LYNX ENGINETHIRD-PARTY
Lynx relies on open-source libraries. Each one has a single job and sits in one layer of the engine. HRL, the renderer, is built by the same author as Lynx.
Renderer
The rendering library of Lynx. HRL is a 2D/3D cross-platform rendering API that sits on top of several graphics backends (OpenGL, Vulkan, Direct3D 11/12, Metal) behind one unified API. It has an explicit object model: scenes, cameras, viewports, meshes, sprites, materials, lights and post-process are created and destroyed by you.
ECS registry
Stores components and drives the entity-component-system behind every Actor. Each Actor is bound to an ECS entity; components are identified by a stable hash of their type name.
JavaScript engine
Evaluates gameplay scripts. A script is compiled once and cached, and each attachment keeps its own execution environment and state.
Window and input
Creates the window and delivers input. It belongs to the host application: the engine only keeps an opaque handle.
Editor interface
Modified
Draws the editor panels: Viewport, Details, Content Browser, Outliner and Place Actors. Lynx uses a modified version of Dear ImGui, not the stock upstream release.
Audio decoding
Lynx uses dr_wav and dr_mp3, lightweight single-file libraries from dr_libs for decoding WAV and MP3 audio assets.
3D audio
Provides the spatial audio layer used by Lynx for positional sound, listener state and playback of decoded audio assets.
Networking
Provides HTTP and network transfer capabilities used by Lynx for downloading resources, communicating with web services and handling network requests.
Profiler
Profiles Lynx at runtime to help identify CPU and GPU bottlenecks, frame timing issues, memory activity and performance hotspots during development.
| Library | Role | Layer | Upstream license |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRL | Renderer | Rendering | Apache-2.0 |
| EnTT | ECS registry | Core | MIT |
| QuickJS | JavaScript engine | Scripting | MIT |
| GLFW | Window and input | Host | zlib/libpng |
| Dear ImGui | Editor interface (modified) | Editor | MIT |
| dr_libs | WAV / MP3 decoding | Audio | Public domain / MIT-0 |
| OpenAL | 3D audio | Audio | LGPL-2.0+ |
| Tracy | Profiler | Profiling | BSD-3-Clause |
| cURL | Networking | Networking | curl license |