phoboslab/high_impact

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

high_impact is a 2D game engine written in C, designed as a framework for building action games like platformers, twin-stick shooters, and dungeon crawlers with a focus on pixel art. It compiles for Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web via WASM, using SDL2 or Sokol backends with OpenGL or software renderers.

Use cases

• build a 2d platformer in c
• make a pixel art jump'n'run game
• create a twin stick shooter
• build a top-down dungeon crawler
• compile a 2d game to webassembly
• make an arcade game with generated music

When to choose

• you want a lightweight C framework for 2D pixel art action games
• you need to target desktop and web (WASM) from one codebase
• you prefer a code-first engine that calls you rather than an editor-based engine
• you want a small, readable codebase (~4000 lines) to learn from or modify

When to avoid

• you need a general purpose engine like Godot, Unity, or Unreal
• you require extensive documentation or a large community
• you need to load common asset formats like PNG or WAV directly
• you want a standalone library you can link into an existing project

Facets

framework · maturity experimental

game-engine graphics audio-processing image-processing cross-platform windows wasm cpp 2d-games pixel-art c sdl2 sokol opengl software-renderer qoi qoa game-development linux macos

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