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Refresh is directly inspired by FNA3D and intended to be a replacement for XNA's Graphics namespace. Refresh is directly inspired by FNA3D and intended to be a replacement for XNA's Graphics namespace.
XNA 4.0 is a powerful API, but its shader system is outdated and certain restrictions are awkward to handle in a modern context. XNA 4.0 is a powerful API, but its shader system is outdated and certain restrictions are awkward to handle in a modern context.
In the way that XNA was "one step above" DX9, Refresh intends to be "one step above" Vulkan.
Refresh intends to provide an ergonomic high-level API that maps nicely to modern graphics pipelines. Refresh intends to provide an ergonomic high-level API that maps nicely to modern graphics pipelines.
Refresh will have a Vulkan runtime implementation. Support for other APIs like DX12 may come later. Refresh will have a Vulkan runtime implementation. Support for other APIs like DX12 may come later.
For shaders, we plan to consume SPIR-V bytecode. For shaders, we plan to consume SPIR-V bytecode.