A

Automata

A type of subsystem used to manage simple autonomous particles.

B

C

D

Dice

A pseudo-random number generator seeded on the current frames running time to facilitate testing and issue reproduction.

E

Entry point

The main interface an Indigo game developer is exposed to when trying to write a game. It is a user friendly game template that constructs the Frame Processor that Indigo needs to run your game, and starts the game engine.

Event

A description of an action that is emitted during a frame and made available to the subsequent frame, such as a keyboard event.

F

Frame Independence

Movement that is adjusted to account for the time elapsed between frames in order to proceed at a consistent rate.

G

GameTime

A sample of the current time provided to every frame. All computations are assumed to happen instantly at the time given.

H

I

InputState

The current state of input devices like the keyboard, mouse or game pad.

J

K

L

M

N

O

Outcome

Used to gather state and events that were the result of a frame update.

P

Q

R

Referential Transparency

The ability to reliably replace a function call and arguments, with the result type and observe no change.

S

Scene

A part of your game that represents a particular stage like a screen or a level.

Scene Update Fragment

A piece of the final scene to be presented that can be combined with other pieces to form the final scene.

Shader

A pair of small programs written in GLSL (a C-like language) comprised of a vertex program that tells a graphics card where to place an entity on the screen, and a fragment program that specifies what color to draw each pixel.

Signal

A function that produces a value for given time. Used in procedural animation.

Signal Function

A combinator used to manipulate, process, and compose Signals.

SubSystem

A small, well encapsulated game that can be combined with the main game. Used to organise sections of you game and to manages tasks and processes in the background.

T

Time Varying Value

A value that is updated automatically based on some behavior and the time delta between frames.

A