The Open Source, Object Oriented
2D Game Development Framework

What is NAS2D?

NAS2D is an open source, object oriented 2D game development framework written in portable C++. It was designed to make the development of games easier by providing a high-level interface. It handles the low-level tasks of setting up the video display, input, sound mixing, file loading, etc.

One of the primary goals of NAS2D was to be cross-platform. A lot of effort has gone into the code to make it as platform independant as possible. The few areas that are different from platform to platform are completely hidden from the interface and is virtually transparent to the user.

NAS2D is powered by several well known low level libraries including OpenGL, SDL, and PhysFS to name a few.

Why another 2D API?

NAS2D isn't just another 2D renderer. It's a complete set of tools, functions and classes that let you jump into building a game right away.

We built NAS2D after we had looked at, considered and ruled out several other game frameworks. Either they were too low-level, were in a language that we didn't want to use or were lacking in features we really needed.

So we set about developing The Legend of Mazzeroth using a few low-level libraries. After awhile, we realized that the core code, once written, didn't change too much and that others could find it useful. And thus, NAS2D was born.

What Platforms are Supported?

Officially, NAS2D is supported on Windows (XP/Vista/7) and MacOS X (10.8+). Binaries, source code and IDE Project files are provided and maintained for these platforms.

While NAS2D has been tested and works on Linux and BSD, there are no official maintainers for these platforms. The platform specific code for these platforms hasn't been maintianed in awhile either so a few changes will be necessary to get NAS2D to compile and run properly.

Bug Reports & Development Activity

Found a bug? Curious about our progress?

Visit NAS2D's Redmine Project Page

Who Develops NAS2D?

NAS2D is developed primarly by Leeor Dicker and Trevor Allen. Part of the initial design work and the StateManager are credited to former member Fred Oranje.