LuaSTG-x

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LuaSTG-x is a multi-platform game engine based on cocos and LuaSTGPlus. It is aimed at providing a powerful engine for building STG, especially bullet hell games.

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Download

Full release download:

• mega
• baidu (bmna)

Main Features

• Complete 2D game engine functions from cocos.
• Multi-platform audio engine, supports audio effects.
• Multi-platform video engine based on FFmpeg.
• Cocos Creator support from creator_to_cocos2dx.
• Live2D support with Lua binding.
• ImGui support with Lua binding.
• Multi-thread optimizations.

Relevant Link

• LuaSTG-x GitHub Wiki
• LuaSTG-x Lua API Document
• Baidu Tieba
• LuaSTG Wiki Site
• Bullet Hell Engines Discord Channel

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repo and submodules from GitHub (or download from release page).

    $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/Xrysnow/LuaSTG-x.git
   

2. Download extra files from Cubism SDK if you need live2d module. (instructions).

3. Generate project using CMake (instructions).

   • If your target is Android platform, just open frameworks/runtime-src/proj.android with Android Studio.
   • If your target is macOS platform, add -GXcode parameter to CMake.
   • If your target is IOS platform, you can search for a bash script that helps to configure CMake.
   • If your target is macOS/IOS platform, you need to open project setting -> TARGETS -> LuaSTG-x -> Build Phases -> Copy Files and check Code Sigh On Copy for frameworks.
   • If your target is Linux platform, you need to execute frameworks/cocos-x/install-deps-linux.sh before using CMake. It's recommended to add -GNinja parameter to use ninja since default make is very slow.

4. Compile with your target compiler.

Build Requirements

• CMake 3.28+
• Android Studio 2025.1.1+ and NDK r30+
• Linux with compiler supports C++20 (Clang is recommended)
• macOS 14+ and Xcode 16.3+
• Windows 7+ and VS 2022+

Runtime Requirements

Runtime requirements is actually decided by your compiler, but in most cases they should satisfy these conditions:

• Android 7.0+
• iOS 17+
• macOS 12+
• Windows 7+ and visual c++ runtime

Note that iOS and macOS versions are always required for project C++ features.

Dependency Graph

LuaSTG-x
├　cocos-x
│　　└ cocos-x-external
│　　　　├ cocos2d-x-gfx
│　　　　├ FFmpeg (video textures)
│　　　　├ glslang
│　　　　├ openal-soft
│　　　　└ SPIRV-Cross
├　cocos-x-imgui
│　　├ ImGui
│　　├ imgui_markdown
│　　├ ImGuiColorTextEdit
│　　└ implot
├　cocos-x-live2d (optional)
│　├ CubismNativeFramework
│　└ Cubism SDK for Native
├　lstgx_external
│　　├ BurstLinker
│　　├ libzippp
│　　│　└ libzip
│　　├ Lua CJSON
│　　├ luafilesystem
│　　├ LPeg
│　　├ MicroTeX
│　　├ nanosvg
│　　├ NativeFileDialog
│　　└ Yuescript (optional)
├　lstgx_Math
└　lstgx_LuaCore