# begla/Intrinsic

Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform game and rendering engine. The project is currently in an early stage of development.

Repository: https://github.com/begla/Intrinsic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/intrinsic
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: vulkan, game, rendering, game-engine, cross-platform-game, cross-platform, data-oriented-design, data-oriented, vulkan-sdk, rendering-engine
Last push: 2023-04-21T09:42:43+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": 3608, "days_push": 1230, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1044, forks 73 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:21.255774+00:00)

## What it is
Intrinsic is a Vulkan-based cross-platform game and rendering engine written in C++ with a data-oriented design, including an editor (IntrinsicEd). The project is no longer actively developed and has been superseded by the IOLITE engine.

## Use cases
- build a cross-platform game with a Vulkan renderer
- study a data-oriented C++ game engine codebase
- learn Vulkan rendering techniques from a real engine
- use a game engine editor for level design
- prototype 3D rendering experiments

## When to choose
- you want a readable C++/Vulkan engine source to learn from
- you need a data-oriented rendering engine foundation to fork
- you are researching game engine architecture

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained engine for production
- you want a mature engine with documentation and community support
- you need a modern engine - consider its successor IOLITE instead

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: game-engine, graphics, simulation
- domain: graphics, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: vulkan, rendering-engine, data-oriented-design, editor, iolite-successor, game-development, linux

## Member repositories
- begla/Intrinsic (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.255774+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 2026-08-30T07:02:12.318418+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/begla/Intrinsic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.255774+00:00, sha 2775674d068e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.