These core principles are what led our design decisions for Bolt 2.

Never Choose Between Workflow and Performance

It’s 2018: using visual scripting should not mean making a slow game anymore. Bolt 2 must:

• Run as fast as C++
• Allocate zero memory after initialization
• Load super fast in the editor
• Run at butter-smooth FPS even while editing huge graphs
• Speed up the creator’s workflow by being smart, intuitive and predictive

Ensure Strong Typing and and Strong References

String keys are evil. Object types are evil. Bolt 2 must:

• Allow for painless renaming of variables and events
• Never let the user to break any reference by mistake
• Always be explicit and strict about the type of every value
• Separate the schema of data from its actual content

Teach C# Without C#

A visual scripting tool shouldn’t require C# as part of its workflow.

Yet, Bolt should be a springboard to learn game development, not a chain to a proprietary tool.