OFofrzeta·Oct 19, 2025Submission
Forge Cross-Platform Framework
4 points · Open discussionConfettiFX
The-Forge
C++2019–2025
ConfettiFX / The-Forge
The-Forge
The Forge Cross-Platform Framework PC Windows, Steamdeck (native), Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, PS5, Switch, Quest 2
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The Forge Cross-Platform Framework PC Windows, Steamdeck (native), Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, PS5, Switch, Quest 2
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Observed mentions: 2019-11-23 16:20:37 UTC to 2025-10-19 18:20:10 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesConfettiFX the Forge 1.63 Released
1 points · Open discussionThe Forge: cross-platform graphics framework from SW Bounty Hunter and Warzone
1 points · Open discussionbgfx and The-Forge come to mind:
https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx
https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge
In WebKit switching to Skia for 2d graphics renderingOh, I forgot a few major ones:
https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge was used in No Man's Sky, Hades and Starfield.
https://github.com/jrouwe/JoltPhysics is the physics engine in Horizon Forbidden West.
In Ask HN: Released games built on FOSS engines?The Forge 1.53: Steam Deck support, dropped EASTL containers, docking imgui
3 points · Open discussionGreat catch! The Wikipedia article for MonoGame lists Hades, but is evidently wrong. Hades used The Forge for graphics. Ctrl/Cmd-F "Hades" on the Github page has some info:
https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge
The Forge is graphics only; audio, input, etc., have to be handled by something else and Hades used a custom C++ engine apparently.
In GC progress from JDK 8 to JDK 17After searching some more, I came across this: https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge
It sounds a bit more heavyweight than what I was getting at, but it still makes me hopeful that there's a future for something like this.
In Valve Is Working on Another Extension to Help in Direct3D-over-VulkanThe Forge: Rendering Library Used on Stormland and Tomb Raider Released
4 points · Open discussionThe Forge: Cross Platform Rendering Framework
2 points · Open discussionThe Forge: cross-platform rendering framework
3 points · Open discussion