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How does an engine work, really???

Some Guy · 2001-03-07T19:07:40

I''ve been wanting to make a "realtime 3d game engine" since I first started learning this stuff. I''ve read countless articles and tutorials on it on getting started first with 2d. But now I''ve thought of something: What really is a game''s engine? Seriously? What does it do? How does it work with the client .exe? Sound like stupid questions? Maybe that''s because you see the word "engine" all over the place here but don''t stop to realize that you don''t know what it means. The Game Dictionary defines a game engine as sort of a module that controls every aspect of the game. A 3d engine does that and makes images look 3d. Sounds simple enough, right? Well maybe I missed something, but nowhere does it say how to put the actual engine together. Nowhere does it say how an engine works with the .exe that the user opens up, and nowhere does it say how the engine really does what it''s supposed to do! Some help, here? How do you really put a complete engine together, and why aren''t there any or enough articles saying this?

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Started by Some Guy March 03, 2001 03:50 PM

9 comments, last by Some Guy 23 years, 10 months ago

Moe

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March 07, 2001 07:07 PM

quote:
Original post by Some Guy

So are there any places on the Web that talk specifically about engine design? I haven''t found any... Not even on this site.

Go to www.gamasutra.com and check out an article under features for game engine design. I found it to be really helpful.

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