Alright, hence starts my first Technical project for the vacations. For those interested, my internship is now officially "Work-from-home" status, so I need not go to office everyday, but just pop in now and then for reviews. :-)
This project I'm embarking on is basically just a learning-experience type thing, don't really think it has much value as such. Anyhow, the project is called "Squack3D" (for lack of a better name), and is a very very stripped-down elementary 3D engine, that tries to offer the simplest 3D functionality for games that could be incredibly large to incredibly small. But the point is that the graphic needs of those games will have to be really basic, with no fancy effects etc. The second objective is to have the engine run at super-lightning speed, so that its really good at whatever limited functionality it gives. The third objective is to incorporate Procedural development techniques right into the basic fabric of the 3D engine which will reduce a lot of effort on the part of the game developers to develop stochastic algorithms etc for basic things.
Let me summarize the objectives:
- A highly stripped-down engine focusing on very basic graphics and primitives giving games and applications with low-fi graphic expectations a very small and suitable 3D engine
- Super-fast rendering and processing
- Inherent support for Procedural generation of content
- Ready-made templates for basic applications and games
- Free! In all the senses.
PS: The scene in the picture is NOT from my engine however! :-) Its from a software called Terragen.
PPS: Your browser isn't rendering my blog incorrectly, I have indeed stripped all styling and graphics from my blog for simplicity and elegance with this new design. :-)
1 comment:
Squack !
Incorporating procedural into the core engine will definitely improve the usability, with a bit of less effort for the end programmers ! or at least for a naive user like me :)
Also, The new design is definitely much better.
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