Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
FiGuRe 3.14
2D environments can still have a sense of depth.
FiGuRe 3.15
Three stages of environment development: concept drawing, 3D world
being built using the Crytek engine, and the completed world
Not only do game engines drive the game, but they're also important for game
development. Engines contain tools and components that handle the various
basic elements of a game such as drawing the visuals, controlling the sound,
and moving things around, and let the developer focus on generating data that
gets plugged into the engine, like models/images, text, sound effects, and so on.
A single engine can be used for a wide variety of games; it's the data put into it
that makes the game unique.
