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The Game Engine

pan narrans · 2002-06-05T14:39:08

The term ''game engine'' is bandied about a lot. Everyone and his pet monkey seems to be working on a 3D game engine these days. Well, me too! A simple definition of a game engine could be: "the system that processes information in each iteration of the main program loop, producing the graphical output to be displayed". As this term is used so often i just wondered exactly what everyone means by it. Is it a fixed concept, or is it open to interpretation? What elements would you consider essential/desirable for a fully rounded game engine. -Leigh

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Started by pan narrans June 04, 2002 05:14 PM

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June 05, 2002 02:39 PM

Thanx a lot everyone!

I gotta say that most of what you guys have said agrees with what I was thinking, I just wondered how close that was to the majorities standard "game engine" definition.
Everyone seems to agree on the clear boundary between the functional code and the game resources.

-Leigh
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