Perplex is a 2D game engine focused on making pixel art games with minimal friction. This project is currently still in development, and I plan on having a beta release for Windows this year. It uses PerplexRenderer as its rendering engine, which can be found at https://github.com/gpiazza-tech/PerplexRenderer.
- Ensure git and Visual Studio 2026 are installed
- Navigate to your desired installation directory and run
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/gpiazza-tech/Perplex
Before building the project, you need to set up your project directory. While there's no automated way to create a new project, doing it manually is super simple!
- Create a new directory for your project (e.g. C:\dev\Perplex Projects\My Game)
- Create an 'engine' folder and an 'assets' folder in the project root directory
- Copy the res folder in the pulled repo (located at PerplexCore/res) and paste it into the 'engine' folder you just created
Finally, we're ready to build the engine!
- Run the build script located at scripts/Win-GenProjects.bat
- Paste your project directory when prompted (e.g. C:\dev\Perplex Projects\My Game)
- Open the generated .sln file in Visual Studio, and build the solution