Tetra is a simple 2D game framework written in Rust. It uses SDL2 for event handling and OpenGL 3.2+ for rendering.

• API Docs
• Installation Guide
• Distribution Guide
• Examples
• Tutorial
• FAQ

Tetra is being passively maintained, as of January 2022.

No new features are planned, but occasional bugfix updates may still be released from time to time. PRs may be accepted if they don't have a large maintainence burden.

If you're looking for a similar framework that's more actively developed, try macroquad or GGEZ. Alternatively, you can try nova, my spiritual successor to this library (much smaller scope, still very experimental).

• XNA/MonoGame-inspired API
• Efficient 2D rendering, with draw call batching by default
• Easy input handling, via polling or events, with support for gamepads
• Deterministic game loop by default, à la Fix Your Timestep
• Common building blocks built-in, such as:
  • Font rendering
  • Cameras
  • Screen scaling

To add Tetra to your project, add the following line to your Cargo.toml file:

tetra = "0.8"

You will also need to install the SDL2 native libraries - full details are provided in the documentation.

To get a simple window displayed on screen, the following code can be used:

use tetra::graphics::{self, Color};
use tetra::{Context, ContextBuilder, State};

struct GameState;

impl State for GameState {
    fn draw(&mut self, ctx: &mut Context) -> tetra::Result {
        // Cornflower blue, as is tradition
        graphics::clear(ctx, Color::rgb(0.392, 0.584, 0.929));
        Ok(())
    }
}

fn main() -> tetra::Result {
    ContextBuilder::new("Hello, world!", 1280, 720)
        .build()?
        .run(|_| Ok(GameState))
}

You can see this example in action by running cargo run --example hello_world.

The full list of examples is available here.

Tetra is fairly early in development, so you might run into bugs/flaky docs/general weirdness. Please feel free to open an issue/PR if you find something! You can also contact me via Twitter or the Rust Game Development Discord.