遊戲引擎簡介與心得Zean

Mail : zean.fang@gmail.com

Zean• 2004 4C競賽、 2005 全國行動電玩創意大賽• 交大多媒體工程研究所• 2008-2011 鈊象電子高級工程師• 2011至今接外包為生

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Game Engine History1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013

Id Tech Quake Id Tech 2 Id Tech 3 Id Tech 4 Id Tech 5

Unreal Unreal 2 Unreal 3 Unreal 4

Cry Engine Cry Engine 2 Cry Engine 3 Cry Engine 4

Unity

GameBryo

Big World

Unigine

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Game Engine History• 1993 Id Tech 1 (id software) – Doom• No graphics card• 2D

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Game Engine History• 1996 Quake (id software) – Quake• Real 3D• Mouse to aim, keyboard to move• Software rendering

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Game Engine History• 1997 Id Tech 2 (id software) – Quake II, Half life• Graphics card support• Support both software rendering and openGL 1.1 rendering

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Game Engine History• 1998 Unreal (EPIC) - Unreal• Include physics, video, Sound…etc., Game engine is not only

rendering engine anymore.

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Game Engine History• 2002 Unreal 2 (EPIC) - Lineage 2, Rainbow Six 3, BioShock• Support GameCube, PS2, Xbox• Particle Editor, Physical Editor,…

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Game Engine History• 2005 Unreal 3 (EPIC) – Gears of War series…• Programmable pipeline no fix pipeline

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Game Engine History• 2005 Unity (Unity Technologies) – Cytus, Call of Duty : Strike•

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What Is Game Engine• A game engine is a system designed for the creation and

development of video games(Wikipedia)

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What Is Game Engine• Gear of War Game Play • Berserker appear

• Break the wall• Play attack animation• Destructible Mesh• Play the sound effect• Move to the standby position• Play event UI

• Dash• Play the dash animation• Play the sound (dash and speech)• Play the subtitle (the speech)

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What Is Game Engine• A system with tools to create and handle all behavior in game.

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Unreal3• US$50,000 royalty-free revenue benefit

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Havok• Project anarchy for mobile• Havok Vision Engine• Havok Physics• Havok Animation Studio• Havok AI

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Unity• Unity Pro $1500, ios $1500, Android $1500

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No best engine just best Developers !

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Q & A• Thank You !

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What Is Game Engine• Rendering• Scene• Physics• Sound• Script• AI• Animation• Network• ….

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Rendering• Uneal LightMass

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Physics• Havok vision

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Animation• Havok Animation Studio

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AI• Havok AI

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Scene Management• Unreal Streaming• Unreal Level Editor

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Why Game Engine• Much easy to create a game – Learning overhead ?

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Why Game Engine• Cheaper !!

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D&D History• Dnd - 1975

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D&D History• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin - 1983

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D&D History• Pool of Radiance - 1988

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D&D History• Baldur's Gate - 1998

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D&D History• Neverwinter Nights - 2002

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D&D History• Neverwinter Nights 2 - 2006

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D&D History• Dragon Age 2 - 2012

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Why Game Engine• 許多遊戲內的行為越來越複雜畫面越來越絢麗

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Why Game Engine• 遊戲世界越來越大

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Why Game Engine• 大部分遊戲內的行為是重複的

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Why Game Engine• 不是每個人都想處理複雜的 Physics、複雜的 rendering、複雜的… blah blah blah

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Why Game Engine• Cost problem• Unity Pro : $1500• Unreal3 : 當營收超過 $50000，營收的 25%• Havok Project Anarchy : Free!! • CryEngine3 : Free for non-commercial. $1200000 for commercial.

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Game Engine History• 1999 Id Tech 3 (id software) – Quake III, Return to Castle

Wolfenstein• No more software rendering• Support Command line & vertex animation

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Game Engine History• 2004 Id Tech 4 (id software) – Doom III, Quake IV• Support DX9• Dynamic Lighting (Shadow volume)

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Game Engine History• 2004 CryEngine 1 (Crytek) – Far Cry, AION

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Game Engine History• 2006 CryEngine 2 (Crytek) – Crysis• Support DX10

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Game Engine History• 2009 CryEngine 3 (Crytek) – Crysis 3• Support DX11

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