Limn Engine — Complete API Reference

📚 Limn Engine — Complete API Reference Quick Navigation Class Purpose Level Display Canvas, game loop, input, camera, scenes 🟢 L1 Component Every visible game object 🟢 L1 Camera Viewport control (follow, shake, zoom) 🟡 L2 move Movement, physics, particles, helpers 🟢 L1 state Read-only query helpers 🟢 L1 TileMap Grid-based levels 🟡 L2 Tctxt Rich text with backgrounds 🟢 L1 Sound Single audio file 🟢 L1 SoundManager Multiple sounds, volume control 🔴 L4 ParticleSystem Emit, burst, continuous emitters 🟠 L3 Sprite Spritesheet animation 🟡 L2 Display The heart of every Limn Engine game. Creates the canvas, runs the game loop, captures input, manages the camera, and controls scenes. Constructor const display = new Display (); Properties Property Type Description .canvas HTMLCanvasElement The game canvas .context CanvasRenderingContext2D 2D drawing context .keys Array Boolean array indexed by keyCode .scene Number Current active scene (default 0) .camera Camera Attached camera instance .deltaTime Number Time since last frame (seconds) .fps Number Current frames per second .frameNo Number Total frames elapsed .x / .y Number false Methods Method Parameters Description .start(w, h, node) width, height, parentNode Initialise canvas and start game loop .perform() — Activate dual-canvas pipeline (call before .start() ) .add(comp, scene) Component, scene number Register a Component for rendering .stop() — Pause the game loop .scale(w, h) width, height Resize canvas after start .backgroundColor(color) CSS color Set background colour .lgradient(dir, c1, c2) direction, color, color Linear gradient background .rgradient(c1, c2) color, color Radial gradient background .fullScreen() — Enter fullscreen .exitScreen() — Exit fullscreen .tileMap() — Build TileMap from display.map and display.tile Usage const display = new Display (); display . perform (); display . start ( 800 , 600 ); display . backgroundColor ( " #0a0a2a " ); const player = new Component ( 40 , 40 , " blue " , 100 , 100 ); d