Packages Overview

Packages Overview

This page focuses on packages you install in your own project.

Core Runtime Packages

qti-clockwork-app

• App runtime assembly (AppBuilder, App)
• Plugin manager with dependency ordering
• Ownership-safe component/system/resource/asset registries
• Runtime inspectors and mod manager primitives
• Deep dive: Plugin System, Runtime Lifecycle

qti-clockwork-ecs

• Entity manager with generation safety
• Sparse component stores
• Query API (with, without, optional, changed)
• Resource map and command buffer
• Deep dive: ECS Overview, Queries

qti-clockwork-scheduler

• Staged game loop execution
• Fixed-step accumulation
• Optional async render stages
• Profiler and determinism validation helpers
• Deep dive: Scheduler Stages, Determinism

qti-clockwork-events

• Typed event channels
• Buffered (send) and immediate (sendImmediate) dispatch
• Listener registration and cleanup
• Deep dive: Event Bus

qti-clockwork-serialization

• Versioned component schema registration
• World snapshot serialize/deserialize
• Optional migration support between component versions
• Deep dive: World Serializer

qti-clockwork-assets

• Loader registry by extension
• Async load/wait/reload/unload lifecycle
• Dependency tracking between assets
• Hot-reload hooks when source watches are available
• Deep dive: Asset Cache

qti-clockwork-audio / qti-clockwork-input

• Optional support packages for audio and input flows
• Structured for modular engine-level integration
• Deep dive: Audio Engine, Input Manager

Renderer Packages

• qti-clockwork-gl
• qti-clockwork-shaders
• qti-clockwork-materials
• qti-clockwork-passes

These packages isolate rendering concerns from gameplay/runtime core code.

Deep dives:

• GL
• Shaders
• Materials
• Passes

Platform Package

qti-clockwork-tauri-bridge

Bridge layer intended for Tauri/platform integration boundaries.

Deep dive: Tauri Bridge