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    Presentation by:

    Diksha Bhargava
    CSE VIII Sem
     What is a game engine ?
     Run Time Engine Architecture
     Tools and the asset pipeline
     Types of Engines
     Tools of the trade
     Best rated engines
     Conclusion
     A game engine is a software framework designed for
    the creation and development of video
    games. Developers use them to create games
    for consoles, mobile devices and personal computers.
     Set of tools to assist in making a game
     Game agnostic software components
     Reusable for many different games
     Multi-platform (typically)
     Allows for data driven development
     Makes development faster!
     Target Hardware
     Device Drivers
     Operating System
     Third-Party SDKs and Middleware
     Platform Independence Layer
     Core Systems
     Resource Manager
     Rendering Engine
     Profiling and Debugging Tools
     Collision and Physics
     Animation
     Human Interface Devices (HID)
     Audio
     Gameplay Foundation Systems
    • Renderer (2D or 3D)
    • Collision Detection
    • Scripting
    • Sound/Video
    • Animation
    • Shading/Lighting
    • Networking
    • Physics
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Level Editor
    • Custom Tools
    Digital Content Creation Tools

    Games are multimedia applications by nature. A game


    engine’s input data comes in a wide variety of forms,
    from 3D mesh data to texture bitmaps to animation data
    to audio files. All of this source data must be created
    and manipulated by artists. The tools that the artists use
    are called digital content creation (DCC) applications.
    • Used by the Render Engine, Sound/Video Engine, Animation
    Engine
    • Anything that is in the game besides code
    o Models
    o Textures
    o Sounds
    o Videos
    o Animations
    • Tells the Render Engine where to place Assets
    • Arranges a scene
    o Logically
    o Spatially
    • Tree Structure
    o Hierarchical
    • Graph Structure
    o Non-hierarchical
    • Usually built onOpenGL
    or DirectX
    • Generates images in
    real-time from assets
    • Controlled by the Scene
    Graph
    • Interacts directly with the
    GPU
    • Intersection of two given solids
    o Spheres
    o Planes
    o Tubes
    o Polygons
    • Collision Response
    o Event
    • Usually uses an interpreted language (Python, etc.)
    • Allows custom code
    • Does not require the source code
    • Does not change any engine code
    • Game Specific
    • Usually played based on an
    event
    • Built off of an external library
    (OpenAL,etc.)
    • Video is often only for cut-
    scenes or as part of in-game
    objects
    • Sound is for music and
    sound effects
    • Handles sound objects that
    can control surround sound
    and 3D sound
    • Handles animation of objects on the Scene Graph
    • Tween animation
    • Rig/Skeleton Based animation
    • Tells the Renderer how to display the assets
    • Calculates special effects
    o Shadows
    o Normal Maps
    o Particle Effects
    o More...
    • Applied by the Render Engine on objects in the Scene
    Graph
    • Handles multicomputer communication
    o Peer to Peer
    o Client to Server
    o Distributed
    • Handles behavior of objects based on collisions
    • Simulates or predicts physics models
    o Rigid Body Dynamics
    o Soft Body Physics
    o Fluid Dynamics
    • Controls object interaction
    o Stimuli
    o Needs
    o Desires
    o Flocking
    • Often uses Finite State Machines
    • Allows placement of multiple assets to create environments
    • Can allow custom scripting for AI
    • Primarily used for static asset placement
    Tools used by the majority of professional game engineers are of three types :

    Version Control : A version control system is a tool that permits multiple users
    to work on a group of files collectively. It maintains a history of each file, so that
    changes can be tracked and resverted if necessary.

    Why Use Version Control?

     Version control is crucial whenever soft ware is developed by a team of multiple


    engineers. Version control
     provides a central repository from which engineers can share source code;
     keeps a history of the changes made to each source file;
     provides mechanisms allowing specific versions of the code base to be tagged
    and later retrieved;
     Permits versions of the code to be branched off from the main development
    line, a feature often used to produce demos or make patches to older versions
    of the soft ware.
     Microsoft Visual Studio
     Profiling Tools : A profiler is a tool that measures the
    execution time of your code. It can tell you how much
    time is spent in each function.
     Memory Leak and Corruption Detection
     A memory leak occurs when memory is allocated but
    never freed. Memory corruption occurs when the
    program inadvertently writes data to the wrong memory
    location,
    Unreal Engine 4:
     The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic
    Games, first showcased in the1998 first person
    shooter game Unreal.
     With its code written in C++, the Unreal Engine features a high
    degree of portability and is a tool used by many game
    developers today.
     Company: Epic games
     Platforms (UE4): consoles, TBA, PS3.
     Used in (UE3): Gears of War, Infinity Blade, Mass effect etc.
     Unity is a cross-platform game engine developed by Unity
    Technologies and used to develop video
    games for PC, consoles, mobile devices and With an
    emphasis on portability, the engine targets the following
    APIs: Direct3D on Windows and Xbox 360; OpenGL on Mac
    and Windows; OpenGL ES on Android and iOS; and
    proprietary APIs on video game consoles.
     Platforms: Android browser, flash, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC, PS3,
    Wii U, Xbox 360.
     Used in (Any Version): Bad Piggies, Castle Stories, Dead
    Trigger 2, Wasteland 2.
     CryEngine is a game engine designed by
    the German game developer Crytek. It has been
    used in all of their titles with the initial version
    being used in Far Cry,
     It has also been used for many third-party games
    under Crytek's licensing scheme, including Sniper:
    Ghost Warrior 2 and SNOW.
     This game engine has earned wide acclaim in
    massive multiplayer and online game circles — you
    can see its results in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
     It offers several open-world maps and lively
    instances. It also offers a seamless transition
    between them. Easy and handy mapping tools and
    integrated tool set.
     Cloud support for client server with HeroCloud.
     AppGameKit was developed out of our own need to
    create a one stop solution for making game apps for
    mobile devices.
     It enables you to write codes for multiple platforms,
    including Android iOS, Windows, Mac, and Linux.
     AGK script has powerful commands for networking,
    2D graphics, and physics.
    GE are now being used for serious games:
    visualization, training, medical, and military
    simulation applications, with
    the CryEngine being one example. To facilitate
    this accessibility, new hardware platforms are
    now being targeted by game engines, including
    mobile phones (e.g. Android, iphone) & web
    browsers
    (e.g. WebGL, Shockwave, Flash, Trinigy’s,
    Unity player).

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