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1 Malikania overview |
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2 ================== |
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3 |
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4 This memo is a simple overview about the Malikania Engine architecture. |
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6 Dependency overview |
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7 ------------------- |
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8 |
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9 This is the main targets and their dependencies. |
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10 |
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11 ```nohighlight |
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12 +-------------------+ |
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14 +-------------------+ | mlk-client | |
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15 | | | mlk-map | |
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16 | mlk-server | | mlk-tileset | |
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18 +-------------------+ +-------------------+ |
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19 |
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20 +-------------------+ +-------------------+ |
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21 | | | | |
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22 | libmlk-server-js | | libmlk-client-js | |
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23 | | | | |
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24 +-------------------+ +-------------------+ |
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25 |
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26 +-------------------+ +-------------------+ +-------------------+ |
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27 | | | | | | |
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28 | libmlk-server | | libmlk-client | | mlk-bcc | |
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29 | | | | | | |
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30 +-------------------+ +-------------------+ +-------------------+ |
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31 |
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32 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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34 | libmlk-common | |
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35 | | |
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36 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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37 ``` |
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38 |
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39 libmlk-common |
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40 ------------- |
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41 |
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42 This library contains many utilities that can be used in both server and client |
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43 targets. |
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45 This library does not depend on client or server code at all. |
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46 |
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47 libmlk-server |
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48 ------------- |
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50 This library contains anything you need to develop a server running your game, |
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51 it does not depends on anything graphical and can safely be used on headless |
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52 machine. |
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53 |
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54 libmlk-client |
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55 ------------- |
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56 |
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57 This library contains graphical modules to develop a rich client. It depends on |
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58 a graphical backend (mostly SDL) and all of what is needed to make a whole |
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59 client (graphics, audio, fonts and such). |
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60 |
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61 libmlk-server-js and libmlk-client-js |
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62 ------------------------------------- |
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63 |
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64 These libraries are the official Javascript bindings for their respectives |
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65 homonyms. |
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66 |
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67 mlk-server and mlk-client |
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68 ------------------------- |
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70 These executables are written upon libmlk-server-js and libmlk-client-js |
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71 respectively, they are able to run games written in Javascript. |
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73 mlk-bcc |
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74 ------- |
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76 The `mlk-bcc` tool is a very basic resource compiler, it transforms any input |
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77 data as C++ byte array. |
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79 mlk-tileset and mlk-map |
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80 ----------------------- |
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82 These two executables are required to transform maps and tileset created with |
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83 the [tiled][link-tiled] map editor. |
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85 They are only used by the client. |
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87 [link-tiled]: http://www.mapeditor.org |