Core Services API

These are the shared services and helper types you will most often use around the engine.

Window and display

• Display
• WindowFlag
• CursorType

Start here if you want to manage the window, cursor, clipboard, fullscreen state, or monitor information.

Useful entry points:

• Display module reference
• create_window(width, height, title)
• set_window_title(title)
• toggle_fullscreen()
• set_mouse_cursor(cursor)
• get_monitor_size(monitor)

Rendering

• Renderer2D
• Renderer3D
• Color
• Rect
• TextureFilter
• ArepyTexture
• ArepyFont
• ArepyModel
• ArepyMesh
• ArepyMaterial

Start here if you want to draw sprites, text, shapes, models, debug primitives, or use cameras.

Useful entry points:

• Renderer2D module reference
• Renderer3D module reference
• draw_texture(...)
• draw_text(...)
• draw_model(...)
• draw_cube(...)
• get_delta_time()

Input

• Input
• Key
• MouseButton

Start here if you want keyboard, mouse, wheel, or typed text state.

Useful entry points:

• Input module reference
• is_key_pressed(key)
• is_key_down(key)
• is_mouse_button_pressed(button)
• get_mouse_position()
• get_char_pressed()

Audio

• AudioDevice
• ArepySound
• ArepyMusic

Start here if you want to play sound effects, stream music, or control volume and playback time.

Useful entry points:

• Audio module reference
• load_sound(path)
• play_sound(sound)
• load_music(path)
• play_music(music)
• seek_music_stream(music, position)

Assets

• AssetStore

Start here if you want a named store for textures, fonts, sounds, music, models, meshes, and materials.

Useful entry points:

• Asset store reference
• add_* and get_* methods on AssetStore

Events

• EventManager
• Event

Start here if you want loose communication between systems or gameplay modules.

Useful entry points:

• Event manager reference
• event subscribe / emit / process methods on EventManager

Where to keep reading

• The generated module reference shows every method, attribute, and nested module.
• The engine services guide explains what each service is for in plain language.
• Read Engine Services for examples of how these services are injected into systems.