Hello, I’m new to programming.
Can someone explain where game ingines end and where middleware begins?
What is the difference between the two?
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programming games
Boone
#2
Game engines and middleware?
Not sure about Middleware, but a game engine is basically a pre-written set of commands that can do the donkey work for you…
Eg. To write code that sets up a basic windows/DirectX application can take a week to learn how to do, but a single game engine command will do it for you.
An instance of a Game Engine - Unreal Engine or QuakeIII engine.
Anyone else care to elaborate on this?
yowchuan
#3
Game engine is like the rules and regulations of the entire game world.
Middleware is something like 3rd party plug-ins that accelerates the game development process. Example would be an AI engine, where you can buy it off the shelf if you don’t have the team to develop it.
Cheers,
YC
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