# BoomingTech/Piccolo

Piccolo (formerly Pilot) – mini game engine for games104

Repository: https://github.com/BoomingTech/Piccolo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/piccolo
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cpp, game-engine, vulkan, imgui, physics, rendering, cplusplus, game-development
Last push: 2024-09-30T07:32:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1627, "days_push": 702, "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 6689, forks 1975 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:47.725099+00:00)

## What it is
Piccolo (formerly Pilot) is a small open-source C++ game engine built for the GAMES104 course. It includes a Vulkan-based renderer, physics, and an editor, and builds on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

## Use cases
- learning how a game engine works internally
- studying modern Vulkan rendering techniques
- following the GAMES104 course with hands-on code
- experimenting with engine editor tooling
- building small games on a minimal engine
- exploring physics and rendering integration in C++

## When to choose
- you want a readable, educational codebase to learn engine architecture
- you are taking or teaching the GAMES104 course
- you need a small Vulkan-based engine to modify and experiment with

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready engine with a large ecosystem
- you require console or mobile platform support
- you want extensive documentation and long-term commercial support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, graphics, simulation
- domain: graphics, education
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: vulkan, imgui, physics, rendering, games104, learning-project, editor, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- BoomingTech/Piccolo (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.725099+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 2026-08-29T17:42:59.116166+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BoomingTech/Piccolo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.725099+00:00, sha e46997cd70fb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.