For those wishing to try out the Grit Game Engine, we do not yet have a traditional installer. However there are two options available for downloading Grit via the SVN repository. This contains prebuilt binaries for Windows (Grit.exe) and Linux (Grit.x11), which can be found and run from the following directory:

gritengine/grit_core/media

When running the engine, please refer to the following quick user guide. If you hit a problem, you’re welcome to seek help on IRC

Download via web link

You can download an archive of the current snapshot of SVN (~450MB download, ~750MB unpacked). However you will not have the benefit of incremental updates, and neither will you be able to contribute back to the project.

Checking out SVN

The superior method is to ‘check out’ the SVN repository but this requires special software. On windows, it’s easiest to use Tortoise SVN. The SVN repository URL is as follows:

https://gritengine.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gritengine

If you check out SVN, you will be able to use the incremental svn update functionality to keep your install up-to-date with the on-going development of the engine. Also if you decide to develop new content for Grit, you can commit it back to our centralised SVN repository for others to enjoy.

Building From Source

You do not have to compile Grit Game Engine from source in order to try it out. Substantial work can be done programming the engine within the scripting environment alone. Noone should consider building the engine from source unless they plan to modify the core C++ code. Even experienced developers should expect to spend a couple of frustrating hours building the engine for the first time, as there are many dependencies and some of them need to be patched. Those adventurous enough to try this should carefully follow the instructions here. Please don’t deviate from the instructions unless you know what you’re doing!