Tech

The Hello Forge project is divided into several components. All components have a themed, one word title, which is suggested by their purpose.

Remember, Hello Forge is still under heavy development. Most of the features mentioned here have not been completed, and only mean plans.

Spectrum

There are several free, reliable and portable C++ libraries designed for cross-platform application development. Spectrum is yet another; geared towards modular, powerful and easy application-portability.

Systems Overview

Window - Allows you to create advanced graphical applications in a windowing-medium. Supports Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), hardware-accelerated 3D rendering, and more.
Network - Begins with robust networking capability and provides powerful utility to keep your application secure.
Audio - Supports a wide range of sound-output functionality.
Files - Provides a useful file system utility. Supports file input/output, file searching, and so on.
Time - Supports various time related functions. Enables precise timing, time conversions, and much more.

Night

Night is an engine built to power cutting-edge 3D applications, harnessing the highest technique of 3-Dimensional computing. It involves all of the math behind 3D imagery and physics... more information coming later.

Stone

Stone includes a library for packing structured data within a file; supporting several 3rd-party file formats, as well as Hello Forge's own formats. Along with this essential back-end, Stone provides content authoring tools that enable users to "sculpt" into the "stone" - or design files & packaged content. These modular tools can be combined to form almost anything needed... more information coming later.