This repository contains a bare development environment for creating a new mod/game on the OpenRA engine.

These scripts and support files wrap and automatically manage a copy of the OpenRA game engine and common files, and provide entrypoints to run development versions of your project and to generate platform-specific installers for your players.

The key scripts in this SDK are:

Windows	Linux / macOS	Purpose
make.cmd	Makefile	Compiles your project and fetches dependencies (including the OpenRA engine).
launch-game.cmd	launch-game.sh	Launches your project from the SDK directory.
launch-server.cmd	launch-server.sh	Launches a dedicated server for your project from the SDK directory.
utility.cmd	launch-server.sh	Launches the OpenRA Utility for your project.
<not available>	packaging/package-all.sh	Generates release installers for your project.

To launch your project from the development environment you must first compile the project by running make.cmd (Windows), or opening a terminal in the SDK directory and running make (Linux / macOS). You can then run launch-game.cmd (Windows) or launch-game.sh (Linux / macOS) to run your game.

The example mod included in this repository provides the bare minimum structure to launch to the in-game main menu for the sole purpose of demonstrating the SDK. See Getting Started on the Wiki for instructions on how to adapt this template for your own projects.