Minecraft Engine

A custom game engine built for voxel-style games like Minecraft and Terraria — optimized for procedural world generation, chunk rendering, and simulation performance.

What we want?

This engine is designed specifically for Minecraft-like voxel games, focusing on performance, chunk management, and real-time procedural generation — without the overhead of general-purpose engines like Unity or Unreal.

By narrowing the engine’s scope, development can target core voxel mechanics (terrain, lighting, rendering, and physics) with maximum efficiency.

What we have?

• [✔] Input handling for keyboard and mouse interactions.
• [✔] Render system optimized for rendering basic voxel primitives (cubes).
• [✔] UI layer built with ImGui for in-engine tools and debugging.
• [✔] ECS architecture for modular game object management.
• [✔] Physics system with basic collision detection and response.
• [✔] Basic particle system for visual effects.

What is next?

• Procedural Generation Algorithms — Perlin Noise, Simplex Noise, and hybrid terrain methods.
• World Generation Techniques — Chunked LOD, Greedy Meshing, seamless world streaming.
• Physics-Driven Animation — ragdoll, procedural motion, and dynamic interaction.

How to run?

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/zong4/MinecraftEngine.git

2️⃣ Install dependencies

Make sure XMake is installed on your system.

3️⃣ Build and run

cd MinecraftEngine
xmake run -y

xmake will automatically download and compile all required dependencies on first run.