mini-arcade-core 1.5.0

Tiny scene-based game loop core for small arcade games.

mini-arcade-core

mini-arcade-core is the simulation-first core of Mini Arcade.

It is backend-agnostic and focuses on:

• scenes (simulation containers)
• entities + components (lightweight data)
• systems (input, simulation, render prep)
• draw calls (render instructions prepared by the scene)

Backends are responsible for:

• window + event polling
• drawing primitives/sprites
• presenting frames

Design goals

• tiny API surface, but scalable patterns
• deterministic simulation (replays later)
• testable logic (most game rules run headless)
• backend swapping (native / pygame)

Frame mental model

A typical frame:

1. gather input → produce intents
2. tick simulation
3. generate draw calls
4. backend renders draw calls

Install

pip install mini-arcade-core

Docs

Architecture and concepts live in the monorepo docs (docs/).