bobdeng1974 / neogfx

Cross-platform GPU-oriented C++ application/game framework

Introduction

neoGFX is a cross-platform GPU-oriented C++ application/game framework. neoGFX is still a work in progress (incomplete) so is not yet suitable for making apps or games. Currently neogfx has only been built for and tested on Windows.

Features (when version 1.0 released)

• clean modern C++ design including full exception safety supporting various widget allocation patterns (stack, member variable or free store);
• use of standard non-proprietary C++ data types including using standard string classes (UTF-8 encoding) and containers from the C++ standard library;
• simple, easy to use multi-threaded event system (an improvement over traditional signals and slots);
• no baggage: neoGFX primarily contains only the GUI and graphics related functionality needed for creating apps and games;
• full library of widgets and layout managers specifiable in XML using the included GUI designer tool;
• CSS3 style sheet support with support for custom skins;
• scripting engine (Lua);
• sub-pixel text rendering;
• simple window style for specifying that a window is "nested" rather than being a separate native desktop window;
• "text_edit" widget supports multiple fonts, text colours (with optional gradient effects), colour emojis and rendering text in columns;
• GPU shader rendered CSS3 compliant gradients with optional gaussian smoothing;
• MVC (model-view-controller) related classes supporting robust and fast app design;
• optional MDI support utilizing "nested" windows;
• 2D, 2.5D and 3D game support: sprites, objects and physics;
• Pure ECS (Entity-component-system) usable by both games and apps;
• flexible asset management: texture images (e.g PNGs) can be stored in .zip archives which can be optionally embedded inside the program binary accessible using simple URLs;
• support for OpenGL, DirectX and Vulkan.

Roadmap

Version	ETA	Features
v0.99	Winter 2018	Windows OpenGL; widget library feature complete; GUI designer tool
v1.00	Summer 2019	Linux OpenGL; Vulkan; scripting engine
v1.10	Winter 2019	Android support; physics engine
v1.20	Summer 2020	macOS support

Implementation Progress

Feature	% done	TODO
Window	95	Drop shadow
Dialog	90	Default button
Message Box	100
Menu	100
Nested windows	25
MDI	0
Tabs	95	Vertical tabs
Toolbars	90	Drop-down button support
Layout Managers	95	Need to fully support size policies
Label	100
Button	100
Table View	85	Selection; icon; cell widget; cell check box
Tree View	0
List View	85
Text Edit	85	Columns; rich text (HTML); undo/redo; performance optimization
Line Edit	100
Spin Box	100
Slider	90	Keyboard
Check Box	100
Radio Button	100
Combo Box	95	Glob and regex filters; review UX.
Group Box	100
Tool Tips	0
Status Bar	100
Font Picker	100
Colour Gradient Selector	100
Colour Picker	100
Date/Time	0
File Browsers (Native)	0
Drag and drop	10
XML Resource Description	0
i18n	0
l10n	0	UK English, US English, French, German, Chinese
Skins	0

Last updated: 13/09/2018