Verdant Ledger

Introduction

Verdant Ledger is a 2D farming simulation game inspired by Stardew Valley, built on a custom C++ engine. The game features modern technical architecture with high-performance tile map systems, data-driven design, and intuitive user interaction experiences.

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PC
Custom Engine
2025.6 - 2025.7
Sole Developer

High-Performance Tilemap System

Advanced tile rendering engine supporting Tiled editor file import, multi-layer rendering, and ruled tile dynamic generation.

Features chunk-based dirty flagging update system with view frustum culling for efficient large-scale and infinite world support.

Tilemap Loader System Architecture

Tiled Editor

View Frustum Culling

Layered UI Input System

Panel-based layer updates with all UI components inheriting from Widget base class in tree structure for cascading parent-child updates. Implements responsibility chain pattern for event propagation and consumption.

Shop Interface

Tutorial & Side bar

Data-Driven Architecture

Configuration file-based item properties and game data definition system, enabling rapid content iteration and streamlined development workflow with reduced maintenance costs.

Crops

Inventory Bar

Character Animation State Machine

Advanced character animation framework featuring template-based state management, directional sprite mapping, and data-driven condition evaluation for scalable, type-safe animation systems.

Optimazation

Chunk-based Update System
- Spatial partitioning for large-scale tilemap processing
Dirty Flagging Pattern
- DelayedDirtyRequest queue with duplicate prevention
View Frustum Culling
- Skip off-screen tile processing and rendering

RAII Lifecycle Management
- Automatic resource cleanup in destructors
Static Resource Caching
- CropDefinitions registry for asset reuse
Object Pool Pattern
- Reuse expensive objects like UI components

Batch Rendering
- Group ground objects for efficient GPU processing