Refactor project structure and enhance UI components

Changed connection string format in ProjectRepository.cs and updated application data path retrieval.

Added project reference to Ghost.Engine in Ghost.Database.csproj.

Added new property Packages in TemplateInfo.cs.

Changed XamlControlsResources source in App.xaml for clarity.

Changed App.xaml.cs to include new Host property and updated OnLaunched method.

Removed unused image files related to branding.

Updated Ghost.Editor.csproj to change target framework and organize content files.

Changed display name in Package.appxmanifest from "Ghost.Editor" to "GhostEngine".

Enhanced UI layout and data binding in CreateProjectPage.xaml and its code-behind.

Changed LandingWindow to use WindowEx for improved functionality.

Updated CreateProjectViewModel to implement INavigationAware for better navigation handling.

Updated AssemblyInfo.cs for internal visibility to Ghost.Database.

Added new files for activation handling and game object management in Ghost.Core and Ghost.Engine.

Introduced SystemUtilities for folder picker dialog functionality.

Created PropertyField control with corresponding XAML for UI consistency.

Added TemplateInfoWarper for managing template information.

Introduced HostHelper class to set up application services.

Overall, these changes reflect a significant restructuring of the project, enhancing architecture, improving UI components, and establishing clearer separation of concerns.

Ghost.Core/Activation/ActivationHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace Ghost.Core.Activation;
+
+public abstract class ActivationHandler<T> : IActivationHandler
+    where T : class
+{
+    protected virtual bool CanHandleInternal(T args) => true;
+
+    protected abstract Task HandleInternalAsync(T args);
+
+    public bool CanHandle(object args) => args is T && CanHandleInternal((args as T)!);
+
+    public async Task HandleAsync(object args) => await HandleInternalAsync((args as T)!);
+}

Ghost.Core/Activation/IActivationHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace Ghost.Core.Activation;
+
+public interface IActivationHandler
+{
+    bool CanHandle(object args);
+
+    Task HandleAsync(object args);
+}

Ghost.Core/Ghost.Core.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>

Ghost.Database/DataContext/ProjectRepository.cs

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 using Ghost.Database.Models.Projects;
+using Ghost.Engine.Constants;
 using System.Data.SQLite;
 
 namespace Ghost.Database.DataContext;
 
 public class ProjectRepository
 {
-    private const string _CONNECTION_STRING = "Data Source={0}/projects.db;Version=3;";
+    private const string _CONNECTION_STRING = "Data Source={0}\\projects.db;Version=3;";
     private const string _CREATE_PROJECT_TABLE_STRING = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Projects (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, Name TEXT, Path TEXT, EngineVersion TEXT, LastOpened DATETIME);";
     private const string _SELECT_PROJECT_STRING = "SELECT * FROM Projects";
     private const string _INSERT_PROJECT_STRING = "INSERT INTO Projects (Name, Path, EngineVersion, LastOpened) VALUES (@Name, @Path, @EngineVersion, @LastOpened);";
 
-    private static string GetConnectionString() => string.Format(_CONNECTION_STRING, Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData));
+    private static string GetConnectionString() => string.Format(_CONNECTION_STRING, EngineDataPath.ApplicationDataFolder);
 
     private static void EnsureTableCreated(SQLiteConnection connection)
     {

Ghost.Database/Ghost.Database.csproj

@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="4.7.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Ghost.Engine\Ghost.Engine.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>

Ghost.Database/Models/Projects/TemplateInfo.cs

@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ public class TemplateInfo
     {
         get; set;
     }
+
+    public Dictionary<string, Version>? Packages
+    {
+        get; set;
+    }
 }

Ghost.Editor/App.xaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <ResourceDictionary>
             <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                 <XamlControlsResources xmlns="using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls" />
-                <!-- Other merged dictionaries here -->
+                <XamlControlsResources Source="/Controls/EditorControls.xaml" />
             </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
             <!--  Other app resources here  -->
         </ResourceDictionary>

Ghost.Editor/App.xaml.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-using Ghost.Editor.View.Windows;
+using Ghost.Editor.View.Pages;
-using Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Windows;
+using Ghost.Editor.View.Windows;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using System;
@@ -16,22 +15,17 @@ namespace Ghost.Editor
     public partial class App : Application
     {
         private Window? _window;
+        public Window? CurrentWindow
+        {
+            get => _window;
+            set => _window = value;
+        }
 
         public IHost Host
         {
             get;
         }
 
-        public static T GetService<T>() where T : class
-        {
-            if ((Current as App)!.Host.Services.GetService(typeof(T)) is not T service)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException($"{typeof(T)} needs to be registered in ConfigureServices within App.xaml.cs.");
-            }
-
-            return service;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes the singleton application object.  This is the first line of authored code
         /// executed, and as such is the logical equivalent of main() or WinMain().
@@ -45,12 +39,26 @@ namespace Ghost.Editor
                 UseContentRoot(AppContext.BaseDirectory).
                 ConfigureServices((context, services) =>
                 {
-                    services.AddTransient<LandingWindow>();
+                    HostHelper.SetupPageService(context, services);
-                    services.AddTransient<LandingViewModel>();
                 })
                 .Build();
         }
 
+        public static Window? GetWindow()
+        {
+            return (Current as App)?.CurrentWindow;
+        }
+
+        public static T GetService<T>() where T : class
+        {
+            if ((Current as App)!.Host.Services.GetService(typeof(T)) is not T service)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException($"{typeof(T)} needs to be registered in ConfigureServices within App.xaml.cs.");
+            }
+
+            return service;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Invoked when the application is launched.
         /// </summary>
@@ -58,6 +66,9 @@ namespace Ghost.Editor
         protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
         {
             base.OnLaunched(args);
+
+            EditorActivationHandler.Handle(args);
+
             Host.Start();
 
             _window = GetService<LandingWindow>();

Ghost.Editor/Constants/EditorDataPath.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Ghost.Engine.Constants;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Ghost.Editor.Constants;
+
+public static class EditorDataPath
+{
+    public static string ProjectTemplatesFolder = Path.Combine(EngineDataPath.ApplicationDataFolder, "ProjectsTemplates");
+}

Ghost.Editor/Contracts/INavigationAware.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Ghost.Editor.Contracts;
+
+internal interface INavigationAware
+{
+    public void OnNavigatedTo(object? parameter);
+    public void OnNavigatedFrom();
+}

Ghost.Editor/Controls/BasicInput/PropertyField.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+
+namespace Ghost.Editor.Controls;
+
+public sealed partial class PropertyField : ContentControl
+{
+    public string Label
+    {
+        get => (string)GetValue(LabelProperty);
+        set => SetValue(LabelProperty, value);
+    }
+
+    public static readonly DependencyProperty LabelProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
+        nameof(Label),
+        typeof(string),
+        typeof(PropertyField),
+        new PropertyMetadata(default(string)));
+
+    public PropertyField()
+    {
+        DefaultStyleKey = typeof(PropertyField);
+    }
+}

Ghost.Editor/Controls/BasicInput/PropertyField.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<ResourceDictionary
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+    xmlns:local="using:Ghost.Editor.Controls">
+
+    <Style TargetType="local:PropertyField">
+        <Setter Property="Template">
+            <Setter.Value>
+                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:PropertyField">
+                    <Grid Height="32" Margin="2,4">
+                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                        <TextBlock
+                            Grid.Column="0"
+                            Margin="0,0,0,4"
+                            VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                            Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}"
+                            Text="{TemplateBinding Label}"
+                            TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" />
+
+                        <ContentPresenter
+                            Grid.Column="1"
+                            Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"
+                            ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding ContentTemplate}" />
+                    </Grid>
+                </ControlTemplate>
+            </Setter.Value>
+        </Setter>
+    </Style>
+</ResourceDictionary>

Ghost.Editor/Controls/EditorControls.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
+    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+        <ResourceDictionary Source="/Controls/BasicInput/PropertyField.xaml" />
+    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+</ResourceDictionary>

Ghost.Editor/EditorActivationHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using Ghost.Editor.Constants;
+using Ghost.Engine.Constants;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Ghost.Editor;
+
+internal static class EditorActivationHandler
+{
+    private static void FolderInitialization()
+    {
+        if (!Directory.Exists(EngineDataPath.ApplicationDataFolder))
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(EngineDataPath.ApplicationDataFolder);
+        }
+
+        if (!Directory.Exists(EditorDataPath.ProjectTemplatesFolder))
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(EditorDataPath.ProjectTemplatesFolder);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void Handle(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
+    {
+        FolderInitialization();
+    }
+}

Ghost.Editor/Ghost.Editor.csproj

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.20348.0</TargetFramework>
     <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <RootNamespace>Ghost.Editor</RootNamespace>
-    <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
     <Platforms>x86;x64;ARM64</Platforms>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <PublishProfile>win-$(Platform).pubxml</PublishProfile>
@@ -13,6 +12,31 @@
     <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Remove="Assets\icon-256.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-lightunplated_targetsize-16.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-lightunplated_targetsize-24.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-lightunplated_targetsize-256.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-lightunplated_targetsize-32.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-lightunplated_targetsize-48.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-unplated_targetsize-16.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-unplated_targetsize-24.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-unplated_targetsize-256.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-unplated_targetsize-32.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.altform-unplated_targetsize-48.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.scale-100.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.scale-125.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.scale-150.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.scale-200.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.scale-400.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.targetsize-16.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.targetsize-24.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.targetsize-256.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.targetsize-32.png" />
+    <Content Remove="Assets\Icon.targetsize-48.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Remove="Controls\BasicInput\PropertyField.xaml" />
+    <None Remove="Controls\EditorControls.xaml" />
     <None Remove="View\Pages\Landing\CreateProjectPage.xaml" />
     <None Remove="View\Pages\Landing\OpenProjectPage.xaml" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -21,8 +45,6 @@
     <Content Include="Assets\SplashScreen.scale-200.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\LockScreenLogo.scale-200.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\Square150x150Logo.scale-200.png" />
-    <Content Include="Assets\Square44x44Logo.scale-200.png" />
-    <Content Include="Assets\Square44x44Logo.targetsize-24_altform-unplated.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\StoreLogo.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\Wide310x150Logo.scale-200.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -44,6 +66,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="10.0.26100.1742" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.7.250310001" />
+    <PackageReference Include="WinUIEx" Version="2.5.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Ghost.Database\Ghost.Database.csproj" />
@@ -64,6 +87,20 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </Page>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Services\" />
+    <Folder Include="ViewModel\Windows\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Page Update="Controls\BasicInput\PropertyField.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Page Update="Controls\EditorControls.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals" />
 
   <!--
@@ -81,5 +118,7 @@
     <PublishReadyToRun Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Debug'">True</PublishReadyToRun>
     <PublishTrimmed Condition="'$(Configuration)' != 'Debug'">True</PublishTrimmed>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>10.0.19041.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+    <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

Ghost.Editor/Helpers/SystemUtilities.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Windows.Storage;
+using Windows.Storage.Pickers;
+using WinRT.Interop;
+
+namespace Ghost.Editor.Helpers;
+
+public static class SystemUtilities
+{
+    public static async Task<StorageFolder?> OpenFolderPickerAsync(PickerLocationId startLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary, string settingsIdentifier = "")
+    {
+        var openPicker = new FolderPicker();
+        var hWnd = WindowNative.GetWindowHandle(App.GetWindow());
+        InitializeWithWindow.Initialize(openPicker, hWnd);
+
+        openPicker.SuggestedStartLocation = startLocation;
+        openPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add("*");
+        openPicker.SettingsIdentifier = settingsIdentifier;
+
+        var folder = await openPicker.PickSingleFolderAsync();
+        return folder;
+    }
+}

Ghost.Editor/Models/Warpers/TemplateInfoWarper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using Ghost.Database.Models.Projects;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Ghost.Editor.Models.Warpers;
+
+internal class TemplateInfoWarper(string templatePath, TemplateInfo info)
+{
+    private const string _ICON_NAME = "icon.png";
+    private const string _PREVIEW_NAME = "preview.png";
+
+    public string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(templatePath)!;
+
+    public TemplateInfo Info => info;
+
+    public Uri GetIconURI()
+    {
+        return new Uri(Path.Combine(directory, _ICON_NAME));
+    }
+
+    public Uri GetPreviewURI()
+    {
+        return new Uri(Path.Combine(directory, _PREVIEW_NAME));
+    }
+}

Ghost.Editor/Package.appxmanifest

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <mp:PhoneIdentity PhoneProductId="4bcf724a-f735-433b-b5c5-4d17b9d38197" PhonePublisherId="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>
 
   <Properties>
-    <DisplayName>Ghost.Editor</DisplayName>
+    <DisplayName>GhostEngine</DisplayName>
     <PublisherDisplayName>Misaki</PublisherDisplayName>
     <Logo>Assets\StoreLogo.png</Logo>
   </Properties>
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@
       Executable="$targetnametoken$.exe"
       EntryPoint="$targetentrypoint$">
       <uap:VisualElements
-        DisplayName="Ghost.Editor"
+        DisplayName="GhostEngine"
-        Description="Ghost.Editor"
+        Description="GhostEngine"
         BackgroundColor="transparent"
-        Square150x150Logo="Assets\Square150x150Logo.png"
+        Square150x150Logo="Assets\Square150x150Logo.png" Square44x44Logo="Assets\Icon.png">
-        Square44x44Logo="Assets\Square44x44Logo.png">
         <uap:DefaultTile Wide310x150Logo="Assets\Wide310x150Logo.png" />
         <uap:SplashScreen Image="Assets\SplashScreen.png" />
       </uap:VisualElements>

Ghost.Editor/View/Pages/HostHelpers.Page.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Ghost.Editor.View.Pages.Landing;
+using Ghost.Editor.View.Windows;
+using Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Pages.Landing;
+using Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Windows;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace Ghost.Editor.View.Pages;
+
+internal static partial class HostHelper
+{
+    public static void SetupPageService(HostBuilderContext context, IServiceCollection services)
+    {
+        services.AddTransient<LandingWindow>();
+        services.AddTransient<LandingViewModel>();
+
+        services.AddTransient<CreateProjectPage>();
+        services.AddTransient<CreateProjectViewModel>();
+
+        services.AddTransient<OpenProjectPage>();
+    }
+}

Ghost.Editor/View/Pages/Landing/CreateProjectPage.xaml

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
     xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
-    xmlns:data="using:Ghost.Database.Models.Projects"
+    xmlns:editor="using:Ghost.Editor.Controls"
     xmlns:local="using:Ghost.Editor.View.Pages.Landing"
     xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:warper="using:Ghost.Editor.Models.Warpers"
     mc:Ignorable="d">
 
     <Grid>
@@ -16,25 +17,114 @@
         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
 
         <!--  Template Info  -->
-        <Grid Grid.Column="0">
+        <Grid Grid.Column="0" Width="300">
+            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
+            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
             <TextBlock
-                Grid.Column="0"
+                Grid.Row="0"
+                Margin="0,0,0,24"
                 Style="{StaticResource SubtitleTextBlockStyle}"
                 Text="Template" />
 
-            <ListView SelectedItem="">
+            <ListView
+                Grid.Row="1"
+                ItemsSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.templates}"
+                SelectedItem="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectedTemplate, Mode=TwoWay}">
                 <ListView.ItemTemplate>
-                    <DataTemplate x:DataType="data:TemplateInfo">
+                    <DataTemplate x:DataType="warper:TemplateInfoWarper">
-                        <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{x:Bind Name}" />
+                        <Grid>
+                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
+                                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+
+                            <ImageIcon
+                                Grid.Column="0"
+                                Width="24"
+                                Height="24">
+                                <ImageIcon.Source>
+                                    <BitmapImage UriSource="{x:Bind GetIconURI()}" />
+                                </ImageIcon.Source>
+                            </ImageIcon>
+                            <TextBlock
+                                Grid.Column="1"
+                                Margin="8,0"
+                                VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                                Text="{x:Bind Info.Name}" />
+                        </Grid>
                     </DataTemplate>
                 </ListView.ItemTemplate>
             </ListView>
         </Grid>
 
         <!--  Project Info  -->
-        <Grid Grid.Column="1" DataContext="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectedTemplate, Mode=OneWay}">
+        <Grid
-            <Image Stretch="UniformToFill" />
+            Grid.Column="1"
-            <TextBlock Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectedTemplate.Description}" />
+            Margin="16,0,0,0"
+            Padding="16"
+            Background="{ThemeResource CardBackgroundFillColorDefaultBrush}"
+            CornerRadius="8">
+            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="300" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
+            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
+
+            <Grid Grid.Row="0" CornerRadius="4">
+                <Image VerticalAlignment="Center" Stretch="UniformToFill">
+                    <Image.Source>
+                        <BitmapImage UriSource="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectedTemplate.GetPreviewURI()}" />
+                    </Image.Source>
+                </Image>
+                <Grid
+                    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+                    VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+                    Background="{ThemeResource CircleElevationBorderBrush}" />
+            </Grid>
+
+            <StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Margin="8,0">
+                <TextBlock
+                    Margin="0,16,0,8"
+                    Style="{StaticResource TitleTextBlockStyle}"
+                    Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectedTemplate.Info.Name, Mode=OneWay}" />
+                <TextBlock
+                    Margin="0,8,0,16"
+                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
+                    Style="{StaticResource SubtitleTextBlockStyle}"
+                    Text="Project Settings" />
+
+                <editor:PropertyField Label="Name">
+                    <TextBox Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.ProjectName, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                </editor:PropertyField>
+                <editor:PropertyField Label="Location">
+                    <Grid>
+                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
+                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
+                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+
+                        <TextBox Grid.Column="0" Text="{x:Bind ViewModel.ProjectLocation, Mode=TwoWay}" />
+                        <Button
+                            Grid.Column="1"
+                            Margin="4,0,0,0"
+                            VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+                            Command="{x:Bind ViewModel.SelectionProjectLocationCommand}">
+                            <FontIcon FontSize="16" Glyph="&#xE8DA;" />
+                        </Button>
+                    </Grid>
+                </editor:PropertyField>
+            </StackPanel>
+
+            <Grid Grid.Row="2">
+                <Button
+                    Width="150"
+                    HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                    Content="Create"
+                    Style="{ThemeResource AccentButtonStyle}" />
+            </Grid>
         </Grid>
 
     </Grid>

Ghost.Editor/View/Pages/Landing/CreateProjectPage.xaml.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 using Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Pages.Landing;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
-
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Navigation;
-// To learn more about WinUI, the WinUI project structure,
-// and more about our project templates, see: http://aka.ms/winui-project-info.
 
 namespace Ghost.Editor.View.Pages.Landing;
 
@@ -13,10 +11,16 @@ internal sealed partial class CreateProjectPage : Page
         get;
     }
 
-    public CreateProjectPage(CreateProjectViewModel viewModel)
+    public CreateProjectPage()
     {
-        ViewModel = viewModel;
+        ViewModel = App.GetService<CreateProjectViewModel>();
 
         InitializeComponent();
     }
+
+    protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
+    {
+        base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
+        ViewModel.OnNavigatedTo(e.Parameter);
+    }
 }

Ghost.Editor/View/Windows/LandingWindow.xaml

@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<Window
+<winex:WindowEx
     x:Class="Ghost.Editor.View.Windows.LandingWindow"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
     xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
     xmlns:local="using:Ghost.Editor.View.Windows"
     xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+    xmlns:winex="using:WinUIEx"
     Title="Landing"
+    IsResizable="False"
     mc:Ignorable="d">
 
-    <Grid Padding="4">
+    <Window.SystemBackdrop>
+        <MicaBackdrop />
+    </Window.SystemBackdrop>
+
+    <Grid Padding="24,32,24,18">
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>
             <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
             <RowDefinition Height="*" />
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@
             SelectionChanged="SelectorBar_SelectionChanged">
             <SelectorBarItem IsSelected="True" Text="Open">
                 <SelectorBarItem.Icon>
-                    <FontIcon Glyph="&#xE8A7;" />
+                    <FontIcon Glyph="&#xE838;" />
                 </SelectorBarItem.Icon>
             </SelectorBarItem>
             <SelectorBarItem Text="Create">
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@
         <Frame
             x:Name="ContentFrame"
             Grid.Row="1"
-            Padding="24,8"
+            Padding="8"
             IsNavigationStackEnabled="False" />
     </Grid>
-</Window>
+</winex:WindowEx>

Ghost.Editor/View/Windows/LandingWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -1,30 +1,22 @@
-// To learn more about WinUI, the WinUI project structure,
+using Ghost.Editor.View.Pages.Landing;
-// and more about our project templates, see: http://aka.ms/winui-project-info.
-
-using Ghost.Editor.View.Pages.Landing;
-using Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Windows;
-using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation;
+using WinUIEx;
 
 namespace Ghost.Editor.View.Windows;
 
-internal sealed partial class LandingWindow : Window
+internal sealed partial class LandingWindow : WindowEx
 {
-    public LandingViewModel ViewModel
-    {
-        get;
-    }
-
     private int _previousSelectedIndex;
 
-    public LandingWindow(LandingViewModel viewModel)
+    public LandingWindow()
     {
-        ViewModel = viewModel;
-
         InitializeComponent();
 
-        AppWindow.Resize(new(1200, 900));
+        this.SetWindowSize(1000, 750);
+        this.CenterOnScreen();
+
+        ExtendsContentIntoTitleBar = true;
     }
 
     private void SelectorBar_SelectionChanged(SelectorBar sender, SelectorBarSelectionChangedEventArgs e)

Ghost.Editor/ViewModel/Pages/Landing/CreateProjectViewModel.cs

@@ -1,17 +1,70 @@
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 using Ghost.Database.Models.Projects;
+using Ghost.Editor.Constants;
+using Ghost.Editor.Contracts;
+using Ghost.Editor.Helpers;
+using Ghost.Editor.Models.Warpers;
+using Microsoft.UI.Dispatching;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Pages.Landing;
 
-internal partial class CreateProjectViewModel : ObservableRecipient
+internal partial class CreateProjectViewModel : ObservableRecipient, INavigationAware
 {
-    public ObservableCollection<TemplateInfo> templates = new();
+    public ObservableCollection<TemplateInfoWarper> templates = new();
 
     [ObservableProperty]
-    public partial TemplateInfo SelectedTemplate
+    public partial TemplateInfoWarper? SelectedTemplate
     {
         get;
         set;
     }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial string ProjectName
+    {
+        get;
+        set;
+    }
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    public partial string ProjectLocation
+    {
+        get;
+        set;
+    }
+
+    public void OnNavigatedTo(object? parameter)
+    {
+        DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread().TryEnqueue(DispatcherQueuePriority.High, () =>
+        {
+            foreach (var templatePath in Directory.GetFiles(EditorDataPath.ProjectTemplatesFolder, "template.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+            {
+                var templateInfo = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<TemplateInfo>(File.ReadAllText(templatePath));
+                if (templateInfo == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                templates.Add(new(templatePath, templateInfo));
+            }
+
+            SelectedTemplate = templates.FirstOrDefault();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void OnNavigatedFrom()
+    {
+    }
+
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private async Task SelectionProjectLocation()
+    {
+        ProjectLocation = (await SystemUtilities.OpenFolderPickerAsync())?.Path ?? string.Empty;
+    }
 }

Ghost.Editor/ViewModel/Windows/LandingViewModel.cs

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
-
-namespace Ghost.Editor.ViewModel.Windows;
-
-internal partial class LandingViewModel : ObservableRecipient
-{
-    [ObservableProperty]
-    public partial int TabIndex
-    {
-        get;
-        set;
-    }
-}

Ghost.Engine/ActivationHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Ghost.Engine.Models;
+
+namespace Ghost.Engine;
+
+internal static class ActivationHandler
+{
+    public static void Handle(LaunchArgument args)
+    {
+
+    }
+}

Ghost.Engine/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Ghost.Editor")]
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Ghost.Database")]

Ghost.Engine/Components/Transform.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Ghost.Engine.Models;
+using System.Numerics;
+
+namespace Ghost.Engine.Components;
+
+public class Transform : Component
+{
+    public Vector3 position = Vector3.Zero;
+    public Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Identity;
+    public Vector3 scale = Vector3.One;
+}

Ghost.Engine/Constants/EngineDataPath.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace Ghost.Engine.Constants;
+
+internal static class EngineDataPath
+{
+    public const string ENGINE_DATA_FOLDER_NAME = "GhostEngine";
+
+    public static string ApplicationDataFolder = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), ENGINE_DATA_FOLDER_NAME);
+}

Ghost.Engine/EngineCore.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using Ghost.Engine.Models;
+
+namespace Ghost.Engine;
+
+internal class EngineCore
+{
+    public async Task StartAsync()
+    {
+        ActivationHandler.Handle(new LaunchArgument());
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public async Task ShutDownAsync()
+    {
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+}

Ghost.Engine/Ghost.Engine.csproj

@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Services\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>

Ghost.Engine/Models/Component.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace Ghost.Engine.Models;
+
+public class Component
+{
+}

Ghost.Engine/Models/GameObject.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using Ghost.Engine.Components;
+
+namespace Ghost.Engine.Models;
+
+public class GameObject
+{
+    private List<Component> _components = new();
+
+    public GameObject()
+    {
+        AddComponent(new Transform());
+    }
+
+    public void AddComponent(Component component)
+    {
+        _components.Add(component);
+    }
+}

Ghost.Engine/Models/LaunchArgument.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace Ghost.Engine.Models;
+
+internal class LaunchArgument
+{
+}

Ghost.Engine/Models/Scene.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace Ghost.Engine.Models;
+
+public class Scene
+{
+}