Building and running the engine for MacOSX

We'll be using the Homebrew package manager to compile and build the files. You'll also be needing clang for compiling, which should already be on your machine if Xcode is installed.

Install the needed packages:

• glfw - For graphics, input, and window handling
• chicken - For lisp scheme scripting

% brew install glfw chicken

Install the needed dependencies for scripting:

% chicken-install -v bind

Clone the repository and enter the directory:

% git clone [email protected]:accidentalrebel/rebel-game-engine.git 
% cd rebel-game-engine/

You'll need to create some directories to be used for builds:

% mkdir tmp libs output

Build the engine as a library:

% make build PLATFORM=macosx

Run the engine (Runs whatever code is in scripts/game.scm):

% make PLATFORM=macosx

Congratulations, you are now ready to start working!

Note: To avoid having to specify PLATFORM every time you make a build, you can change the variable PLATFORM= inside the Makefile.

Troubleshooting

Failure in Make

If you experience errors after running make PLATFORM=macosx like the ones below:

Failed to create glfwWindow

Failed to initialize GLAD

../scripts/rebel.scm:23: ##sys#make-c-string

Check the file in src/core/window.cpp and make sure that the line in line 15 is UNcommented.

glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);

And then build again and call make

% make build PLATFORM=macosx
% make PLATFORM=macosx