Discussions about game engine

Making a 2D engine: compiling necessary libraries with the engine instead of the game I'm making a 2D engine in C++, and I want to be able to supply a .dll and a .lib so that games can just include those and everything is fine and dandy. I've looked at how Ogre does it, and it results in ugliness like this: #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C... Started by knight666 on Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Why not just rename your MAIN to something like Engine::MainLoop and have the client app call "game system", meaning you can put it inside the UpdateGame() function, making your main function.

Which is a better option, OpenGL or a game engine for developing a game for the iphone or ipod touch? I am new to OpenGL ES, and I'm about to begin a 3D game for the iphone in which we are showing some car pursuit or racing. Is it possible just with the OpenGL ES or UIKit only, or do I have to use other tools for it? I am comfortable with UIKit but newer... Started by balraj on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): The .... I would suggest using a game engine, materials, etc... 3D adds a substantial amount of complexity over 2D. It sounds like you might be better off going with a game engine as it will get you up and running the ground.

Java 2D Game engine for tile-based Game Can anyone recommend a good Java game engine for developing simple tile-based games? I'm looking for an engine that will allow me to build maps using something like Tiled www.mapeditor.org Slick is exactly what I'm looking for, slick.cokeandcode.com but... Started by DAH on Sunday, May 24, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I don't know about Java Game Engines. Developing Games in Java" by David Brackeen, it includes a tile-based game framework which seems excellent without getting the book, but I'd recommend the book.

What is a good open source/free game engine for a top-down 2D space fighting game? I've got some free time coming up over the holidays and am finally going to get around to building/prototyping a video game I've been building in my head for a few years. Now I'm just looking for a game engine that is: Free Nice API Easy to extend The... Started by Eric Ryan Harrison on Friday, December 04, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): It's easy to learn, has a great community, and you can deploy to the XBox when you're done! It's in C#, which... . I've made a few little 2D games with it. Although it is free as in beer. It's not open-source, but XNA is great for this sort of thing .

Oolong, SIO2 or commercial Game engine for 3D iPhone Games newbie? I'm trying to pick between the Oolong and SIO2 free iPhone game engines for my first game programming project. I have some Cocoa experience and many years of C++ including relatively low level 2D graphics and developing Quicktime plugins but only minor... Started by Andy Dent on Monday, March 02, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): So which engine did you decide to go. Objects from the scene and pull them in to your iPhone app .

Is there any game engine in Scala? I wonder if there are any game engine written in Scala or easily accesible from Scala? Started by Roman Kagan on Friday, June 26, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Not a big .... ScalaBox2D It's probably not a full fledged game engine though presentation how to start coding a game in Java is Write a 3-D Game in the Java Programming Language in Less. Could add some implicit conversions.

What Should Be in a 2D Game Engine? Ok, so I ended up writing my own game engine based on top of XNA, and I am just wondering what else I need to make a complete engine. This is what's in the engine: Physics (Farseer Physics) Particle Engine (Mercury Project) 2D Cameras Input Handling Screen... Started by Khalid Abuhakmeh on Monday, April 13, 2009, 14 posts by 14 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): A physics .... That project is now your game engine. What things you repeat doing for each game, and then look into how to can get that into the engine that was reused should then be refactored out into a separate project.

What is a good & free game engine? For C++, Java, or Python, what are some good game + free game engines that are easy to pick up? Any type of game engine is okay. I just want to get started somewhere by looking into different game engines and their capabilities. Started by bLee on Thursday, February 19, 2009, 15 posts by 15 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): More importantly Space (C++), if you want.... engine but it was a blast! Develop a medium sized game using it and you will get a good taste of many engine, rather than a dedicated game engine, but the add-ons amend that.

Kokusai Fighting Engine - The new 2D fighting game engine Forums Hallo XNA Community, From two years I'm developing a 2D fighting game engine with XNA, using the FlatRedBall engine. This project is called Kokusai Fighting Engine. Inspired by the famous MUGEN engine (and by its clones like ShugenDo , Direct-Xion-Game... Started by on Monday, September 13, 2010, 18 posts   Read the full thread at msdn Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at msdn): This is the current state-of-art of the Kokusai Fighting Engine, showingI'm a big fighting game.... Means that one Battle was a draw, not the whole game? Anyway, good job! I wish I could make an engine game in the meantime.

Books for 3d game engine development Hi. I'm looking for tips on books that goes through what is needed/recommended in a game engine for 3D. I don't need books about math, physics or OpenGL/XNA/DirectX, but only about the inner goings of a standard game engine. I also just want tips and ... Started by martiert on Monday, April 27, 2009, 9 posts by 9 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): If you're familiar with Foley/Van Damm then you'll be comfortable with 3D Game Engine get you started..... 3D Game Engine Design, Second Edition is not for beginners. You might find one that leads you in the right direction .