Creating your own Nuklear based project

You can easily generate a Nuklear project using init from the github version of Orx.

This article assumes that you have downloaded the latest version of Orx from github and have built Orx.

There are two ways to create a Nuklear project. Firstly, using Interactive Mode:

init 

Then follow all the prompts and choose yes when asked if you want to include Nuklear:

[Extension] nuklear: Nuklear support (https://github.com/immediate-mode-ui/nuklear)? (no)

The second way is to specify everything on the commandline:

init myGameFolder/MyGame +nuklear

Load your new Nuklear-based project using your favourite IDE. You'll find your build in the build folder.

Compile and run. You should get a nice screen with demo gui controls.

And just for some extra flair, add a little up/down movement to the logo in your main config file:

[Object]
Graphic         = @
Texture         = logo.png
Pivot           = center
AngularVelocity = 18
FXList          = FadeIn # ColorCycle # MoveAround
 
[MoveAround]
SlotList        = @
Type            = position
StartTime       = 0.0
EndTime         = 4
Curve           = sine
StartValue      = (0,0)
EndValue        = (0, -300)
Loop            = true

In the Run() function contains some demo code, for example:

if(nk_begin(&sstNuklear.stContext, "Demo", nk_rect(50, 50, 200, 200), NK_WINDOW_BORDER | NK_WINDOW_MOVABLE | NK_WINDOW_SCALABLE | NK_WINDOW_MINIMIZABLE | NK_WINDOW_TITLE))
    {
        enum {EASY, HARD};
        static orxS32 Op = EASY;
        static orxS32 Property = 20;
 
        nk_layout_row_static(&sstNuklear.stContext, 30, 80, 1);
        if (nk_button_label(&sstNuklear.stContext, "button"))
        {
            orxLOG("Nuklear button pressed.");
        }
        nk_layout_row_dynamic(&sstNuklear.stContext, 30, 2);
        if(nk_option_label(&sstNuklear.stContext, "easy", Op == EASY))
        {
            Op = EASY;
        }
        if(nk_option_label(&sstNuklear.stContext, "hard", Op == HARD))
        {
            Op = HARD;
        }
        nk_layout_row_dynamic(&sstNuklear.stContext, 25, 1);
        nk_property_int(&sstNuklear.stContext, "Compression:", 0, &Property, 100, 10, 1);
    }
    nk_end(&sstNuklear.stContext);

You can also create an orx/Scroll-based Nuklear project. See: Creating your own orx/Scroll project using 'init'

To get started learning how to use the UI Library, check the official repo page: https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear

The documentation is available here: https://immediate-mode-ui.github.io/Nuklear/doc/nuklear.html

You can also find information in this previous guide for Orx and Nuklear here: https://www.danjodev.com/2020/01/nuklear-use-with-orx-engine.html (this was created before the final integration with Orx).

Some tutorials that could be helpful:

• https://www.thecodingfox.com/nuklear-usage-guide-lwjgl
• https://dexp.in/articles/nuklear-intro/