Haunt Engine

Overview

Haunt Engine is a work-in-progress 3D game engine built from scratch using modern C++ and Vulkan, with the long-term goal of creating a survival-horror game.

The project is an exploration of real-time graphics and engine architecture, focusing on understanding and implementing the underlying systems rather than relying on an existing game engine.

Development follows the Khronos Vulkan Tutorial as a starting point, with plans to expand into rendering, resource management, scene management, and gameplay systems.

Technology

• Language: C++
• Graphics API: Vulkan
• Build: CMake

Goals

• Build a Vulkan-based rendering backend from the ground up
• Implement core engine systems for windowing, input, and the game loop
• Develop scene management, asset loading, and resource management
• Explore real-time lighting, shadows, and atmospheric rendering
• Implement foundational gameplay systems for 3D survival horror
• Ultimately create a playable survival-horror prototype powered by Haunt Engine

Development

Early stages. The repository is up and work is underway.

I’ll document architecture decisions and rendering progress as the engine takes shape.