From 789e1e186fc40183dcf7a6343dc9b27b17428603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: light7734 <light7734@tuta.io>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:42:32 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] add sandbox

---
 modules/CMakeLists.txt         |  4 +++
 modules/sandbox/CMakeLists.txt |  3 +++
 modules/sandbox/sandbox.cpp    | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/cmake/options.cmake      |  1 +
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/sandbox/CMakeLists.txt
 create mode 100644 modules/sandbox/sandbox.cpp

diff --git a/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index f7922d0..502fc10 100644
--- a/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -274,3 +274,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
 
 # add_executable_module(mirror entrypoint/mirror.cpp)
 # target_link_libraries(mirror PRIVATE libmirror input)
+
+if(ENABLE_SANDBOX)
+    add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sandbox/)
+endif()
diff --git a/modules/sandbox/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/sandbox/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a2976c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/sandbox/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_executable(sandbox sandbox.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(sandbox PRIVATE logger bitwise env memory time test lt_debug math assets app ecs surface renderer input mirror)
+
diff --git a/modules/sandbox/sandbox.cpp b/modules/sandbox/sandbox.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cd9027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/sandbox/sandbox.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import test.test;
+import time;
+import test.expects;
+import surface.system;
+import surface.events;
+import surface.requests;
+import ecs.registry;
+import memory.scope;
+import memory.reference;
+import logger;
+import math.vec2;
+import app.system;
+import std;
+
+constexpr auto title = "TestWindow";
+constexpr auto width = 800u;
+constexpr auto height = 600u;
+constexpr auto vsync = true;
+constexpr auto visible = false;
+
+int main()
+{
+	auto registry = lt::memory::create_ref<lt::ecs::Registry>();
+	auto system = lt::surface::System { registry };
+
+	auto entity = registry->create_entity();
+
+	system.create_surface_component(
+	    entity,
+	    lt::surface::SurfaceComponent::CreateInfo {
+	        .title = title,
+	        .resolution = { width, height },
+	        .vsync = vsync,
+	        .visible = visible,
+	    }
+	);
+
+	auto timer = lt::time::Timer {};
+	lt::log::trace("Ticking for 3 seconds...");
+	while (timer.elapsed_time() < std::chrono::seconds { 3 })
+	{
+		system.tick({});
+	}
+	lt::log::trace("Three seconds passed, quitting...");
+}
diff --git a/tools/cmake/options.cmake b/tools/cmake/options.cmake
index 93911c1..991795a 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+add_option(ENABLE_SANDBOX "Enables the building of the sandbox module for experimentation")
 add_option(ENABLE_UNIT_TESTS "Enables the building of the unit test modules")
 add_option(ENABLE_FUZZ_TESTS "Enables the building of the fuzz test modules")
 add_option(