Kiff-ECCE Framework

This framework is a work in progress. At present the framework is not being built for performance; optimizations will come later, as I am currently focusing on the API's ergonomics.

The Kiff-ECCE Framework is an architectural pattern that leverages Entities, Components, Commands, Events, and Command Handlers to build scalable and maintainable systems. It is a variation on the standard ECS pattern and does not include Queries, focusing instead on the dynamic interaction between commands and events to drive the system's behavior.

Progress

• Entities
• Components
• Commands
• Events
• Command Handlers
• Schedules
• Resources

Key Concepts

• Entities: The primary objects in the system, identified by unique IDs.
• Components: Data containers attached to entities, representing various aspects of the entity's state.
• Commands: Actions that can be performed on entities, often resulting in state changes.
• Events: Notifications triggered by commands, used to inform other parts of the system about state changes.
• Command Handlers: Functions or methods that process commands and generate events.

Example

These examples are simple, as the API is not fully mature yet.

By using Zigs comptime functionality we can build dynamic structs allowing us to create concrete implimentaitions of components, entities and commands. To register a component or command you can do as follows:

Component Creation

const PersonComponentData = struct { name: []const u8 };
const PersonComponent = components.create_component(PersonComponentData, "person_components");

const component_types = [_]type {
    PersonComponent,
};

Command Creation

const GreetCommand = comptime components.create_command( .{}, "greet_commands");

const command_types = [_]type {
    GreetCommand,
};

Create ECCE

const ECCE = ecce.create_ecce(&component_types, &command_types);

Adding Commands and Components

const person_2_entity: ecce.Entity = try world.add_entity();
try world.add_component(person_2_entity, PersonComponent 
{ 
    .id = world.get_next_component_id(),
    .entity = person_2_entity, 
    .data = PersonComponentData { .name = "Jane" }
});    

try world.dispatch_command(GreetCommand 
{ 
    .id = world.get_next_command_id(), 
    .data = GreetCommandData { .target_entity = person_1_entity, .script_entity = script_entity }
});

Access Commands and Components

for (world.commands.entries.greet_all_commands.values()) |cmd| 
{
    for (world.components.entries.person_components.values()) |person_component| 
    {
        const greet_component = try world.get_component_by_entity(cmd.data.?.script_entity, GreetComponent);          
        std.debug.print("\n{s} {s}", .{ greet_component.data.greeting_text , person_component.data.name });
    }
}

A complete example can be found in main.zig