gamekit

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gamekit gives a game its structure: entities and components, a world that runs your systems in phases, scenes, input actions, assets, saves and test helpers. It is a package written entirely in ThicketScript, with no native code. It needs willow, and pairs with willowui for window games.

The gamekit portal

gamekit has its own documentation: a getting-started walkthrough, one guide per concept, recipes and a full reference.

Open the gamekit docs

Add it to a project

{
    entry: "app.tks",
    systems: ["willow", "bitmap"],
    packages: { gamekit: "../gamekit-tks" },
}

You list the willow and bitmap systems yourself, because a package's systems are never inherited. A console project works too: willow runs without a window.

The families

Family	What it holds
core	Entities, component keys, events, attributes, state machines, effects, conditions and actions, definitions and prefabs, assets, 2D helpers.
ecs	A world, component stores, queries, phase schedules and a world ticker.
app	Scenes, the scene stack and coordinator, focus, and input actions.
save	Codecs, versioned schemas, save slots and settings.
audio	A music director over the core audio system.
willow	Presentation bindings and a pointer bridge on willow.
ui	Scene windows and screen windows through willowui.
testing	Deterministic clocks, debug snapshots, scenarios and traces.

Start with Getting started.