Problem Statement

For now, there is no way to easily visualize data that we put in a game like collision boxes, player position, rendered game with spectator view.

Proposed Solution

As an Editor is a very big part, specifications should be made to define step to do to have a game editor.

Use Cases

Describe how this feature would be used and who would benefit from it:

• Use case 1: See some space in the game that is not viewable when playing game.
• Use case 2: Debug positions of stuffs in the scene.
• Use case 3: Fast setup of project
• Use case 4: See alive entities
• Use case 5: See systems scheduling
• Use case 6: Have an integrated profiler
• Use case 7: Have the whole development process inside
• Use case 8: Check values of components
• Use case 9: Manage rendering pipelines

Impact

Describe the potential impact of this feature:

• New plugins (reflexion, UI, scripting language)
• New format of entity storing
• New way to create game (with dynamic library)
• Resolve [FEATURE] Design a general plugin interface architecture #445

Implementation Details (optional)

If you have ideas on how this could be implemented, please share them here.

You can look at:

• https://bevyengine.github.io/bevy_editor_prototypes/roadmap.html
• https://www.reddit.com/r/bevy/comments/1s50lto/comment/ocs8kts/?context=3
• The whole https://www.reddit.com/r/gameenginedevs/
• https://github.com/EngineSquared/EngineSquared-Editor

Additional Context

Add any other context, screenshots, mockups, or examples about the feature request here.

Related Issues

List any related issues or PRs:

• [FEATURE] Design a general plugin interface architecture #445, [CHORE] Add xmake templates to simplify project creation #530, [FEATURE] Unify embedded and direct file asset loading system #474