The Forge

The Forge is a cross-platform rendering framework PC, Linux, Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, Switch and Stadia. Particularly, the graphics layer of The Forge supports cross-platform descriptor management, multi-threaded and asynchronous resource loading, shader reflection and multi-threaded command buffer generation.

FEATURES:

• Asynchronous Resource loading with a resource loader task system as shown in 10_PixelProjectedReflections
• Lua Scripting System
• Animation System based on Ozz Animation System
• Consistent Math Library based on an extended version of Vectormath with NEON intrinsics for mobile platforms
• Extended version of EASTL
• For loading art assets we have a modified and integrated version of Assimp
• Consistent Memory Managament: on GPU following Vulkan Memory Allocator and CPU Fluid Studios Memory Manager
• Input system with Gestures for Touch devices based on an extended version of gainput
• Fast Entity Component System based on our internally developed ECS
• Cross-platform FileSystem C API, supporting disk-based files, memory streams, and files in zip archives
• UI system based on imGui with a dedicated unit test extended for touch input devices
• Audio based on integrating SoLoud
• Shader Translator using a superset of HLSL as the shader language. There is a Wiki page on how to use the Shader Translator
• Various implementations of high-end Graphics Effects as shown in the unit tests below