Editor architecture

Structure

• EditorLayer owns the panels and the dockspace, and bridges the engine's onUI and customRender callbacks.
• Panels implement IEditorPanel and read/write the same Registry.
• EditorConfig extends SceneConfig with editor-only state (selected asset, requested scene, script font size).
• Gallery manages projects.json and project creation.
• Scaffold generates project, system, and plugin files.

Editor vs. game

The editor creates a normal Engine::Application with an EditorMode resource. ScriptSystem checks for that resource and stays idle, so scripts only run in the game process. The multiplayer plugin is not loaded into the editor process.

The editor edits a live registry and serializes it to .scene; the game deserializes the same file and runs it.

See also

• Interface
• Adding editor features
• Engine architecture