Game engines are a collection of libraries and tools that provide a framework to create games.
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What platform were old TV video games developed on?
I am very eager to know how TV video games (which we all used to play in our childhood) were developed and on which platform.
I know how games are developed for mobile devices, Windows PC's and Mac ...
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Is my engine concept a good one?
I'm currently writing a generic engine for my incoming games. I have developed few games already but never with the same "base" and my code was/is quite a mess. The idea was to create an engine that I ...
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Efficient manager/controller for uniform and/or attribute variables in a rendering engine
Most engines on the market have their drawbacks and it's difficult to find a simple/light-weight one that's open-source and doesn't have to put you through a rather complex learning process. Writing ...
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What engine/technology should I work with to accomplish my unique design goal? [closed]
I'm looking to begin a procedurally generated open-ended sandbox game and would like some educated opinions on a good starting point. (Take a look at the "Engine Specifications" if you don't want to ...
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How is xml being used for a game engine
In this question the first answer explains a way of defining components of a gaming engine in xml like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mobs>
<mob>
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How smartly implement scripting in game
I'm developing a game engine. It is supposed to be an entity/components based one.
For developing my game itself (using my engine of course) i though to use some scripting language to actually create ...
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2.5D Game Engines/Libraries - Which are the most popular and stable?
Like many other developers, I have experience with many programming languages. I've worked with C++, Java, JavaScript (+ HTML5 Canvas), etc. The question thing that I've found very difficult to ...
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How would a sprite spawn more sprites under themself every second?
I am making a snake game and am having trouble to make the snake go longer, at the moment when I run the program, I just have the snake head eating apples. But I want the snake head(30x30) to spawn ...
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Are there any narrative (or at least non-spatiotemporal) focused engines/frameworks?
EDIT (2): Since there are two answers and I haven't accepted any of them I figured I'd motivate what I'd consider an answer here: Either something strongly suggesting any such approach would be ...
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What data should a generic collision detection system gather?
I'm working on a relatively generic 2D AABB collision detection system for a game engine, and I've re-written it more times than I'd like to admit due to not calculating/recording specific details of ...
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Writing a Massive Multiplayer Onlinegame by Own [closed]
I wonder how long it will take a single person to write a complete MMO engine. Is this possible? This question is only about the engine development. There will not be a lot of models or level design ...
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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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What Javascript game engines are out there, other than Impact? [closed]
Does anybody know of a decent (meaning preferably free ;)) alternative to Impact? Any suggestions are very much appreciated!
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Implementing features in an Entity System
After asking two questions on Entity Systems (1, 2), and reading some articles on them, I think that I understand them much better than before.
But, I still have some uncertainties, and mainly they ...
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How much would it cost to produce a game engine, and website to sell it from? [closed]
I've been considering for a long time how much it would cost to hire developers and programers to make a game engine and website for the engine? Posibly even some graphic designers for game engine ...
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Why is it a bad idea to store methods in Entities and Components? (Along with some other Entity System questions.)
This is a followup to this question, which I answered, but this one tackles with a much more specific subject.
This answer helped me understand Entity Systems even better than the article.
I've ...
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SharpDX and game engines, back to zero?
I'm a desktop developer (I mainly do WPF for a living) but I want to make games as a hobby.
So a few months ago, I started reading blogs, gamedevSE, you name it.
I understand in the C++ DirectX ...
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What data structure should I use for a 3D platformer game?
I am developing a platformer game with XNA framework like Metroid but in 3D. Now I have to draw models and I have the question of the title. I read many post and I know that the main data structures ...
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What is the optimal way for updating different entities in an engine?
EDIT: half of my question seemed to disappear, but thankfully, it was still in the clipboard.
When I say entities, I mean instantiations of various classes in my engine (example class: ...
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What would be the problems with using a singleton design pattern for my engine?
I'm desiging an HTML5 2D game engine in Javascript, and currently, I use the singleton pattern.
There is only one global object in the namespace called simply Engine. All other objects are ...
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Generating and rendering large 2D topographical map with contours
I am looking for an engine / library / technic to implement a large scale 2D topographical map that will be used in an RTS game.
The closest I've been able to find is: ...
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player cannot see up and down in the dialog mode in VBS2 VTK
I'm developing scenario in vbs2 vtk. In my scenario I need to use dialog mode for satisfying some requirements. I've successfully created dialog and I need movement in the dialog so that is also done. ...
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javascript function with game engine
I have coded my main menu for the game in html/css and need the image buttons to function with the engine using JavaScript.
For example:
Skip (Enable) Which skips the menu when you come back to play ...
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Ways to expose engine API for text-adventure games (XML, JS/DSL, …)
While developing an engine for text-adventures I'm still unsure how to expose the API it provides to the developers/writers. My two concepts for now are:
Running a small JS engine which executes JS ...
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Does a basic game engine prototyping tool exist, for common game types?
There are a lot of classic game engines out there (Real Time Strategy, Turn Based, etc), of which you can find countless variations. All of them have a basic starting point which involves units, ...
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What mathematics would I need to know in order to build a 2.5D raycasting engine
I realize this is a fairly common-type question, but I've been studying Maths in my spare time, fairly slowly at that, and I really want to develop a raycasting engine like the original DOOM.
I know ...
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HTML5 game engine for a 2D or 2.5D RPG style “map walk” [closed]
please help me to choose a HTML5 game engine or Javascript libraries
I want to do the following in the game:
when the game starts a part the huge map (full size of the map: about 7 screens) is ...
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Matrices: Arrays or separate member variables?
I'm teaching myself 3D maths and in the process building my own rudimentary engine (of sorts). I was wondering what would be the best way to structure my matrix class. There are a few options:
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What is a game framework versus a game engine?
What is the difference between a game framework (e.g. XNA with C#, SDL for c++) and a game engine?
Do game frameworks USE engines?
Does a game engine encapsulate sub-engines like physics engines, ...
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Math major as a viable degree
While I realize there are many topics about CS vs software engineering vs game school programs, I haven't found anything relating to whether pure math degrees (with CS minor and electives) would also ...
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Design patterns for effects between actors and technology
I'm working on my first game, and taking the opportunity to brush up my C++ (I want to make as much of it as portable as I can.)
Whilst working on the technology tree and how it affects actors ...
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How to keep balance / Unlock items / achievement rules
I'm working on an engine for a game, too learn javascript and just because its fun. I'm a flashdeveloper, I know how to build websites. Now making games is a different challenge, javascript is a ...
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Java: How to Make a Player Class in a Tile-Based RPG
So I've been following a JavaHub tutorial that basically uses a pixel engine similar to MiniCraft.
I've attempted to make a Player Class as such, and I'm basically making a mock Pokemon game for ...
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Split a 2D scene in layers or have a z coordinate
I am in the process of writing a 2D game engine, and a dilemma emerged. Let me explain the situation...
I have a Scene class, to which various objects can be added (Drawable, ParticleEmitter, ...
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Game engine lib and editor
I would like to know the best way/best practice to handle the following situation. Suppose the project you are working on is split in two sub-projects:
game engine lib
editor gui.
Now, you have a ...
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Will my game engine be compatible with physics engines?
My engine supports Scene handling, Cameras, and has a Renderer. Also, it has a class called Drawable, which has the position, the shape and the picture of an object. The picture property has width, ...
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Can i make money with my Android Engine or should I focus on game-making? [closed]
I have dedicated past few month to developing my own android 2d engine.
You can see its description, demo and tutorials.
While working on the engine I believed it to be better then most available ...
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Essential 2D engine features
I have decided to make a simple engine for a new game I'm working on, and now, I'm wondering: what are the essential features of a 2D game engine? Or, a game engine in general?
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Port flash game to native android
Alright here is the problem: the creators of a quite popular flash-based game have asked me to port their game to Android. They are not interested in any other platforms so we don't need to be ...
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Is AGS outdated for Point & Click Adventures?
I am working on a Point and Click Adventure game being coded on the AGS engine, and just recently, the question of 'is this outdated?' has come up.
I'll admit, AGS is a rather old, and kind of went ...
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Game editor integration with the engine?
What I am trying to figure out is what is the best way to integrate the editor(level, effects, model, etc...) in the most effective way?
Now the first thing I thought would be to create the game ...
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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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Where can I find affordable legal advice for game software related inquiries?
I am working on simulation middleware which is applicable for game engine implementations.
What I would like to do is to make it freely available for use for all non-commercial purposes, while at ...
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Game engine that allows for objects being placed in-game [closed]
I am looking for a game engine with multiplayer support that allows for players to place objects in the terrain. (eg. in TF2 one can place teleporters, etc... or in minecraft one can place blocks). I ...
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How can I save state from script in a multithreaded engine?
We are building a multithreaded game engine and we've encountered some problems as described below.
The engine have 3 threads in total: script, render, and audio. Each frame, we update these 3 ...
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Why don't more games use vector art?
It would seem to me that vector art is more efficient in terms of resources/scalability; however, in most cases I have seen artists using bitmap/rasterized art. Is this a limitation put on the artists ...
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Which java game engine is better? [closed]
I'm new to mobile game development and I have a number of questions to ask. So if you could please answer them, it would be highly appreciated
The game I'm trying to release is a 2D arcade game. My ...
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AS3 Calculating Delta Time In Seconds
Here is how I've been trying to implement delta time based on different internet resources.
var startTime:Number = getTimer();
game.Update(deltaTime);
deltaTime = Number(getTimer() - startTime) * ...
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What file formats and conventions should I support to make my game engine artist-friendly?
I'm writing a game engine, and I want to know what I should do to make it more artist-friendly. I don't want to be too limiting in terms of what file formats I support, etc.
Some specific questions:
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Circular class dependency
Is it bad design to have 2 classes which need each other?
I'm writing a small game in which I have a GameEngine class which has got a few GameState objects. To access several rendering methods, these ...
