ECS for axmol?

[rudiHammad]

Hello,
I was wondering if someone has tried to write an ECS for axmol. I saw a couple of links in cocos2dx forum
refering to some github repositories like entt, or wizardfu ecs. Has anyone tried to implement them in axmol?
thanks

[aismann]

@rudiHammad
Why not using one of the cocos2dx/ECS example as start point?

[rudiHammad]

Are you referring to this one https://github.com/NatWeiss/EntityFu ?
I guess that the one from wizardfu is fine, but since it is from 2016 I wasn't sure about it.
that is the only cocos2dx/ECS I know. Is there anyone one?

[antn9x]

Hi @rudiHammad , I tried to use axmol with entityX. And success to combined them. I really want to share my work if you interested.

[rudiHammad]

hi antn9x. I am actually writing my own ECS, and I am starting to understand it quite well . So see how others integrate existing ECS with axmol would help a lot if that's okey.

[antn9x]

Writing another library is not wise. For study, it's ok. but when it's grow many things to do.

[rudiHammad]

I agree with you. I am writing ECS to learn it. So far I succeed and have already a couple of system working. So it is in a pretty good shape and learned a lot just by trying to do my own. But yeah, I agree with you. I'll see how it evolves and might switch to entityx or another depending on how it goes.

[rudiHammad]

By the way, when en it comes to things like loading levels, UIs and other similar elements that are not part of the game loop, is ECS necessary there or is it okey to apply OOP. For instance, maybe a factory pattern to create the game levels.
I've read trying to that going 100% ECS is a mistake an that we should combine both worlds.

[antn9x]

ECS should be implement for all elements. It's not just optimze for game loop, also best practice for ui, When your system complete, it work perfect when we just need add more data to render UI.

[rudiHammad]

I see.
cool, thank you.