# Himmel Engine

Himmel(equal to Heaven, but in German) is an engine for Visual Novels, written using Dlang and Lua.

## Getting Started

### Getting needed components(besides VLC)

Build system currently assumes POSIX like system. For building, you need first install next components on:

1. __FreeBSD:__
```
sudo pkg install ldc vlc dub lua53
```

2. __Alpine:__
```
doas apk add ldc2 dub vlc-dev vlc lua5.3-dev 
```

3. __Debian:__
```
sudo apt install dub ldc vlc-dev liblua5.3-dev vlc lua
```

Next, run 
```./build.sh```
. Everything will be done automatically!

## Features

- Multiple characters on screen
- Backgrounds(can be preloaded and then drawn if needed)
- Text box with skip functionality and choices
- Graphics effects(PNG stored in .bin, its called HPFF - Heaven/Himmel Package File Format)

## TODO

- Adding lipsync
- Adding savestates in-engine
- Adding backlog and menus


## License

raylib([raylib.com](https://raylib.com)) uses zlib/libpng license

himmel engine uses MIT license

VLC([videolan.org](https://videolan.org)) uses LGPL license

lua([lua.org](https://www.lua.org)) uses MIT license