Category: 3D Engine

Creating a 3D Game Engine (Part 3)

Last time I recommended some good books for engine creation. Today I will talk a little bit more about what an engine actually is, since it’s rather silly to try to create something that is undefined. What I am defining a 3D game engine as is “a framework or set of tools that abstracts complexity and enables creation of real-time 3D experiences.”  It’s

Creating a 3D Game Engine (Part 2)

With the first part of this series I have listed a few motivating reasons for developing a 3D game engine in the first place. In this next part I will go deeper into some of the research I have been doing for amassing the skills I feel are necessary to actually complete a project like this. As I have mentioned, one of the

Creating a 3D Game Engine (Part 1)

This is the first part in, what I hope to be, a long running series of articles about creating a 3D game engine. Just to be completely honest, I have never created a 3D engine before. Granted, I have worked on many games but usually in the casual and social space (read: 2D). However, I do have some years experience using other people’s