Christian Oeing - Slash Framework

Factsheet

Developer:
Slash Games
Based in Hamburg, Germany

Release date:
August 14, 2016

Platforms:
C#

Website:
github.com/SlashGames/slash-framework

Description

The Slash Framework was initially developed as a common base for games from Slash Games. The base idea was to have a powerful, but generic architecture that can be used in a variety of projects.

Therefore the decision was taken to use a component-based approach which lowers the dependencies within a project, so it can be changed, extended and reused much easier than e.g. using an object-oriented approach. Those were things that regularly occur in games as there are multiple iterations that a game goes through before it is released. And even after its release there may be a lot of changes.

The architecture proved to be very useful, so Slash Games decided to publish the framework as Open Source in 2016. They hope that the framework will be used in many more project to proove its generic nature and there might be other developers who will contribute to improve it even more.

Features

Low-level implementation of component-based entity systems
Unity3D integration
Proven to work in several released games
Unit tests and references for non-trivial operations
Several articles about specifics and usage of the framework

Tasks

Design of the general architecture with components, entities and systems
Design and development of a blueprint addition that helps to setup the kinds of entities that occur in the game
Documentation and examples to teach new developers the usage of the framework
Continuous support for users of the asset
Regular updates with bug fixes and new features
Design and development of an addition for easy usage of the framework with Unity3D