roots

Environment Setup

• Windows
  • Install MSYS2 with winget install MSYS2.MSYS2
  • Add C:\msys64\clang64\bin to PATH
    • You can do that from the Edit the system environment variables dialog
    • Or run this command (from the codeblock below) in Powershell
  • Install Git with winget install Git.Git
  • Install VSCode with winget install Microsoft.VisualStudioCode

if ($env:Path -notlike "*C:\msys64\clang64\bin*") { [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User") + ";C:\msys64\clang64\bin", "User") }

Dependencies

• On Windows, open the MSYS2 CLANG64 shell
• On Linux, use "THE BASH"

# MSYS2
pacman -Sy --noconfirm clang64/mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-{gdb,cmake,ninja,clang,clang-tools-extra,ccache,git,vulkan-headers,vulkan-loader} make
# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm cmake make clang gdb ccache vulkan-devel libasan

Bulid Steps

git submodule update --init --recursive
cmake -B build
cmake --build build
./build/editor

Philosophy

• Less is more, don't create wrapper functions, modules, libraries or source/header files if not critical. As things get complex, these abstractions make it hard to pivot, or even understand what's going on.

• Make progress on the actual project and don't spend time shining the build system, or creating beautiful abstractions.