mini-arcade-core

mini-arcade-core is the simulation-first core of Mini Arcade.

It is backend-agnostic and focuses on:

• scenes as simulation containers
• entities and lightweight component-style data
• systems for input, simulation, and render preparation
• draw packets that backends can replay

Backends are responsible for:

• window and event polling
• drawing primitives, textures, and text
• audio, capture, and frame presentation

Design goals

• small, explicit API surface
• deterministic simulation patterns
• testable game logic outside the rendering layer
• backend swapping between native and pygame

Frame mental model

A typical frame is:

1. gather input and produce intents
2. tick simulation and systems
3. build draw packets
4. let the selected backend render and present the frame

Install

pip install mini-arcade-core

Docs

See the monorepo docs for architecture and concepts:

• docs/source/concepts/architecture.md
• docs/source/concepts/capabilities.md
• docs/source/tutorials/index.md