Class: IroncladEngine
Source: core/IroncladEngine.js
The IroncladEngine is the central orchestrator for games built with the Ironclad Engine. It manages the main game loop, scene transitions, core systems (assets, input, entities, rendering, audio, effects), and provides a unified interface to these components. It follows a singleton pattern, ensuring only one instance is active during the application's lifecycle.
Singleton Access
The engine is designed as a singleton. Once initialized, the single instance can be accessed statically via IroncladEngine.instance. If the engine is running in a browser environment, it also typically assigns itself to window.gameEngine for easy debugging access.
javascript
// Example of getting the instance (after it has been created)
const engine = IroncladEngine.instance
// In a browser, often also available as:
// const engine = window.gameEngine;