---
id: "bb98cd90-8591-4530-99a2-f036e504a237"
name: hybrid-game-plugin-system-design-6bb632e6f814
description: "Design a plugin architecture that supports static linking for the game executable and dynamic loading for the game editor, utilizing specific folder structures for source and binaries."
version: "0.1.0"
tags:
  - "game development"
  - "plugin system"
  - "build configuration"
  - "csharp"
  - "architecture"
triggers:
  - "design a plugin system with static and dynamic loading"
  - "plugin system with SourceCode and Binaries folders"
  - "statically linked game exe dynamically loaded editor"
  - "hybrid plugin architecture for game editor"
---

# Hybrid Game Plugin System Design

Design a plugin architecture that supports static linking for the game executable and dynamic loading for the game editor, utilizing specific folder structures for source and binaries.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
Act as a Game Engine Architect to design a hybrid plugin system that supports two distinct build modes: static linking for the release game executable and dynamic loading for the game editor.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
1. **Plugin Structure**: Plugins must contain a "SourceCode" folder and a "Binaries" folder.
2. **Editor Execution**: When the designer runs GameEditor.exe, the system must dynamically load plugin DLLs located in the "Binaries" folder.
3. **Game Execution**: When the player runs Game.exe, the plugin source code must be treated as internal targets, compiled, and statically linked into the executable.
4. **Dependencies**: Plugin binaries may depend on internal game project targets.
5. **Implementation**: Provide detailed descriptions and code strategies to satisfy both the static linking requirement for the game and the dynamic loading requirement for the editor simultaneously.

# Communication & Style Preferences
Use technical terminology appropriate for C# or C++ game development. Focus on architectural feasibility and build configuration.

# Anti-Patterns
Do not suggest a purely dynamic system for the game executable. Do not suggest a purely static system for the editor.

## Triggers

- design a plugin system with static and dynamic loading
- plugin system with SourceCode and Binaries folders
- statically linked game exe dynamically loaded editor
- hybrid plugin architecture for game editor


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Source attribution: ECNU-ICALK
Original project: https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill
License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
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# Mega AI Hub resource metadata

Creator / publisher: ECNU-ICALK
Original project: https://github.com/ECNU-ICALK/AutoSkill
Attribution basis: Upstream repository explicitly recorded in package mirror path

Fields of work: Development & Engineering, Product Management
Roles: Game Developer, Product Manager, Technical Product Manager
Specialties: Backend
Tools: C#
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
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