Jul 14A Roadmap to Entity RelationshipsIntroduction Since entity relationships first got introduced to Flecs in 2021, other ECS implementations have also started adding support for them, or are in the process of doing so. …Game Development20 min readGame Development20 min read
Jun 6Why it is time to start thinking of games as databasesIn the previous blog post, Building Games in ECS with Entity Relationships, I talked about the benefits of treating relationships between entities as first class citizens in a game. In this new blog post I’ll dive deeper into one of those benefits, and the futuristic capabilities it could unlock. Sit…Game Development16 min readGame Development16 min read
Mar 27Flecs 3.2 is out!What is Flecs? Flecs is an Entity Component System (FAQ) for C and C++ that helps with building games, simulations and more. The core features of Flecs are: Store data for millions of entities in data structures optimized for CPU cache efficiency and composition-first design Find entities for game systems with a high…Game Development6 min readGame Development6 min read
Oct 15, 2022Flecs 3.1 is out!What is Flecs? Flecs is an Entity Component System (FAQ) for C and C++ that helps with building games, simulations and more. The core features of Flecs are: Store data for millions of entities in data structures optimized for CPU cache efficiency and composition-first design Find entities for game systems with a high…Game Development5 min readGame Development5 min read
Aug 6, 2022Building an ECS #1: Where are my Entities and ComponentsThis is the first in a series of posts about how to build an Entity Component System. Each post will cover a different part of the design and turn it inside out, so that at the end of each post you will have enough information to implement one yourself. In…Software Development6 min readSoftware Development6 min read
Aug 2, 2022Flecs 3.0 is out!What is Flecs? Flecs is an Entity Component System (FAQ) for C and C++ that helps with building games, simulations and more. The core features of Flecs are: Store data for millions of entities in data structures optimized for CPU cache efficiency and composition-first design Find entities for game systems with a high…Game Development8 min readGame Development8 min read
Apr 7, 2022Building Games in ECS with Entity RelationshipsBehavior in games is in many ways defined by the interaction between entities. A turret fires at an enemy, a player trades with another player, a hero goes on a quest that in turn belongs to a faction, a spaceship docks to a space station orbiting a planet in a…Game Development12 min readGame Development12 min read
Feb 19, 2021ECS: From Tool to ParadigmThis blog is about Entity Component Systems. If you’d like to learn more about ECS, see this FAQ: https://github.com/SanderMertens/ecs-faq I usually shy away from the “P word” in conversations about ECS. Whenever it is uttered all it seems to do is divide people into two camps, which is rarely a…Games12 min readGames12 min read
Jan 22, 2021Flecs v2.3 (and v2.2) is out!I blog-skipped v2.2, so there’s a lot to catch up on :-) First of all, Flecs is an Entity Component System (ECS). If you don’t know what an ECS is, check out the FAQ. Much has happened since the last update, and not all of it in code! The Flecs…Game Development7 min readGame Development7 min read
Oct 16, 2020Deconstructing Flecs PrefabsOne of the key design goals of Flecs is to enable reusability. When we talk about reusability, it is often the reusability of code. While that is a big part of it, reusability of data is just as important, especially in games. …Games10 min readGames10 min read
