Game engines are a collection of libraries and tools that provide a framework to create games.
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iphone 3d library with physics
are there any light 3d iphone libraries that must have:
Physics ( ragdoll physics )
3D scene graph
Advanced lighting (lightmapping and stuff)
Sound engine
Ability to import 3D model from blender, 3d ...
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Best 2d Game Engine / Builder for PC Games [closed]
I've been looking for 2d game engines / builder over the weekend and I stumbled upon a lots of them.
I tried Construct2 and Torque Game Builder.
I had faith in Torque Game Builder, but the UI was a ...
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Online Game Considerations [closed]
I want to make a kind of online game, completely in JavaScript, using the <canvas> and socket.io. The general How is covered, there are just some minor problems with the design and architecture ...
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What 3D engine supports real-time editable 3D terrain loaded in from a server?
I'm currently having a problem choosing an engine for a game project I have since a few years.
What I'd need is to be able to load a terrain from a remote server (which I can take care of) and display ...
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what processor “cpubenchmark passmark” is enough for Blender to start learning [closed]
edit: There might repeat a similar question as I have already wrote, but now I am looking, slightly deeper.
Very different processors, I wonder what the processor is sufficient enough for the Blender ...
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Torque Game Engine Out of Business? [closed]
I checked out the Torque site and realized they are for sale. Read More Here ->Torque Site
My question is would an engine product like this be viable if it went to Open Source? I can't imagine the ...
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Is a “game engine” a necessity for making a game? [closed]
What's up with the terminology confusion anyways? Some have claimed DirectX SDK to be a game engine itself.
According to Wikipedia a game engine is a system for making games. But along what lines do ...
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Can I still call something a “game engine” if I use other APIs to build it? [closed]
I am planning to create a game engine for iOS that is similar to Cocos2d.
I wanted to use frameworks like UIKit to display UIViews and UIImageviews. In Cocos2d they don't use the objects in UIKit. If ...
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What is the best engine for my first serious 2d game? [closed]
What game engine/graphics engine should I use for my first indie game?
I'd like to add that this is not my first game, I've previously used Allegro for 2d development (pong, chess and stuff).
I am ...
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Game Engine Design
Is there any guide how to or better what a good Game Engine ( for DirectX ) must contain?
I've been reading certain books, but I want to get sure.
My own Engine ( called KaDI ) contains:
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Is it worth taking the time and making a game scripting engine instead of directly coding?
I don't know exactly everything there is to game programming and I forget things so I like to write libraries that are easy to use so I can use the thing that's hard to do such as file serialization. ...
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Monogame vs ANX vs Delta engine [closed]
I am looking for a Win8-Metro-friendly framework for my next game project. Two of the non-commercial options are Monogame and ANX. Both are XNA like. I am wondering which one is more mature and ...
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The right way to start out in game development/design [closed]
Greetings everyone I'm a 19 year old student looking for some help in the field of game development.
This question may or may not seem a bit overused, but the fact is that game development has been ...
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Where can I find current information on Valve's Source SDK?
Is there a "Source Engine" ("Source SDK from Valve) web page or blog with the latest information about the engine, its use, news, and anything else that is related?
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Why does UDK require .NET 4.0? [closed]
UDK engine requires that end-users install .NET 4.0, but what about Windows XP users?
Is there any way to get rid of that requirement, by perhaps disabling certain features?
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Voxel terrain engine [closed]
Is there some voxel frameworks or extensions for game engines like Unity?
I really need a system to dynamically generate voxel ruinable terrains.
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Which engine/tool is suitable for me? [closed]
I want to begin developing 2d games. I have a lot experience in Java programming. I am looking for an 2d game engine that supports physics, support mouse actions and easy to use. I know Stencyl but I ...
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Best Platform/Engine for turn based Client/Server Android game [closed]
I'm currently designing a turn based game for tablets. Initially for Android with porting to iOS later considered in design.
I'm having trouble narrowing down the available technologies to even know ...
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I recently stumbled upon GameClosure, but I found out it doesn't have physics [closed]
GameClosure: http://www.gameclosure.com/
I really like the engine, the debugging, and the code style in general. However, it doesn't have a built-in physics engine. It says here: ...
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Tips on building a real time multi player web platform + framework and/or tookit
I'm trying to develop a multi player game web app which basically should be able to achieve the following goals:
Provide a game engine + framework/toolkit to let third party corporation integrate ...
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HTML5 Game Engine written in Ruby [closed]
was there any HTML5 game engine that written in ruby?
i'm quite sick with javascript long syntax..
HTML5 needed because the need to port it to various mobile devices..
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Creating 2D game engine, image = null error [closed]
When ever I run this, I get the error
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: input == null!
I tried many different solutions including moving parts of the code around and ...
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Any multiplayer webgame engine based on Flex
My team is developing a multiplayer webgame (like a virtual world) in a short time(several months using after-school time), and I wonder if there are any webgame engine based on Flex.
When I googled ...
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Game show game engine [closed]
So, I am pretty new to the world of game development, so I am a bit fuzzy on what I require. Could someone suggest a game engine that I could use? I need it to be light weight (my game won't require ...
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Android 2D game engine [closed]
I'm looking to make my first 2D sidescroller for android, and would prefer an open source engine good for 2d games. I might eventually have 3d backgrounds too, so if it can handle those that would ...
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Which game library/engine to choose? [closed]
I'm not a programming beginner at all. I've tried 2 libraries/engines so far, allegro and Unity. For allegro. i think its not good if i wanna make a career in gaming industry since its not powerful ...
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What should I know to start in game development? [closed]
I know this is asked very often here and probably my question will get closed, but I am clueless in this direction.
I want to start creating my own PC games. I know C++ and a bit of C#. I created a ...
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Is there a multiplayer game engine where you can write the logic in any programming language?
I'm working on a mud (multiplayer text game) engine and I would like developers to be able to write their game logic in any programming language. Does anyone know if other engines like this exist?
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Searching for the right engine for a simple FPS [closed]
With some holiday time coming up I thought it might be interesting to look to try and make a game that's been in my mind for a while now.
I'm a professional programmer so I have experience with most ...
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How can I switch between DirectX and OpenGL renderer in my engine?
I am currently developing my engine with DirectX, but I want to make it cross-platform in the future, using OpenGL.
How can I check which platform my engine is running on?
And can I use an if ...
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Game Engines with real time lighting
I am studying computer graphics since 3 semesters and we just started with OpenGL. I really enjoy it and want to create my own little engine for learning purposes.
I already read tons of different ...
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C++ Game Engine Book/Tutorial/Anything recent? [closed]
Before I get flamed, please understand that I have been looking for a while now. Yes, I have found a good amount of game engine tutorials...except filled with errors, out of date syntax, missing ...
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Word for the combination of location and orientation (other than transform) [closed]
I'm trying to come up with a name for a class that encompasses an entity's position and orientation. This class isn't a transformation in the 3D sense- a transformation is something this class might ...
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how to add fog to a model instantiated in Xna? [closed]
I work on a small XNA games.
I generate a large map type voxel. a floor of 1000 cubic long by 1000 cubes wide.
This is why I use the method "MODEL instancing" with hardware instancing to generate a ...
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Are there any game engines out there that support cryptography? [closed]
Are there any game engines out there that support cryptography? Obviously when one creates a game engine in one of the more established languages, like C++ or Java, one can just get some cryptography ...
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What can go wrong with this technique/game architecture? [closed]
So this is something kind of new, as I've never saw anywhere, but maybe already exists:
The game is divided in 3 pieces: the actual game logic (game), the visual part (view) and something that link ...
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Game Engine for quick Horror Survival prototype [closed]
for a University project we need to develop a prototype for a Survival Horror game using an engine of our own choice. We are currently preparing the project and wondering which engine to use. Maybe ...
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iOS Game Development on PC? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can we develop a game for iPhone on Windows platform?
Are there any available game engines that I could use to develop on Windows instead of on Mac?
I'm aware there is ...
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similar stuff to game maker or game salad for the PC [closed]
I'm looking for stuff like game maker, game salad and rpg maker VX & XP. my only limit is that it has to work on windows xp. I have those but they just don't seam to work for me. btw if it helps ...
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Cross Platform HTML5 Canvas game engine [closed]
I want to build a puzzle game,I want to develop it for Browsers, Android, iOS, And PC. Please help me and let me know is there any game engine that is useful for making cross platform HTML5 games..
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Fast and minimalistic C++ 3D engine [closed]
I am trying to build a very simple game (ish), and for all this question cares, it's based on minecraft (therefore, no fancy 3D rendering needed). Though I do know a lot about pure OpenGL, there are ...
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Selection of a 2d physics library [closed]
I am a decent programmer with not so great artistic skills. I am creating a game involving some basic shapes and rudimentary artwork.
I wanted to select a decent 2d physics library with easy to use ...
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Usage of triangulators - Slick2d [closed]
So i need detailed examples how to use one of Slick2ds many triangulators to create a polygon with a hole. Could someone show me code examles of how to use it.
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Is there a future for AAA game development in C#? [closed]
When XNA was released in 2006, I was happy and started doing indie attempts. After 3 years or so, there were lots of forum discussions on prospects of AAA game development in C#, and how a high ...
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Any open source engine for webbased game? [closed]
I'm a student and my group have a task to create a simple multiplayer Rpg webgame. And I have to do it in just a few months. Is there any open source engine or framework to do this? Or any other idea?
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What is good Beginner software? ( Know Java and Python) [closed]
So I was wondering what are some good frameworks that I could use to start developing video games.
I have heard of blender. I personally use a mac, so I am hoping to create something that can be ...
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Free or Cheap game engine for mobile game development? [closed]
I am now rolling around game dev and started out making progress with creating sound,math,graphics engine with C++, then I moved to using full featured Engines like UDK and Unity.
My startup ...
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low level api or graphics library? [closed]
Well, I want to learn game development, I've already know a little bit about xna, ogre and DX but, I want to choose one of them and stick with it. I'm not trying to make a "directx vs xna, ogre vs ...
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Why Game engines use C++? [closed]
Why most of the game engines use C++ to develop game?.
Why not java or C#?.
