Getting Started

Before you can start developing with Hybrid, there are a few things you need to set up.

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Development IDE

First, download and install your preferred IDE:

• Visual Studio Code – Lightweight and cross-platform
• JetBrains Rider – Cross-platform IDE by JetBrains
• Visual Studio – Full-featured IDE

Recommended: JetBrains Rider for Windows, Mac, Linux development

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Installing .NET 10

Hybrid currently requires .NET 10 only however support for earlier version may be available soon:

• Download the latest version from the official .NET website.
• Use the command below to check which workloads you may need:

dotnet workload search

Recommended: 'dotnet workload install maui ios android wasm-tools'

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Create a project

• Clone the official template: git clone https://github.com/Hybrid2D/Template.git
• Open 'Template.sln' in your favourite IDE such as Rider or Visual Studio
• Develop in the 'App' project provided to you
• Build & launch your game

This cross-platform template is designed for minimal setup

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How it works

Simply inherit from the Hybrid.App class and override the three methods:

OnInitialize

• All initialize code goes here.

OnUpdate

• All update code goes here.

OnRender

• All rendering code goes here.

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Example

using Hybrid;

namespace Application
{
    public class Game : Hybrid.App
    {
        public override void OnInitialize()
        {
            // Initialize logic
        }

        public override void OnUpdate()
        {
            // Update logic
        }

        public override void OnRender()
        {
            // Render logic
        }
    }
}

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Documentation

For more detailed usage, check out the documentation for quick reference.