More About Game Engines

by ramsharma0101

The last few years have seen the stupendous rise in the popularity of the Android games. It has emerged as the strong competitor of the IOS. But the platform which makes these things possible is the game engines. What invigorate the developer are the functionalities which game engines provide, such as rendering for 2D or 3D graphics, AI, networking, memory organization, scripts and streaming.

Among many available in the market, some with the features are discussed below.

A) Anarchy By Havoc:

It’s a platform independent tool and can be used on Android, IOS and Tizen for free. It is built in C++ platform. The inclusion of Havok’s AI utensils and simulation studio makes it much more powerful.

B) Game Maker:

This offering by YoYo games is best for Android Game Development in Iraq. This platform independent tool consists of development environment which manages typefaces, acoustics and game objects. Plus, it also comes with x86 Android support.

C) Corona:

With this, you can develop games by using scripting language Lua. The engine is C++ based and can port to x86 devices. It can also be used for eBook development. Its basic version is free but advance version needs buying of license.

D) Unity:

This is the most popular and most used game engine. It’s a full-fledged editor with multiplayer and network backing, streaming functionalities, etc. License purchasing is must for this and it doesn’t support x86 devices.

E) Cocos 2D:

This is another cross platform and popular engine. Its USP is it’s free with the full source code and also supports x86 devices. No wonder, it is rapidly growing in popularity.

F) JPCT-AE:

This is all in all Java based engine which is specially optimized for Android. It carries features such as OBJ file support, skinny animation, lighting types, and various textures. It’s free for both personal as well as commercial use.

Indeed, gaming industry has gone through many alarming changes and so does the game engines. We might see more revolutionary changes which might change the gaming experience and the line between real and virtual world will become as thin as piece of paper!