Core Concepts

Overview

Core architectural concepts behind MavonEngine.

MavonEngine is built around a small set of core concepts that compose together to form a full game.

Game Loop

The BaseGame and Game classes drive the fixed-tick and render loops.

Entity System

Hierarchical classes for all game objects: GameObject, Actor, Entity3D, LivingActor.

State Machine

Pushdown automaton pattern via EntityState for complex entity behaviors.

World Management

BaseWorld and ChunkManager manage all entities and spatial partitioning.

Event System

Lightweight pub/sub via EventEmitter used throughout the engine.

Level Editor

A level editor that loads directly from the running game instance on the page.

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Game Loop

How BaseGame and Game drive the engine's update and render loops.