Prelude to Murder

Interested in building a game with the pixel-art ECS game engine, Murder? Let’s get started.

Murder incorporates a solid ECS framework with the time-tested FNA framework. The result: a hot-reloadable engine that is great for game jams and, before long, full production games. The Murder engine comes with several killer features right out of the box:

Open source - Edit anything and everything you need
Integrated asset management with a customizable “Architect” editor
Hot Reloading for quick, painless code updates
Analyzers and Generators to provide instant Intellisense support
Integral “save” system for carrying player data forward
Support for custom shaders
Dialogue system (Gum)
ECS architecture (Bang)
Seamless integration with the Aseprite pixel art editor
Solid foundation based on FNA
Runs anywhere FNA does: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Xbox One, XBox Series S|X, Nintendo Switch, etc.

Many thanks to @isa and @saint11 for making Murder available to us!

Let’s go!

Ready to get started? Start with the “Hello, Murder!” game and move on from there:

Hello, Murder!

Dive right into building a game

How-to

Additional walkthroughs

Resources

Github

Documentation

Hello Murder
Sample Project

Neo City Express
Game Jam project

Noah Petrides’
Murder Tutorial Series

History

If you’re looking for the old version it’s here:

September Walkthrough