Aurora is a source-level GameCube & Wii compatibility layer intended for use with game decompilation projects.

Originally developed for use in Metaforce, a Metroid Prime reverse engineering project. It now powers several completed source ports, including Dusk.

Features

• Application layer using SDL3
  • Runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS, Android
• GX compatibility layer
  • Graphics API support: D3D12, Vulkan, Metal
  • Highly accurate and performant GX implementation
  • Robust pipeline cache system with "transferable" cache support for releases
  • Dolphin-compatible texture pack support
  • Widescreen & resolution scaling support
  • Custom APIs for offscreen rendering
• PAD compatibility layer
  • Utilizes SDL_Gamepad for wide controller support, including GameCube controller adapters
  • Automatically saves and loads controller bindings and port mappings
  • Gyro & mouse support
• DVD compatibility layer
  • Utilizes nod to support all GameCube/Wii disc image types, including RVZ
• CARD compatibility layer
  • Full compatibility with Dolphin .gci and .raw for game saves
• Dear ImGui built-in for simple debug UIs
• RmlUi built-in for full-fledged HTML/CSS-based UIs

Graphics

The GX compatibility layer is built on top of WebGPU, a cross-platform graphics API abstraction layer. WebGPU allows targeting all major platforms simultaneously with minimal overhead. The WebGPU implementation used is Chromium's Dawn.

License

Aurora is licensed under the MIT License.