cfnptr/garden

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An open source, cross platform game engine written in C++ with Vulkan API rendering backend

Stars: 35
Forks: 6
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 62

Dominant language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Jul 23, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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62 open issues indexed

How to enable AMD Radeon Anti-Lag on Fedora Linux? (Vulkan VK_AMD_anti_lag) Open

bug question

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

cfnptr/garden#103 · Opened Aug 2, 2026
Math SIMD imporvements Open

improvement research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

cfnptr/garden#102 · Opened Jul 17, 2026
Fix building on Alpine linux Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

cfnptr/garden#100 · Opened Apr 15, 2026
Implement cross platform Window Open

improvement VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#99 · Opened Apr 1, 2026
Implement Slug text rendering Open

feature render

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#98 · Opened Apr 1, 2026
Implement CMAA anti-aliasing Open

feature render

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#97 · Opened Mar 9, 2026
Implement VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties extension Open

feature VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#96 · Opened Feb 19, 2026
(VulkanAPI) Add VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model support Open

improvement VulkanAPI

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#95 · Opened Feb 10, 2026
Add VR support (Virtual Reality) Open

feature render

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#94 · Opened Feb 10, 2026
Implement VK_KHR_image_format_list extension Open

improvement VulkanAPI

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#93 · Opened Feb 10, 2026
Integrate VK_EXT_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder extension Open

feature VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#92 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 20, 2026
Integrate RTXGI Open

feature render

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#91 · Opened Nov 15, 2025
Fix arabic and hindi text glyph rendering Open

bug render

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#90 · Opened Nov 14, 2025
Integrate ImGuizmo Open

editor feature research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#89 · Opened Nov 5, 2025
Add RenderDoc app integration Open

editor feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#88 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 30, 2025
Add faster UTF converter (SIMD optimized) Open

improvement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#87 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 22, 2025
Optimize floatX with halfX, uint16, uint8, etc. in shaders Open

GSL improvement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#79 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 17, 2025
C++ code to GLSL shader converter Open

feature GSL research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#78 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 11, 2025
Research frame graph benefits (Render graph) Open

feature research VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

cfnptr/garden#77 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 7, 2025
Relax queue ownership transfer (TransferQ, ComputeQ flags) Open

improvement research VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#76 · Opened Jun 7, 2025
Rethink staging buffers artchitecture Open

improvement research VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#75 · Opened Jun 6, 2025
Check if descriptor set bindings mach on bind command Open

editor improvement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#74 · Opened May 29, 2025
Use VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer extension on modern hardware Open

feature VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#73 · Opened May 21, 2025
Add VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library extension support Open

improvement VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#72 · Opened May 19, 2025
Add screen space reflections rendering (SSR) Open

feature render

cfnptr/garden#69 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened May 14, 2025
Add Mesh and Task shaders support Open

feature VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#67 · Opened May 14, 2025
Add TimerSystem for timer-based event handling Open

feature good first issue

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#64 · 1 reaction · Opened May 4, 2025
Add automatic PGO compilation Open

feature research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#62 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2025
Add unit tests for engine systems Open

feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#60 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Add modding support via C interface Open

feature research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

cfnptr/garden#59 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Add FollowComponent system Open

feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#57 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Integrate ImNode and ImPlot libraries for ImGui Open

editor feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#56 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Support resource (images, buffers) memory aliasing Open

feature VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#55 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Replace all editor recursive functions with stack based Open

improvement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#54 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Multithread descriptor set uniform update function Open

improvement research VulkanAPI

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#53 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Add better documentation and tutorials of engine usage and architecture. Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

cfnptr/garden#52 · Opened Apr 12, 2025
Support multiple pipelineState and vertex attributes declarations Open

GSL improvement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#50 · Opened Apr 1, 2025
Add models loading using Assimp Open

feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

cfnptr/garden#48 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 14, 2025
Implement fog rendering (Exponential height fog) Open

feature render

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

cfnptr/garden#47 · Opened Jan 16, 2025
Cascade shadow map improvements (CSM) Open

improvement render

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#46 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 7, 2025
Use static Vulkan library on macOS Open

improvement VulkanAPI

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#45 · Opened Dec 28, 2024
Add ImGui tooltips for complex engine features Open

editor improvement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#44 · Opened Dec 28, 2024
Pass only required resources list in CMake Open

improvement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#42 · Opened Dec 28, 2024
Add PBR cloth sheen model (Luster fabric) Open

feature GSL

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#39 · Opened Dec 28, 2024
Check if pipeline viewport/scissor or descriptor sets are set before draw Open

editor improvement VulkanAPI

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

cfnptr/garden#36 · Opened Dec 28, 2024
Visual Studio Code (VS Code) CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is not defined in the MSVC and Clang Open

question

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

cfnptr/garden#35 · Opened Dec 16, 2024
Implement GPU occlusion culling Open

improvement render research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#33 · Opened Dec 5, 2024
How to enable Vulkan support in WSL2? Open

question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

cfnptr/garden#30 · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 4, 2024
Implement animation graph and sequencer Open

editor feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#29 · Opened Jun 9, 2024
Standalone Garden editor app Open

question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

cfnptr/garden#28 · Opened Feb 8, 2024

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