Teaser

▼ 2D Engine with Multiplayer & Shaders

• ☑⁡⁡ Shaders and modern effects (like screens) not existing in MUGEN.
• ☑⁡⁡ Up to 4 vs 4 (8 players) simultaneously on screen (not including 'helpers' or tag team).
• ☑⁡⁡ SDL Direct 3D and OpenGL support.
• ☑⁡⁡ Debug mode with editable UI panels, draw collision, etc.

Gameplay Test

▼ MUGEN Compatibility:

• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Debug/recode/repack hundreds of open-source stages and characters.
• ☑⁡⁡ Screenpack support for existing third party theming.
• ☑⁡⁡ Data files converted to easy to edit and read XML.
• ☑⁡⁡ Various converters and tools provided with the engine.

Upscaling

▼ ⁡Custom 5x Upscaler:

• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡5x+ upscale with 8-bit to 32-bit smoothing (non-AI/ML).⁡
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Redesigned UI for HD and better character or stage selection.⁡⁡
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Graphics core and compression toolset for 32-bit HD (4k, 1080p, 720p).⁡⁡
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Generated in-game test assets (chars/stages/UI) and production pipeline (4k, 1080p, 720p).⁡⁡

Painted In 4k

▼ Content Management:

• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡Upscaled Remy 720p sprites painted over in Photoshop.
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡Original collision boxes are upscaled, so they may not be perfect.⁡
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Sprite shadows may be slightly off since the scaling differences are so large.⁡⁡

Effects

▼ Advanced 2D:

• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡32b HSV (clamped shader and non-shader color swapping).⁡⁡
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Debug mode allows custom controls over shadow opacity and shaders.⁡⁡
• ☑⁡⁡ Test stage is highly optimized to use minimal VRAM (256 MB for 2 full 4k characters).
• ☑⁡⁡ ⁡⁡Platforms with Box 2D physics (optional).⁡⁡

Development

▼ Iterated with another engineer in Berlin:

• ☑⁡⁡ More features and better performance than the new MUGEN HD (by the original team).
• ☑⁡⁡ Only 2D fighting engine with a fast and efficient HD content conversion pipeline.
• ☑⁡⁡ Project essentially completed all milestones other than networked multiplayer.⁡⁡