Ikemen GO Ikemen GO

fighting-game game-engine gamedev go golang

Use this command to install Ikemen GO:

winget install --id=IkemenGO.IkemenGO -e

Ikemen GO is a fighting game engine designed to support M.U.G.E.N content while offering enhanced features for customization and flexibility. Built using Google’s Go programming language, it provides a modern alternative to traditional fighting game engines.

Key Features:

Stage Zoom: Enables dynamic camera effects similar to those found in modern fighting games.
Netplay Support: Facilitates online multiplayer matches, a feature not supported in official M.U.G.E.N builds.
Open Source Customization: Allows users to modify the engine’s core functionality, enabling new features and state controllers.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with installable builds available via winget for easy setup.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for developers, modders, and enthusiasts looking to create or enhance fighting games beyond the limitations of M.U.G.E.N. Ikemen GO’s flexibility empowers users to design new game mechanics, stages, and characters while benefiting from a robust and active community-driven ecosystem.

Ikemen GO

IKEMEN Go is a remake of the IKEMEN (open source fighting games engine that supports M.U.G.E.N resources) in Google’s Programming Language “Go”.

Installing

Ready to use builds for Windows, MacOS and Linux can be found on the releases tab of the repo.

Running

On windows, execute Ikemen_GO.exe (Ikemen_GO_x86.exe on 32-bit OS)
On MacOS or Linux, double-click on Ikemen_GO.command

Developing

These instructions are for those interested in developing the Ikemen_GO engine. Instructions on contributing with custom stages, fonts, characters and other resources can be found in the community forum.

Building on Windows

Check the instructions here

Building on Mac

Check the instructions here

Building on Linux

Check the instructions here

Debugging

Download the Mugen dependencies and unpack them into the Ikemen-GO source directory. Then, use Goland or Visual Studio Code to debug.

Cross-compiling binaries with docker (Linux/Windows/MacOS)

The easiest way to compile binaries for other platforms is with Docker.
You don't need the native development environment set to be able to build binaries if you decide to use Docker.
The image downloaded has all required tools to compile Ikemen_GO for all the three platforms.

Install docker for your platform.
For MacOS, you can install using homebrew (brew cask install docker).

Open a terminal, go to Ikemen build directory folder and then run the script build_docker.sh.
Look inside the script for details on how it works.

Preparing for release

Before generating the installation bundle, first make sure that the binaries for Ikemen_GO are properly generated.
Download and install InstallBuilder.
Once finished, open the program, then open the file releaseconf.xml.
Click in Build. For other platforms, select the target platform then click in build.

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README

Ikemen GO

Installing

Running

Developing

Building on Windows

Building on Mac

Building on Linux

Debugging

Cross-compiling binaries with docker (Linux/Windows/MacOS)

Preparing for release

Features added since Mugen

References

What I.K.E.M.E.N means.

Licence