Generally speaking, if your motivation is "I want to make a game," you should choose an engine. This depends on your background and goals. If your end goal is to build a game, it is almost always a better choice to do so with the aid of some sort of third party tools. Many developers who have found themselves asking this same question find themselves falling into what's sometimes referred to as the "engine trap," that is, they spend all their time trying to recreate the functionality found in these sorts of tools, and fail to ever actually develop the game that they started out trying to make. Strictly speaking, you don't need to use any of these sorts of tools at all, however the road to building a game without any of them is long, arduous, and filled with peril. (thanks to AmazingThew for answering this question) So.why do I need one of these?
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A framework is much less than an engine, but it means you are free to build any architecture you desire, rather than working within the constraints of any pre-existing engine's design.
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Everything else you need to code yourself. Typically, a framework will handle creating the OS-level window in which the game will run (this is surprisingly complicated), provide a straightforward, platform-independent way to draw things in that window (whether 2D sprites or proper OpenGL/DirectX code), provide access to the state of various input devices (keyboard, mouse, joystick, etc.), and provide a system for handling sound.
Frameworks exist to abstract away the lowest-level programming details, and allow a developer to make interactive graphics programs easily. (thanks to AmazingThew for answering this question) What is a game framework?Ī framework is much lighter weight than an engine. You'll still need to write code to use an engine, but you'll only need to concentrate on game logic the system-level heavy lifting has already been done for you. Engines typically contain some kind of level/scene editor, tools for importing and managing game assets (models, textures, sounds, sprites, etc.), an animation system, and a scripting language or API to program the game's logic. What is a game engine?Īn engine is a complete package: a comprehensive set of tools to help you build a game from scratch. This FAQ aims to provide enough information to allow inquiring devs to make an intelligent, informed decision as to what tools are right for them, or, at least to provide enough information to start on their search and allow them to ask more specific questions to the subreddit. One of the most common questions asked by aspiring game developers in this subreddit is the question "What game engine should I use." It's not an easy question to answer, even for developers who have been playing at game development for awhile. (originally posted by /u/fuzzylumpkinsclassic) Introduction
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