About Tiny

Tiny is a lightweight 2D game engine that allows developers to easily create games using the Lua programming language.

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🧸 Tiny Game Engine

🎮 Tiny is a lightweight, cross-platform game engine powered by Lua — perfect for small games, game jams, and rapid prototyping.

Breakout created with Tiny Game Engine

✨ Features

🖥️ & 🌐 Multiplatform – Runs on desktop and web
✍️ Lua scripting – Simple, flexible, and fast
🔄 Hot reload – Instantly see your code changes
🪶 Lightweight – No bloat, just the essentials for small games

🚀 Getting Started

Create your first game with just a few lines of Lua:

function _draw()
    -- draw a rectangle at {x: 10, y: 10} with the size {width: 100, height: 50} 
    shape.rectf(10, 10, 100, 50)
end

➡️ Read the Getting Started Guide to set up the engine and start creating!

⌨️ CLI Commands

tiny-cli create <name>    # Create new game
tiny-cli run              # Run game
tiny-cli debug            # Run with debugger
tiny-cli serve            # Dev server with hot reload
tiny-cli export           # Export for web
tiny-cli palette          # Generate color palettes
tiny-cli sfx              # Sound effect editor
tiny-cli add              # Add resources to project