Entitas pure C#

Entitas pure C# project step by step guide

• Download Entitas from the Unity Asset Store

• Create new C# Console Project MyGame with at least .Net 4.6

• Add refereces to

  • Entitas.dll
  • Entitas.CodeGeneration.Attributes.dll
  • DesperateDevs.Utils.dll

• Extract the contents of Jenny.zip to the root of your project

• Navigate into the same folder as MyGame.csproj

• Run mono ../Jenny/Jenny.exe and select

  • Create new Jenny.properties
  • Edit Jenny.properties

• Assign the location of Jenny to Jenny.SearchPaths

Jenny.Ignore.Keys =
Jenny.SearchPaths = ../Jenny
Jenny.Plugins =
Jenny.PreProcessors =
Jenny.DataProviders =
Jenny.CodeGenerators =
Jenny.PostProcessors =
Jenny.Server.Port = 3333
Jenny.Client.Host = localhost

• Run mono ..Jenny/Jenny.exe and select
  • Use Jenny.properties
• Select the following plugins
  • DesperateDevs.CodeGeneration.Plugins
  • Entitas.CodeGeneration.Plugins
  • Entitas.Roslyn.CodeGeneration.Plugins
• Select
  • Save and continue (auto import)
• When prompted to resolve plugin collisions, please choose Entitas.Roslyn...

• Update Jenny.properties

DesperateDevs.CodeGeneration.Plugins.ProjectPath = MyGame.csproj
DesperateDevs.CodeGeneration.Plugins.TargetDirectory = .

• You're all setup and you can generate now
• Run mono ../Jenny/Jenny.exe gen

• Add your first component and generate

using Entitas;

namespace MyGame
{
    class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var e = Contexts.sharedInstance.game.CreateEntity();
            e.AddHealth(100);
        }
    }
}

public sealed class HealthComponent : IComponent
{
    public int value;
}

MyGame
├── Jenny
│   └── Plugins
│       ├── DesperateDevs
│       ├── Entitas
│       └── Entitas.Roslyn
├── Libraries
│   ├── DesperateDevs.Utils.dll
│   ├── Entitas.CodeGeneration.Attributes.dll
│   └── Entitas.dll
├── MyGame
│   ├── Generated
│   ├── Jenny.properties
│   ├── MyGame.csproj
│   ├── Program.cs
│   └── simonschmid.userproperties
└── MyGame.sln