A Game Engine is a software system that is designed for creating and developing a video game. There are many different game engines that are designed to work on video game consoles, computer systems and mobile devices.
Game Maker is a 2D Game Engine made for Windows and Mac. It is designed for users to be able to develop computer games easily and without learning more complex programming language such as C++ or Java. For more experienced users Game Maker uses a built-in scripting programming language called the Game Maker Language, this allows users to make more complex games. Game Maker is a free game engine which is aimed towards beginningers and people who do not want to learn how to program.
The Unreal Engine is a 3D game engine developed by Epic Games. It is manly developed for first-person shooters, but has been successfully used in stealth, MMORPGs and RPGs. The Unreal Engine is written in C++ and is a tool which is used by many game developers today. There are three different versions of the Unreal Engine, the first (Unreal Engine 1) included scriptting lanuage so people found it easier to use. The second (Unreal Engine 2) saw the core code and rendering engine completely re-written. It featured SDK which powered the ragdoll physics which were featured in Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Championship. The Thrid version (Unreal Engine 3) renderer supports advanced techniques including high dynamic range rendering (HDRR), dynamic shadows and per-pixel lighting.
Unity is a 3D game engine which runs on console, Microsoft, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android platform. Unity is a popular game engine to use as it features built in support for Nvidia’s PhysX physics engine, built in lightmapping and global illumination and it is easy to import files from 3Ds Max and Maya.
Game Modifications are modifications to create custom levels, objects and characters. Developers l ike id Software, Valve Software, Crytek, Epic Games and Blizzard Entertainment release their games with some development tools which are used to make them game, along with documentation to assist mod developers. A popular game modification is Gary’s Mod which uses the Source engine. The game has no objective and players are able to use the games set of tools for any purpose. Gary’s Mod allows players to use different objects that players can place in-game.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_engine
www.yoyogames.com/
www.unrealengine.com/
www.unity3d.com/
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