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

Hello, World!

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

2D Rendering

Example	Main	Description
sprite	2d/sprite.rs	Renders a sprite
sprite_sheet	2d/sprite_sheet.rs	Renders an animated sprite
texture_atlas	2d/texture_atlas.rs	Generates a texture atlas (sprite sheet) from individual sprites

3D Rendering

Example	File	Description
load_model	3d/load_model.rs	Loads and renders a simple model
msaa	3d/msaa.rs	Configures MSAA (Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing) for smoother edges
parenting	3d/parenting.rs	Demonstrates parent->child relationships and relative transformations
3d_scene	3d/3d_scene.rs	Simple 3D scene with basic shapes and lighting
spawner	3d/spawner.rs	Renders a large number of cubes with changing position and material
texture	3d/texture.rs	Shows configuration of texture materials
z_sort_debug	3d/z_sort_debug.rs	Visualizes camera Z-ordering

Application

Example	File	Description
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
plugin	app/plugin.rs	Demonstrates the creation and registration of a custom plugin
thread_pool_resources	app/thread_pool_resources.rs	Creates and customizes the internal thread pool

Assets

Example	File	Description
asset_loading	asset/asset_loading.rs	Demonstrates various methods to load assets
hot_asset_reloading	asset/hot_asset_reloading.rs	Demonstrates automatic reloading of assets when modified on disk

Audio

Example	File	Description
audio	audio/audio.rs	Shows how to load and play an audio file

Diagnostics

Example	File	Description
custom_diagnostic	diagnostics/custom_diagnostic.rs	Shows how to create a custom diagnostic
print_diagnostics	diagnostics/print_diagnostics.rs	Add a plugin that prints diagnostics to the console

ECS (Entity Component System)

Example	File	Description
event	ecs/event.rs	Illustrates event creation, activation, and reception
ecs_guide	ecs/ecs_guide.rs	Full guide to Bevy's ECS
parallel_query	ecs/parallel_query.rs	Illustrates parallel queries with ParallelIterator
startup_system	ecs/startup_system.rs	Demonstrates a startup system (one that runs once when the app starts up)

Games

Example	File	Description
breakout	game/breakout.rs	An implementation of the classic game "Breakout"

Input

Example	File	Description
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.)
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

Scene

Example	File	Description
scene	scene/scene.rs	Demonstrates loading from and saving scenes to files
properties	scene/properties.rs	Demonstrates Properties (similar to reflections in other languages) in Bevy

Shaders

Example	File	Description
shader_custom_material	shader/shader_custom_material.rs	Illustrates creating a custom material and a shader that uses it
shader_defs	shader/shader_defs.rs	Demonstrates creating a custom material that uses "shaders defs" (a tool to selectively toggle parts of a shader)

UI (User Interface)

Example	File	Description
button	ui/button.rs	Illustrates creating and updating a button
text	ui/text.rs	Illustrates creating and updating text
font_atlas_debug	ui/font_atlas_debug.rs	Illustrates how FontAtlases are populated (used to optimize text rendering internally)
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
multiple_windows	window/multiple_windows.rs	Creates two windows and cameras viewing the same mesh
window_settings	window/window_settings.rs	Demonstrates customizing default window settings

WASM

pre-req

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

build & run

$ cargo build --example headless_wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features
$ wasm-bindgen --out-dir examples/wasm/target --target web target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/debug/examples/headless_wasm.wasm

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

$ basic-http-server examples/wasm