What exactly is a game engine

XzQshnR

imasenselessbastard
Aug 21, 2011
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Hello there. I iz a newbie at programming at only knows plain ol' C.
I wanted to know what exactly is a game engine ?
Moreover can some on explain to me anatomy of a simple 3D or maybe for sake of simplicity a 2D game ?
 

Dr Beowulf

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look up Id tech 5 or Frost Bite 2.0....you'll get ur answer.
your question about its anatomy is extremely broad will take 200 pages to describe the anatomy behind a videogame.
being that you know C language.....i believe you know the answers to your questions.....and are just passing time by asking.
 

XzQshnR

imasenselessbastard
Aug 21, 2011
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Karachi
look up Id tech 5 or Frost Bite 2.0....you'll get ur answer.
your question about its anatomy is extremely broad will take 200 pages to describe the anatomy behind a videogame.
being that you know C language.....i believe you know the answers to your questions.....and are just passing time by asking.
No I dont. I only have studied C in the first semester.
 

enygmyx

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Mar 6, 2011
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There was a classic article on extremetech titled "Game Engine Anatomy 101" which was very helpful for me back when I started game development. Fortunately they still have it on their website, This is a ten part article explaining in depth the workings of a game engine. Its pretty long but a short answer to your question will not be enough. Here is the link:
http://www.extremetech.com/page/2?s=game+engine+anatomy


Hopefully that should answer your question. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to ask :)
 

ajk0123

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yar in simple words a game engine is usually a piece of application software that provides you with and integrated development environment (IDE), a set of tools for working with rigid bodies, importing characters, animations, world building, handling physics on objects, and a way to write scripts and attaching those scripts to the objects in your game to make them work... Unity3d is a good example... give it a try...

and you should know some programming language to program your game... unity3d uses javascript, c# and boo...
 
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