⚠️ Development Status: Nyar is currently in active, experimental development with no stable release. It serves primarily as a learning ground and playground for exploring real-time rendering Vulkan architecture and modern C++20/23 features. APIs are highly subject to change.

Nyar: A Vulkan real-time renderer

This project is designed to work as a separate module for the Nodens framework. Its design and implementation draw from established principles in real-time rendering and modern engine architecture and tools (e.g. Slang shaders, dynamic rendering, etc.)

• Immediate Goal: Follow and complete the official Khronos Vulkan "Drawing a triangle" tutorial to establish a solid baseline.
• Future Direction: Incrementally refactor and morph the working tutorial code into a dedicated renderer API.

Development Environment

Nyar uses EldritchCodex's shared Linux graphics image through .devcontainer/devcontainer.json:

ghcr.io/eldritchcodex/arch-dev:main

Open Nyar in Zed or Visual Studio Code, then reopen it in the Dev Container. NVIDIA hosts need a working host driver and NVIDIA Container Toolkit. Intel/AMD hosts use the /dev/dri configuration. See the Nodens toolchain guide for GPU setup details.

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