Update 0.1.3.0 improves players's interaction with entities. Now the player can remove entities via his hitscanning gun.

You can check out those new features in demos included with the engine.

Added entities rendered as 2D sprites. Entities can be used as collectibles, obstacles, or decorations.

The code was split into separate files to make the code clearer, and the map system was refactored for variable widths. No visual or gameplay changes were added.

Added mouse camera movement, strafe movement, and sprinting while holding a key (Shift by default).

The first public and fully working version of Lite Engine is now available for free.This update improves the renderer visuals by adding edge and corner lines on walls to split them visually, making the raycasted geometry appear cleaner and more detailed.

Lite Engine 0 can now be downloaded for free, including the full source code under the GNU GPL v3 license.

Walls are now filled with emptiness to make the geometry more understandable.

Improved raycasting method to increase rendering performance.

Improved raycasting calculations and wall rendering precision.

Lite Engine has entered the alpha stage and is now a raycasting engine. The project now draws pseudo-3D walls directly using ASCII block characters.

Testing the the camera view rays ('-' symbols are the view rays)

Added player rotation and movement based on facing angle.

First alpha prototype implementing basic grid-based movement using keyboard input, including wall collision and floating-point position handling.