Examples

Tetra has a fairly large suite of examples - to try them out, clone the repository and run:

cargo run --example example_name

You can also click on the name of the example below to view the source code.

Name	Category	Description
hello_world	Basic	Opens a window and clears it with a solid color.
texture	Graphics	Loads and displays a texture.
shaders	Graphics	Uses a custom shader to render a texture.
canvas	Graphics	Uses a custom render target to apply post-processing effects.
mesh	Graphics	Draws a custom mesh using vertex data.
animation	Graphics	Displays an animation, made up of regions from a texture.
text	Graphics	Displays text using a TTF font.
nineslice	Graphics	Slices a texture into nine segments to display a dialog box.
scaling	Graphics	Demonstrates the different screen scaling algorithms.
camera	Graphics	Demonstrates how to use a camera to transform the scene.
interpolation	Graphics	Demonstrates how to interpolate between updates.
shapes	Graphics	Demonstrates how to draw primitive shapes.
stencil	Graphics	Demonstrates how to use stencil buffers.
audio	Audio	Plays back an audio file.
keyboard	Input	Moves a texture around based on keyboard input.
animation_controller	Input	Moves a sprite around, with the animation changing based on keyboard input.
mouse	Input	Moves a texture around based on mouse input.
gamepad	Input	Displays the input from a connected gamepad.
text_input	Input	Displays text as it is typed in by the player.
file_drop	Input	Loads a file that the user drags and drops into the window.
events	Input	Shows what events can be fired by the engine.
error_handling	Error Handling	Demonstrates how custom error types and error reporting crates can be used in a Tetra game.
bunnymark	Benchmark	Benchmarks rendering performance by rendering lots of bunnies.
ecs	Integration	Demonstrates how ECS (entity component system) libraries can be used with Tetra.
tetras	Game	A full example game (which is entirely legally distinct from a certain other block-based puzzle game cough).