bevy/examples/README.md

Examples

These examples demonstrate the main features of Bevy and how to use them. To run an example, use the command cargo run --example <Example>, and add the option --features x11 or --features wayland to force the example to run on a specific window compositor, e.g.

cargo run --features wayland --example hello_world

⚠️ Note: for users of releases on crates.io!

There are often large differences and incompatible API changes between the latest crates.io release and the development version of Bevy in the git main branch!

If you are using a released version of bevy, you need to make sure you are viewing the correct version of the examples!

• Latest release: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/latest/examples
• Specific version, such as 0.4: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/tree/v0.4.0/examples

When you clone the repo locally to run the examples, use git checkout to get the correct version:

# `latest` always points to the newest release
git checkout latest
# or use a specific version
git checkout v0.4.0

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Table of Contents

• Examples
  • Table of Contents
• The Bare Minimum
  • Hello, World!
• Cross-Platform Examples
  • 2D Rendering
  • 3D Rendering
  • Animation
  • Application
  • Assets
  • Async Tasks
  • Audio
  • Diagnostics
  • ECS (Entity Component System)
  • Games
  • Input
  • Reflection
  • Scene
  • Shaders
  • Stress Tests
  • Tests
  • Tools
  • Transforms
  • UI (User Interface)
  • Window
• Platform-Specific Examples
  • Android
    • Setup
    • Build & Run
    • Old phones
  • iOS
    • Setup
    • Build & Run
  • WASM
    • Setup
    • Build & Run
    • Loading Assets

The Bare Minimum

Hello, World!

Example	File	Description
hello_world	hello_world.rs	Runs a minimal example that outputs "hello world"

Cross-Platform Examples

2D Rendering

Example	File	Description
move_sprite	2d/move_sprite.rs	Changes the transform of a sprite.
mesh2d	2d/mesh2d.rs	Renders a 2d mesh
mesh2d_manual	2d/mesh2d_manual.rs	Renders a custom mesh "manually" with "mid-level" renderer apis.
shapes	2d/shapes.rs	Renders a rectangle, circle, and hexagon
sprite	2d/sprite.rs	Renders a sprite
sprite_sheet	2d/sprite_sheet.rs	Renders an animated sprite
text2d	2d/text2d.rs	Generates text in 2d
sprite_flipping	2d/sprite_flipping.rs	Renders a sprite flipped along an axis
texture_atlas	2d/texture_atlas.rs	Generates a texture atlas (sprite sheet) from individual sprites
rotation	2d/rotation.rs	Demonstrates rotating entities in 2D with quaternions

3D Rendering

Example	File	Description
3d_scene	3d/3d_scene.rs	Simple 3D scene with basic shapes and lighting
lighting	3d/lighting.rs	Illustrates various lighting options in a simple scene
load_gltf	3d/load_gltf.rs	Loads and renders a gltf file as a scene
msaa	3d/msaa.rs	Configures MSAA (Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing) for smoother edges
orthographic	3d/orthographic.rs	Shows how to create a 3D orthographic view (for isometric-look games or CAD applications)
parenting	3d/parenting.rs	Demonstrates parent->child relationships and relative transformations
pbr	3d/pbr.rs	Demonstrates use of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) properties
render_to_texture	3d/render_to_texture.rs	Shows how to render to a texture, useful for mirrors, UI, or exporting images
two_passes	3d/two_passes.rs	Shows how to render multiple passes to the same window, useful for rendering different views or drawing an object on top regardless of depth
shadow_caster_receiver	3d/shadow_caster_receiver.rs	Demonstrates how to prevent meshes from casting/receiving shadows in a 3d scene
shadow_biases	3d/shadow_biases.rs	Demonstrates how shadow biases affect shadows in a 3d scene
spherical_area_lights	3d/spherical_area_lights.rs	Demonstrates how point light radius values affect light behavior.
texture	3d/texture.rs	Shows configuration of texture materials
update_gltf_scene	3d/update_gltf_scene.rs	Update a scene from a gltf file, either by spawning the scene as a child of another entity, or by accessing the entities of the scene
vertex_colors	3d/vertex_colors.rs	Shows the use of vertex colors
wireframe	3d/wireframe.rs	Showcases wireframe rendering
3d_shapes	3d/shapes.rs	A scene showcasing the built-in 3D shapes

Animation

Example	File	Description
animated_fox	animation/animated_fox.rs	Plays an animation from a skinned glTF.
animated_transform	animation/animated_transform.rs	Create and play an animation defined by code that operates on the Transform component.
custom_skinned_mesh	animation/custom_skinned_mesh.rs	Skinned mesh example with mesh and joints data defined in code.
gltf_skinned_mesh	animation/gltf_skinned_mesh.rs	Skinned mesh example with mesh and joints data loaded from a glTF file.

Application

Example	File	Description
custom_loop	app/custom_loop.rs	Demonstrates how to create a custom runner (to update an app manually).
drag_and_drop	app/drag_and_drop.rs	An example that shows how to handle drag and drop in an app.
empty	app/empty.rs	An empty application (does nothing)
empty_defaults	app/empty_defaults.rs	An empty application with default plugins
headless	app/headless.rs	An application that runs without default plugins
headless_defaults	app/headless_defaults.rs	An application that runs with default plugins, but without an actual renderer
logs	app/logs.rs	Illustrate how to use generate log output
plugin	app/plugin.rs	Demonstrates the creation and registration of a custom plugin
plugin_group	app/plugin_group.rs	Demonstrates the creation and registration of a custom plugin group
return_after_run	app/return_after_run.rs	Show how to return to main after the Bevy app has exited
thread_pool_resources	app/thread_pool_resources.rs	Creates and customizes the internal thread pool
without_winit	app/without_winit.rs	Create an application without winit (runs single time, no event loop)

Assets

Example	File	Description
asset_loading	asset/asset_loading.rs	Demonstrates various methods to load assets
custom_asset	asset/custom_asset.rs	Implements a custom asset loader
custom_asset_io	asset/custom_asset_io.rs	Implements a custom asset io loader
hot_asset_reloading	asset/hot_asset_reloading.rs	Demonstrates automatic reloading of assets when modified on disk

Async Tasks

Example	File	Description
async_compute	async_tasks/async_compute.rs	How to use AsyncComputeTaskPool to complete longer running tasks
external_source_external_thread	async_tasks/external_source_external_thread.rs	How to use an external thread to run an infinite task and communicate with a channel

Audio

Example	File	Description
audio	audio/audio.rs	Shows how to load and play an audio file
audio_control	audio/audio_control.rs	Shows how to load and play an audio file, and control how it's played

Diagnostics

Example	File	Description
custom_diagnostic	diagnostics/custom_diagnostic.rs	Shows how to create a custom diagnostic
log_diagnostics	diagnostics/log_diagnostics.rs	Add a plugin that logs diagnostics, like frames per second (FPS), to the console

ECS (Entity Component System)

Example	File	Description
ecs_guide	ecs/ecs_guide.rs	Full guide to Bevy's ECS
component_change_detection	ecs/component_change_detection.rs	Change detection on components
custom_query_param	ecs/custom_query_param.rs	Groups commonly used compound queries and query filters into a single type
event	ecs/event.rs	Illustrates event creation, activation, and reception
fixed_timestep	ecs/fixed_timestep.rs	Shows how to create systems that run every fixed timestep, rather than every tick
generic_system	ecs/generic_system.rs	Shows how to create systems that can be reused with different types
hierarchy	ecs/hierarchy.rs	Creates a hierarchy of parents and children entities
iter_combinations	ecs/iter_combinations.rs	Shows how to iterate over combinations of query results.
parallel_query	ecs/parallel_query.rs	Illustrates parallel queries with ParallelIterator
removal_detection	ecs/removal_detection.rs	Query for entities that had a specific component removed in a previous stage during the current frame.
startup_system	ecs/startup_system.rs	Demonstrates a startup system (one that runs once when the app starts up)
state	ecs/state.rs	Illustrates how to use States to control transitioning from a Menu state to an InGame state
system_chaining	ecs/system_chaining.rs	Chain two systems together, specifying a return type in a system (such as Result)
system_closure	ecs/system_closure.rs	Show how to use closures as systems, and how to configure Local variables by capturing external state
system_param	ecs/system_param.rs	Illustrates creating custom system parameters with SystemParam
system_sets	ecs/system_sets.rs	Shows SystemSet use along with run criterion
timers	ecs/timers.rs	Illustrates ticking Timer resources inside systems and handling their state

Games

Example	File	Description
alien_cake_addict	games/alien_cake_addict.rs	Eat the cakes. Eat them all. An example 3D game
breakout	games/breakout.rs	An implementation of the classic game "Breakout"
contributors	games/contributors.rs	Displays each contributor as a bouncy bevy-ball!
game_menu	games/game_menu.rs	A simple game menu

Input

Example	File	Description
char_input_events	input/char_input_events.rs	Prints out all chars as they are inputted.
gamepad_input	input/gamepad_input.rs	Shows handling of gamepad input, connections, and disconnections
gamepad_input_events	input/gamepad_input_events.rs	Iterates and prints gamepad input and connection events
keyboard_input	input/keyboard_input.rs	Demonstrates handling a key press/release
keyboard_input_events	input/keyboard_input_events.rs	Prints out all keyboard events
keyboard_modifiers	input/keyboard_modifiers.rs	Demonstrates using key modifiers (ctrl, shift)
mouse_input	input/mouse_input.rs	Demonstrates handling a mouse button press/release
mouse_input_events	input/mouse_input_events.rs	Prints out all mouse events (buttons, movement, etc.)
mouse_grab	input/mouse_grab.rs	Demonstrates how to grab the mouse, locking the cursor to the app's screen
touch_input	input/touch_input.rs	Displays touch presses, releases, and cancels
touch_input_events	input/touch_input_events.rs	Prints out all touch inputs

Reflection

Example	File	Description
reflection	reflection/reflection.rs	Demonstrates how reflection in Bevy provides a way to dynamically interact with Rust types
generic_reflection	reflection/generic_reflection.rs	Registers concrete instances of generic types that may be used with reflection
reflection_types	reflection/reflection_types.rs	Illustrates the various reflection types available
trait_reflection	reflection/trait_reflection.rs	Allows reflection with trait objects

Scene

Example	File	Description
scene	scene/scene.rs	Demonstrates loading from and saving scenes to files

Shaders

Example	File	Description
animate_shader	shader/animate_shader.rs	Shows how to pass changing data like the time since startup into a shader.
compute_shader_game_of_life	shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs	A compute shader simulating Conway's Game of Life
custom_vertex_attribute	shader/custom_vertex_attribute.rs	Illustrates creating a custom shader material that reads a mesh's custom vertex attribute.
shader_defs	shader/shader_defs.rs	Demonstrates creating a custom material that uses "shaders defs" (a tool to selectively toggle parts of a shader)
shader_instancing	shader/shader_instancing.rs	A custom shader showing off rendering a mesh multiple times in one draw call.
shader_material	shader/shader_material.rs	Illustrates creating a custom material and a shader that uses it
shader_material_glsl	shader/shader_material_glsl.rs	A custom shader using the GLSL shading language.
shader_material_screenspace_texture	shader/shader_material_screenspace_texture.rs	A custom shader sampling a texture with view-independent UV coordinates.

Stress Tests

These examples are used to test the performance and stability of various parts of the engine in an isolated way.

Due to the focus on performance it's recommended to run the stress tests in release mode:

cargo run --release --example <example name>

Example	File	Description
bevymark	stress_tests/bevymark.rs	A heavy sprite rendering workload to benchmark your system with Bevy
many_cubes	stress_tests/many_cubes.rs	Simple benchmark to test per-entity draw overhead. Run with the sphere argument to test frustum culling.
many_foxes	stress_tests/many_foxes.rs	Loads an animated fox model and spawns lots of them. Good for testing skinned mesh performance. Takes an unsigned integer argument for the number of foxes to spawn. Defaults to 1000.
many_lights	stress_tests/many_lights.rs	Simple benchmark to test rendering many point lights. Run with WGPU_SETTINGS_PRIO=webgl2 to restrict to uniform buffers and max 256 lights.
many_sprites	stress_tests/many_sprites.rs	Displays many sprites in a grid arragement! Used for performance testing.
transform_hierarchy.rs	stress_tests/transform_hierarchy.rs	Various test cases for hierarchy and transform propagation performance

Tests

Example	File	Description
how_to_test_systems	../tests/how_to_test_systems.rs	How to test systems with commands, queries or resources

Tools

Example	File	Description
scene_viewer	tools/scene_viewer.rs	A simple way to view glTF models with Bevy. Just run cargo run --release --example scene_viewer /path/to/model.gltf#Scene0, replacing the path as appropriate. With no arguments it will load the FieldHelmet glTF model from the repository assets subdirectory.

Transforms

Example	File	Description
3d_rotation	transforms/3d_rotation.rs	Illustrates how to (constantly) rotate an object around an axis
global_vs_local_translation	transforms/global_vs_local_translation.rs	Illustrates the difference between direction of a translation in respect to local object or global object Transform.
scale	transforms/scale.rs	Illustrates how to scale an object in each direction
transform	transforms/transfrom.rs	Shows multiple transformations of objects
translation	transforms/translation.rs	Illustrates how to move an object along an axis

UI (User Interface)

Example	File	Description
button	ui/button.rs	Illustrates creating and updating a button
font_atlas_debug	ui/font_atlas_debug.rs	Illustrates how FontAtlases are populated (used to optimize text rendering internally)
text	ui/text.rs	Illustrates creating and updating text
text_debug	ui/text_debug.rs	An example for debugging text layout
ui	ui/ui.rs	Illustrates various features of Bevy UI

Window

Example	File	Description
clear_color	window/clear_color.rs	Creates a solid color window
low_power	window/low_power.rs	Demonstrates settings to reduce power use for bevy applications
multiple_windows	window/multiple_windows.rs	Demonstrates creating multiple windows, and rendering to them
scale_factor_override	window/scale_factor_override.rs	Illustrates how to customize the default window settings
transparent_window	window/transparent_window.rs	Illustrates making the window transparent and hiding the window decoration
window_settings	window/window_settings.rs	Demonstrates customizing default window settings

Platform-Specific Examples

Android

Setup

rustup target add aarch64-linux-android armv7-linux-androideabi
cargo install cargo-apk

The Android SDK must be installed, and the environment variable ANDROID_SDK_ROOT set to the root Android sdk folder.

When using NDK (Side by side), the environment variable ANDROID_NDK_ROOT must also be set to one of the NDKs in sdk\ndk\[NDK number].

Build & Run

To run on a device setup for Android development, run:

cargo apk run --example android

⚠️ At this time Bevy does not work in Android Emulator.

When using Bevy as a library, the following fields must be added to Cargo.toml:

[package.metadata.android]
build_targets = ["aarch64-linux-android", "armv7-linux-androideabi"]
target_sdk_version = 29
min_sdk_version = 16

Please reference cargo-apk README for other Android Manifest fields.

Old phones

Bevy by default targets Android API level 29 in its examples which is the Play Store's minimum API to upload or update apps. Users of older phones may want to use an older API when testing.

To use a different API, the following fields must be updated in Cargo.toml:

[package.metadata.android]
target_sdk_version = >>API<<
min_sdk_version = >>API or less<<

Example	File	Description
android	android/android.rs	The 3d/3d_scene.rs example for Android

iOS

Setup

You need to install the correct rust targets:

• aarch64-apple-ios: iOS devices
• x86_64-apple-ios: iOS simulator on x86 processors
• aarch64-apple-ios-sim: iOS simulator on Apple processors

rustup target add aarch64-apple-ios x86_64-apple-ios aarch64-apple-ios-sim

Build & Run

Using bash:

cd examples/ios
make run

In an ideal world, this will boot up, install and run the app for the first iOS simulator in your xcrun simctl devices list. If this fails, you can specify the simulator device UUID via:

DEVICE_ID=${YOUR_DEVICE_ID} make run

If you'd like to see xcode do stuff, you can run

open bevy_ios_example.xcodeproj/

which will open xcode. You then must push the zoom zoom play button and wait for the magic.

Example	File	Description
ios	ios/src/lib.rs	The 3d/3d_scene.rs example for iOS

WASM

Setup

rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
cargo install wasm-bindgen-cli

Build & Run

Following is an example for lighting. For other examples, change the lighting in the following command.

cargo run -p build-wasm-example -- lighting

This is the same as running

cargo build --release --example lighting --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
wasm-bindgen --out-name wasm_example --out-dir examples/wasm/target --target web target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/examples/lighting.wasm

The first command will build the example for the wasm target, creating a binary. Then, wasm-bindgen-cli is used to create javascript bindings to this wasm file, which can be loaded using this example HTML file.

Then serve examples/wasm directory to browser. i.e.

# cargo install basic-http-server
basic-http-server examples/wasm

# with python
python3 -m http.server --directory examples/wasm

# with ruby
ruby -run -ehttpd examples/wasm

Loading Assets

To load assets, they need to be available in the folder examples/wasm/assets. Cloning this repository will set it up as a symlink on Linux and macOS, but you will need to manually move the assets on Windows.