Pulsar Games

Open Source Engine

Built for Modders, Designed for Speed

A modular ASCII game engine for Godot 4. Separate engine core from game content — extend, fork, or build your own game on top.

ECS-Lite Architecture

Entities are integer IDs, components are data, systems are pure static methods. Fully testable without scenes.

Data-Driven Content

Zero game logic in content files. Define enemies, items, abilities, and rules as .tres resources.

Tick-Based Simulation

Generic tick abstraction supports turn-based and real-time games from the same engine core.

Hook-Based Extension

Game layer registers behavior through hooks. Engine never references game-specific code.

engine/core/

engine/
  core/           # Reusable kernel — components, types, world, session
  systems/        # Tick pipeline, combat, AI, movement, inventory
  rendering/      # ASCII renderer, animations, lighting, camera
  map/            # Dungeon generation, location graphs, navigation
  ui/             # HUD, screens, modals, scroll helpers
  autoloads/      # Event bus, settings, audio
game/
  data/           # 700+ authored .tres resources (enemies, items, rules)
  systems/        # Game-specific hooks and flows
  assets/         # Music, SFX, sprites, fonts

Projects

Games & Tools

Everything we build is open-source and made with Godot.

ASCII RPG

In Development

A deep roguelike built on the Pulsar engine. Procedural dungeons, systemic combat, authored narrative, and full deterministic replay.

roguelikeasciiproceduralgodot-4

Source

About

Why Pulsar?

Pulsar Games is a solo indie studio focused on building reusable, open-source game infrastructure in Godot. The belief is simple: game engines should be modular, data-driven, and owned by the people who use them.

Every system is designed to be forked, extended, and remixed. The engine is the product. The games prove it works.