an entity component system written in Rust
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- Generic component storage structs
Domainstruct in which component storages are stored- Ability to run systems on the components in a domain
- Archetype organization system so components likely to be used together have cache locality
- System scheduling and timing system
- Ability to use the ECS from a WebAssembly VM running on top of the rust code hosting it
It should be pronounced just like the modern English word weird.
Wyrd is an Old English word roughly translating to fate. There is some debate around the exact significance of the concept to the ancient Anglo-Saxons, but it does not fully match our modern meaning of fate.
As opposed to the fates, or the Old-Norse nornir or urðr, Wyrd is a concept generally seen a force, rather than a deity or group of deities.
The Old-Norse equivalent and cognate Urðr is a goddess, one of the three Norns, and the one representing the past.
For this reason, I consider Wyrd to represent fate in the past sense. Unchangeable as the past is.
"Wyrd bið ful aræd" - A line from an Old English poem called "The Wanderer", translates to "fate is wholly inexorable", and sums up the concept succinctly, but with many interpretations that ought not to be explored in software readme.
Since an ECS handles storing the present state, the culmination of past events, and manages change over time, Wyrd is a relevant concept, and that's why I chose the name.
This is a Rust library, available through crates.io. To install in your project, add it to your Cargo.toml as a dependency:
[dependencies]
wyrd = "0.1.0"Or run the following command from within your project directory:
cargo add wyrd