The Editor¶
Doriax ships with a complete visual editor built for creators. Design scenes, write code, animate characters, manage resources, and test your game from one unified environment.
Core panels¶
| Panel | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Scene view | Viewport for editing 2D and 3D scenes with gizmos and cameras |
| Scene hierarchy | The tree of entities in the current scene |
| Properties | View and edit the components and properties of the selected entity |
| Resources | Manage textures, models, audio, and other project assets |
| Code editor | Integrated editor for Lua and C++ scripts |
| Animation | Timeline, keyframes, sprite animation, skeletal animation, and morph tracks |
| Output | Build logs, export messages, and diagnostics |
3D scenes¶
Edit 3D scenes with cameras, lighting, models, and play mode. Position entities with gizmos, set up PBR materials, and preview shadows, fog, and the sky system directly in the viewport.
2D & tilemaps¶
Build 2D scenes with sprites and tilemaps. The sprite slicer and tileset slicer tools let you cut sprite sheets and tilesets into usable frames and tiles.
Animation¶
Animate characters and objects with the timeline editor, and work with skeletons using the bone tools for skeletal animation.
Code editor¶
Write Lua and C++ scripts in the integrated code editor without leaving the environment. Lua iterates quickly at runtime, while C++ is compiled at build time for native performance.
Play mode¶
Press Play to run your game inside the editor. Test gameplay, UI overlays, and physics interactively, then return to editing.
Export pipeline¶
The editor includes a shader-aware export pipeline that prepares scenes, assets, scripts, engine files, and compiled shaders for your target platform. See the Export Window for details on platforms and output options.
Editor coverage
Terrain authoring, particle editing, audio tooling, and direct shader manipulation are not fully integrated into the editor yet — these features are currently available at the engine/runtime level.
More editor documentation¶
The detailed editor manual is split into focused pages: