turanszkij/WickedEngine

3D engine with modern graphics

Games & graphicsC++#directx12#vulkan#lua#gltf#raytracing

0.9 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 26, 2026, 11:40 UTC.

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About the project

Open-source C++ 3D engine with modern graphics (DirectX 12, Vulkan, raytracing), an editor and Lua scripting. Usable as a framework for graphics projects or for learning.

Useful for

Build a custom C++ 3D application with rendering and audio
Script game logic and scenes in Lua without recompiling
Study modern rendering and ECS implementation via the engine

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

0 stars so far today, about 1 expected by the end of the day.
GitHub Trending C++ today: #14, +4 stars.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 7,250
Today: 0 · ≈ 1 by evening
Forks: 778
Issues and pull requests: 1,691
Watchers: 163
Language: C++
License: MIT
Latest release: v0.72.113 · August 24, 2026
Created: June 20, 2015
Last push: September 26, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

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September 26, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #14, +4 stars

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