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magnolia

lightweight C engine for Wii homebrew games

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API Reference

153 functions across 12 modules. Interactive search, module tabs, code examples with syntax highlighting.

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Scaffold

Generate a new game project with the magnolia engine pre-configured.

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modules

core Engine init, SD mount, asset paths

renderer Video, font, frame presentation

sprite Textures, sprite sheets, mirroring, origin-based drawing

input Up to four Wiimotes: press, hold, release, snapshots

audio PCM16 SFX and music playback

scoring High-score tables with SD JSON persistence

gamestate Title, menu, play, pause, initials, scores

ui_utils 640x480 design-space drawing, overscan-safe

clock Frame counter, delta time, fixed timestep, easing

prefs Player settings with SD JSON persistence

menu Grid/list cursor with wrapping and scrolling

theme HSL palette generator, complementary colours

about

A lightweight C engine for Wii homebrew by magmacrunch media. Handles initialization, input, rendering, scoring, audio, and the game state shell, so you only write the gameplay. Built with devkitPPC and GRRLIB.

getting started

Clone and scaffold:

cd ~/game_dev
../magnolia/tools/new-game.sh my-game
cd my-game && make

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