Open source (2D/3D) game engine for the Sega Saturn "Jo Engine"

Hey I wanted to show you this for those who are not yet aware, it might interest people here, always impressive what people are doing with old consoles.

"Jo Engine is an open source 2D and 3D game engine for the Sega Saturn written in C under MIT license.

It allows to develop game easily without extensive knowledge in embedded development.

And… games run on emulator and also on the original system !"

Features

File System (CD)
Load 3D mesh
Loading sprite in TGA, 15 bits image or raw from the CD
Sprite animation
Tileset & Map
Audio (CD & PCM)
Gamepad
Parallax Scrolling
Mode7
Etc.

All info here https://www.jo-engine.org/home/

Bonus : https://readretro.com/saturn-3d-first-person-shooter-engine-enters-testing-phase/

Enjoy your reading :slightly_smiling_face:

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Would love to see some era-appropriate content for this kind of thing.

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