libes is a library for managing an entity system written in C++.

If you do not know what an entity system is, you should read the following blog entries:

• Evolve your hierarchy, Mick West, Jan 2007
• Entity Systems are the future of MMOG development, Adam Martin, Sep 2007
• What is an entity system framework for game development?, Richard Lord, Jan 2012
• (in French) Les systèmes à entités, Julien Bernard, Sep 2013

You can also check the Entity Systems Wiki.

libes is written in C++11 so you need a C++11 compiler like Clang or GCC. There is no other dependency.

You can download the sources directly from github:

git clone https://github.com/jube/libes.git

Then you have to use CMake to build the project:

cd libes
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../src
make

Finally, you can install the files (you may need root permissions):

make install

libes provides a pkg-config file so you can use it to configure your project.

pkg-config --cflags --libs libes0

Then you can check the libes tutorial to learn how to use the library.

• Julien Bernard, julien dot bernard at univ dash fcomte dot fr

• Sébastien Rombauts, sebastien dot rombauts at gmail dot com

See ChangeLog.md.

This library is open source and is distributed under the ISC licence.