Duality is a plugin based 2D game development framework based on C# and OpenTK. To get a quick overview, please visit the project page. For documentation, take a look at our docs page.
If you have questions or just want to say Hi, feel free to join us in the forum or our chat. Also, feedback is always welcome! Bugs and feature requests that do not require further discussion, however, should be filed in the issue tracking system, directly here on github.
You can find the latest binary release here. If you already have a Duality project, you can update your Duality version or any of its plugins in the Package Manager.
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If you want to build Duality yourself, you can do so using Visual Studio or MonoDevelop by simply opening Duality.sln and selecting "Build Solution". On non-Windows systems, you will be able to build core projects only and have to unload any editor projects first. When building Duality from the command line, make sure to call nuget restore Duality.sln first, so the required packages can be restored.
All framework build results will be located in the shared Build/Output folder. Sample project build results will be separate, and located in their respective Content/Plugins subdirectories. To launch any of the included sample projects after building Duality, select it as a startup project in your IDE. Otherwise, you can use either DualityEditor or DualityLauncher as a startup project.
We're actively looking for contributors. Are you experienced with Duality and want to join the development team? Look at our contribution guide.
This project is no longer actively maintained.
Due to changes in my personal and professional life over the last year, I am no longer able to provide the required amount of my time to keep this project updated. As you may have noticed, there already has been an extended period of time where development activity was down compared to previous years, with me mostly focusing on reviewing PRs, providing some guidance in issue threads, and fixing smaller bugs. Unfortunately, I am now at a point where this doesn't work anymore either - meaning that from this point on, I am no longer actively maintaining the project.
Duality started its development around 2011, which makes this its nine year anniversary. As with all projects of this scale, there are some areas that could still use developer attention - but I'm hoping that the project can be considered stable enough to keep being useful for a bit, and for now I'll keep the project and its infrastructure as-is. Within the realms of reason (and its license), feel free to use, fork, extend and repurpose any parts of Duality as you see fit.
Thanks to all the contributors who helped me fix bugs, add features, improve the docs, and discuss design decisions. Without your help and input, the project would not have been where it is now. And of course, thanks to all the users who helped us improve Duality by pointing out both issues and use cases that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.
For any questions or points for discussion, please use the GitHub thread for this commit.