS, designed around the idea of writing game code once and keeping the same API and project structure across platforms.

This release is an early development build. The core 2D systems and several supporting APIs are already usable, while other parts of the engine are still experimental or under active development.

📦 Release File

Linux x86-64

ProjectMaker-v0.1.0-alpha-linux-x86-64

This release currently targets Linux x86-64 for the PC development environment.

✨ What's Working

2D Rendering

The 2D rendering API is currently usable and includes:

Points
Lines
Rectangles
Bordered rectangles
Triangles
Circles
Ellipses
Rotation
Depth
Alignment
Gradients
Text rendering
Fonts

Input

The platform-independent input system is available, including:

Keyboard and mouse input on PC
Nintendo 3DS buttons
Circle Pad
C-Stick
D-Pad
Touch screen
Virtual button mapping

Core APIs

Several core systems are already available:

Textures
Fonts
Audio
Localization
Save data
Random numbers
Time
Colors
Vectors and mathematical utilities
Game state and related utilities

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS development is already supported through DevkitPro, with the same general project structure and API philosophy used by the PC version.

🎮 Example

The repository includes Orbit, a small example game built with Tridingine-3DSlib.

Orbit demonstrates:

2D rendering
Input
Delta time
Random generation
Text rendering
Colors
Game state
Score and high score
Collision and gameplay logic

🖥️ Platform Status

The Windows build is not included in this release yet. Some components, particularly FontsConverter, still need to be made fully cross-platform before Windows can be supported properly.

🚧 Experimental / In Development

Some systems are not yet considered stable:

3D rendering
3D camera and model APIs
Sprite atlases
Nintendo 3DS audio functionality
macOS support
Windows support
Parts of the documentation

The 3D API is especially experimental and should not be relied upon for stable projects yet.

⚠️ Alpha Notice

This is an early alpha release.

The library is functional enough to create and run projects, but APIs, project structure and internal systems may change in future releases.

You may encounter bugs or incomplete functionality.

For this reason, this release is primarily intended for testing, experimentation and early development.

🚀 Getting Started

See the documentation for installation and project creation:

docs/01-Installation.md
docs/02-Getting-Started.md
docs/07-PC.md
docs/08-3DS.md

After installing the required dependencies, ProjectMaker can be used to create a new project:

ProjectMaker -o MyGame

🎯 What's Next

Development after this release will focus on:

Improving Windows support
Making FontsConverter fully cross-platform
Expanding the 3D renderer
Improving Nintendo 3DS audio
Implementing sprite atlases
Expanding documentation
Improving overall cross-platform consistency

📄 License

Tridingine-3DSlib is distributed under the Apache License 2.0.

See LICENSE for the complete license text.

This is the beginning of Tridingine-3DSlib. More platforms and features are planned for future releases.

# Tridingine-3DSlib v0.1.0-alpha