QuickStart Engine
Website:
http://quickstartengine.c...
Developer:
Nic Foster
Launched:
Not specified
Status:
Active
Supported Platforms:
Windows
Languages Written In:
C#
Languages Supported:
C#
Graphics APIs:
DirectX
Rating:
Not reviewed yet
- Overview
- User Reviews
Built on C#/XNA, allows you to create games for Windows or the Xbox360. Provides a clean game architecture from which to start your own game.
Main features:
* Entity/Component hierarchy and messaging system makes creating your own custom types very easy.
* Terrain engine built-in, includes quad-tree culling, multi-texture splatting w/normal mapping, and smoothing and scaling of terrain.
* Physic engine integration, uses JigLibX Physics Engine. JigLibX uses C#, so it is fully compatible with the Xbox 360.
* Rendering/material system allows you to make your own shaders and pass variables to them very easily.
* Rendering system supports normal mapping, texturing, shadow mapping, particle systems, transparency (lacking sorting currently), and water planes (transparency, reflection, and refraction, and a simple water fog).
* Character controller allows you to give physics and input to your character and move them easily.
Note: Is currently in Alpha phase, so it is lacking a level editor/loader at the moment. As it stands the engine is probably great for a developer with programming experience to pick up and make a game with, however, because it has no editor I would not currently recommend the engine to an artist or designer.
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Supported Features
General
- Object-Oriented Design Entity/Component hierarchy. Object-oriented design. Message system keeps systems completely decoupled. Very easy to communicate with any entity or system in the engine.
Terrain
- Splatting Terrain splatting, supports up to three texture types, and a normal map for each texture type. Terrain uses quad-tree method for culling. Built-in terrain smoothing, and scaling to allow for large scenes.
Physics
- Rigid Body Physics system integrated with JigLibX. Allows for both simple shapes as well as triangle mesh (polygon soup) convex shapes.
Sound
- 3D Sound Sound integration is preliminary.
Licensing
| License Name | Price in $US | Source Code Included? | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | Yes | View Details |
| Uses Ms-PL license (free to use). | |||
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Last edited Dec 09, 2011 at 23:51
