Rope and Shotgun

Using Karl2D Hot-Reload template Play game on Itch.io

Project utilizes my utility libraries - Odin Utilities

Build

odin run main_release

Hot-Reload

Hot-Reload currently only works on Windows.

How to use the hot reload

Download this repository, use it as a template for your project
Put the contents of the Karl2D repository into game/karl2d.
Execute odin run . in the project's root folder (where build.odin lives). This will compile the stuff in the game folder as a DLL and also compile a game_hot_reload.exe executable.
Start game_hot_reload.exe, leave it running.
Make changes to game/game.odin, for example, change the color passed to k2.draw_circle from k2.DARK_BLUE to k2.RED.
Run odin run . in the project's root folder again. Only the DLL is rebuilt and then reloaded by the running game.

Making a web build

In the project's root, run: odin run game/karl2d/build_web -- main_web. The web build will end up in main_web/bin.

Note

I'm aware that you currently get two bin folders: bin/hot_reload and main_web/bin. Ideally both would use the same folder. Again, this is at the moment an experimental repository.

Making a release build your game