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About JumpStart

JumpStart is a 2D game engine developed in Free Pascal that utilizes SDL for grahpics and Lua as the game development language. The plans are to go cross platform Windows and Linux by the end of 2006. Currently the engine is Windows only, but the linux version is almost stable.

Currently the documentation part of the project is the most lacking part. This is also being worked on now that the engine itself is at a stable stage of development. The release version ships with demo projects showing how to use the different aspects of the engine as well as a complete game (Tank Brigade).

Tank Brigade is also available as a stand alone download. Basically its a game constructed around the SpriteLib GPL graphics that are freely available on the web. The game play is simple, and in general the game is ment to show that a complete game can be developed and deployed with the engine as it stands today.

Currently JumpStart supports many features including:

Mouse events and mouse actions

Simple wrappers for string input

Loading of image files (PNG, BMP, and TGA) with full transparency

Alpha transparency within images whos file format supports it

Loading of WAV files for music and sound effects

Loading of OGG files for music and sound effects

Cross platform rendering engine (SDL)

Cross platform scripting engine (Lua)

Sprite engine with ZIndex sorting and full collision detection

Pixel perfect, Rectangular, and Circular collision detection

Keyboard management

TTF and Image based font support

Planned features for the engine are:

Toolkit for easing of game design and implementation

And much more...

If you are a graphics artist or music/sound composer feel free to contact us from the Eon Clash Conact Us page if you are interested in having your graphics, sounds, or music appear in a JumpStart Demo Game.

JumpStart is a free for freeware game engine, those wishing to license the game engine for a profitable game should use the Eon Clash Conact Us page to find out about licensining and branding.