Adding components and systems

Add a component

1. Define the struct in Engine/include/Components/.
2. Register it in a plugin: registry.RegisterComponent<T>().
3. Add reflection in Engine/include/Reflection/ComponentReflect.hpp if it should serialize.
4. Add an IPluginEditor if it needs custom inspector widgets.
5. Add a Lua binding if scripts need to touch it.

Add a system

1. Define the class in Engine/include/Systems/ and Engine/src/Systems/.
2. Register it in a plugin: registry.RegisterSystem<T>().
3. Document ordering constraints: register dependencies first.

Guidelines

• Keep components dumb and small.
• One system, one job.
• Queue destruction; never mutate a container you are iterating.
• Prefer several small components over one large one.
• Bundle registration in a plugin.

See also

• Engine architecture
• Components
• Systems
• Plugins
• Editor plugins