{"repo":"Cronza/HeartbeatEngine","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/Cronza/HeartbeatEngine","clone":"git clone https://github.com/Cronza/HeartbeatEngine.git","description":"A Visual Novel / Dating Sim game engine written in Python using Pygame, with a full editor written in PyQt5","language":"Python","stars":21,"topics":["python","game-engine","engine","visualnovel","gamedev","game","game-development","pyqt","pyqt5","pygame"],"license":"GPL-3.0","category":"game-templates","readme_excerpt":"Heartbeat Engine A Visual Novel / Point & Click Game Engine Designed for Creative Developers What is the 'Heartbeat Engine'? Fig 1 - An example of branching dialogue in Visual Novel Format The Heartbeat Engine is a Visual Novel / Point & Click game engine written in Python using the PyGame framework, with a fully-fledged editor built in PyQt6. It is meant as a lightweight, user-friendly engine that allows developers to focus more on making games, and less on worrying about coding them. What can I do with the 'Heartbeat Engine'? Fig 2 - Designing a Scene with the Drag 'n Drop Scene Editor Using the Heartbeat Editor, users are given a platform to design and build their projects. From importing external assets such as Art and Music to creating levels and scenes, the users have the tools to succeed. Within the Heartbeat Editor are a collection of \"Sub-editors\" which allow users to create custom formats representing levels, interfaces, dialogue sequences, etc. The editors for each of these formats are designed to be as user-friendly as possible, and require no prior experience with coding to use. Fig 3 - Available templates when creating Interfaces To further assist in the development of user projects, the Heartbeat Editor provides free templates and samples of custom formats, as well as free assets to fulfill a variety of needs such as: 1. Sprites (Buttons, backgrounds, etc) 2. Fonts 3. Audio (Music, SFX) These are all accessible directly through the Heartbeat Editor, and require","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/Cronza","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/Cronza/HeartbeatEngine/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}