Dora SSR is a game engine for rapid development of games on various devices. It has a built-in easy-to-use Web IDE development tool chain that supports direct game development on mobile phones, open source handhelds and other devices.

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Supported Languages
Supported Platforms

• Key Features
• Example Projects
• Installation
  • Android
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
• Quick Start
• Documentation
• Community
• Contribute
• License

Feature	Description
Cross-Platform	Supports native running on Linux, Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS.
Node Based	Manages game scenes based on tree node structure.
2D Platformer	Basic 2D platform game functions, including game logic and AI development framework.
ECS	Easy-to-use ECS module for efficient game entity management.
Multi-threaded	Asynchronous processing of file read and write, resource loading and other operations.
Lua	Upgraded Lua binding with support for inheriting and extending low-level C++ objects.
YueScript	Supports YueScript language, strong expressive and concise Lua dialect.
Teal	Supports for the Teal language, a statically typed dialect for Lua.
TypeScript	Supports TypeScript, a statically typed superset of JavaScript that adds powerful type checking.
TSX	Supports TSX, allows embedding XML/HTML-like text within scripts, used with TypeScript.
Rust	Supports the Rust language, running on the built-in WASM runtime with Rust bindings.
2D Animation	2D skeletal animations support with Spine2D, DragonBones and builtin system.
2D Physics	2D physics engine support with PlayRho.
Web IDE	Built-in out-of-the-box Web IDE, providing file management, code inspection, completion, highlighting and definition jump.
Database	Supports asynchronous operation of SQLite for real-time query and managing large game configuration data.
Excel	Supports reading Excel spreadsheet data and synchronizing it to SQLite tables.
CSS Layout	Provides the function of adaptive Flex layout for game scenes through CSS.
Effect System	Support the functions of Effekseer game effects system.
Tilemap	Supports the Tiled Map Editor TMX map file parsing and rendering.
Yarn Spinner	Supports the Yarn Spinner language, making it easy to write complex game story systems.
ML	Built-in machine learning algorithm framework for innovative gameplay.
Vector Graphics	Provides vector graphics rendering API, which can directly render SVG format files without CSS.
ImGui	Built-in ImGui, easy to create debugging tools and UI interface.
Audio	Supports FLAC, OGG, MP3 and WAV multi-format audio playback.
True Type	Supports True Type font rendering and basic typesetting.
L·S·D	Provides open art resources and game IPs that can be used to create your own games - "Luv Sense Digital".

• Sample Project - Loli War

• Sample Project - Zombie Escape

• Example Project - Dismentalism

• Example Project - Luv Sense Digital

• 1. Download and install the APK package on the running terminal for games.
• 2. Run the software, and access the server address displayed by the software through the browser of a PC (tablet or other development device) on the LAN.
• 3. Start game development.

• 1. Ensure that you have the X86 Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 (the MSVC runtime package vc_redist.x86) installed to run the application. You can download it from the Microsoft website.
• 2. Download and decompress the software.
• 3. Run the software and access the server address displayed by the software through a browser.
• 4. Start game development.

• 1. Download and decompress the software. Or you can get software using Homebrew with:

   brew tap ippclub/dora-ssr
   brew install --cask dora-ssr

• 2. Run the software and access the server address displayed by the software through a browser.
• 3. Start game development.

• 1. Installation from PPA.
  • Ubuntu Jammy

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ippclub/dora-ssr
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install dora-ssr

  • Debian Bookworm

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 9C7705BF
   sudo add-apt-repository -S "deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ippclub/dora-ssr/ubuntu jammy main"
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install dora-ssr

• 2. Run the software and access the server address displayed by the software through a browser.
• 3. Start game development.

For the installation and configuration of Dora SSR project development, see Official Documents for details.

• Step One: Create a new project

  • In the browser, open the right-click menu of the game resource tree on the left side of the Dora Dora editor.
  • Click on the menu item New and choose to create a new folder.

• Step Two: Write game code

  • Create a new game entry code file of Lua (YueScript, Teal, TypeScript or TSX) under the project folder, named init.
  • Write Hello World code:

• Lua

local _ENV = Dora

local sprite = Sprite("Image/logo.png")
sprite:once(function()
  for i = 3, 1, -1 do
    print(i)
    sleep(1)
  end
  print("Hello World")
  sprite:perform(Sequence(
    Scale(0.1, 1, 0.5),
    Scale(0.5, 0.5, 1, Ease.OutBack)
  ))
end)

• Teal

local sleep <const> = require("sleep")
local Ease <const> = require("Ease")
local Scale <const> = require("Scale")
local Sequence <const> = require("Sequence")
local Sprite <const> = require("Sprite")

local sprite = Sprite("Image/logo.png")
if not sprite is nil then
  sprite:once(function()
    for i = 3, 1, -1 do
      print(i)
      sleep(1)
    end
    print("Hello World")
    sprite:perform(Sequence(
      Scale(0.1, 1, 0.5),
      Scale(0.5, 0.5, 1, Ease.OutBack)
    ))
  end)
end

• YueScript

  The story of YueScript, a niche language supported by Dora SSR, can be found here.

_ENV = Dora

with Sprite "Image/logo.png"
   \once ->
     for i = 3, 1, -1
       print i
       sleep 1
     print "Hello World!"
     \perform Sequence(
       Scale 0.1, 1, 0.5
       Scale 0.5, 0.5, 1, Ease.OutBack
     )

• TypeScript

import {Sprite, Ease, Scale, Sequence, sleep} from 'Dora';

const sprite = Sprite("Image/logo.png");
if (sprite) {
  sprite.once(() => {
    for (let i of $range(3, 1, -1)) {
      print(i);
      sleep(1);
    }
    print("Hello World");
    sprite.perform(Sequence(
      Scale(0.1, 1, 0.5),
      Scale(0.5, 0.5, 1, Ease.OutBack)
    ))
  });
}

• TSX

  A much easier approach for building a game scene in Dora SSR. Take the tutorials here.

import {React, toNode, useRef} from 'DoraX';
import {ActionDef, Ease, Sprite, once, sleep} from 'Dora';

const actionRef = useRef<ActionDef.Type>();
const spriteRef = useRef<Sprite.Type>();

const onUpdate = once(() => {
  for (let i of $range(3, 1, -1)) {
    print(i);
    sleep(1);
  }
  print("Hello World");
  const {current: action} = actionRef;
  const {current: sprite} = spriteRef;
  if (action && sprite) {
    sprite.perform(action);
  }
});

toNode(
  <sprite
    ref={spriteRef}
    file='Image/logo.png'
    onUpdate={onUpdate}
  >
    <action ref={actionRef}>
      <sequence>
        <scale time={0.1} start={1} stop={0.5}/>
        <scale time={0.5} start={0.5} stop={1} easing={Ease.OutBack}/>
      </sequence>
    </action>
  </sprite>
);

• Rust

  You can write code in Rust, build it into WASM file named init.wasm, upload it to engine to run. View details here.

use dora_ssr::*;

fn main () {
  let mut sprite = match Sprite::with_file("Image/logo.png") {
    Some(sprite) => sprite,
    None => return,
  };
  let mut sprite_clone = sprite.clone();
  sprite.schedule(once(move |mut co| async move {
    for i in (1..=3).rev() {
      p!("{}", i);
      sleep!(co, 1.0);
    }
    p!("Hello World");
    sprite_clone.perform_def(ActionDef::sequence(&vec![
      ActionDef::scale(0.1, 1.0, 0.5, EaseType::Linear),
      ActionDef::scale(0.5, 0.5, 1.0, EaseType::OutBack),
    ]));
  }));
}

• Step Three: Run the game

  Click the 🎮 icon in the lower right corner of the editor, then click the menu item Run. Or press the key combination Ctrl + r.

• Step Four: Publish the game

  • Open the right-click menu of the project folder just created through the game resource tree on the left side of the editor and click the Download option.
  • Wait for the browser to pop up a download prompt for the packaged project file.

For more detailed tutorials, please check official documents.

• API Reference
• Tutorial

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• QQ Group: 512620381

Welcome to participate in the development and maintenance of Dora SSR. Please see Contributing Guidelines to learn how to submit Issues and Pull Requests.

We are delighted to announce that the Dora SSR project has officially become a donation and incubation preparatory project under the Open Atom Foundation. This new stage of development signifies our steadfast commitment to building a more open and collaborative gaming development environment.

The Open Atom Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the development of open-source technologies. Within this foundation's community, Dora SSR will utilize broader resources and community support to propel the project's development and innovation. For more information, please visit the foundation's official website.

Dora SSR uses the MIT License.

Please note that Dora SSR integrates the Spine Runtime library, which is a commercial software. The use of Spine Runtime in your projects requires a valid commercial license from Esoteric Software. For more details on obtaining the license, please visit the official Spine website.

Make sure to comply with all licensing requirements when using Spine Runtime in your projects.

Alternatively, you can use the integrated open-source DragonBones system as an animation system replacement. If you only need to create simpler animations, you may also explore the Model animation module provided by Dora SSR to see if it meets your needs.