# JohnSundell/ImagineEngine

A project to create a blazingly fast Swift game engine that is a joy to use 🚀

Repository: https://github.com/JohnSundell/ImagineEngine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imagineengine
Language: Swift
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: game-development, swift, game-engine, 2d-game-engine, coreanimation
Last push: 2020-09-03T19:52:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3249, "days_push": 2190, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1832, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:42.302519+00:00)

## What it is
Imagine Engine is a fast 2D game engine for Apple platforms written in Swift, using Core Animation for hardware-accelerated rendering. It provides a simple, approachable API with scenes, actors, animations, and collision handling for building games on iOS, macOS, and tvOS.

## Use cases
- build a 2d game for ios in swift
- create a game engine with core animation rendering
- make a simple sprite-based game on macos
- learn game development with an easy swift api
- animate actors and handle collisions in a 2d game
- build a tvos game with hardware accelerated rendering

## When to choose
- you are building a 2D game targeting Apple platforms in Swift
- you want a simple, beginner-friendly game engine API
- you need hardware-accelerated rendering via Core Animation

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform support beyond Apple devices
- you need 3D rendering capabilities
- you need a mature engine with active development and a large ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, graphics, animation
- domain: graphics
- platform: -
- tags: 2d-game-engine, core-animation, swift, sprite-rendering, apple-platforms, game-development, ios, macos, apple-ecosystem

## Member repositories
- JohnSundell/ImagineEngine (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.302519+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:18:40.920252+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JohnSundell/ImagineEngine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.302519+00:00, sha 3ffc902fa724)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.