What exactly is a game engine

[XzQshnR]

Hello there. I iz a newbie at programming at only knows plain ol' C.
I wanted to know what exactly is a game engine ?
Moreover can some on explain to me anatomy of a simple 3D or maybe for sake of simplicity a 2D game ?

 

[Dr Beowulf]

look up Id tech 5 or Frost Bite 2.0....you'll get ur answer.
your question about its anatomy is extremely broad will take 200 pages to describe the anatomy behind a videogame.
being that you know C language.....i believe you know the answers to your questions.....and are just passing time by asking.

 

[XzQshnR]

look up Id tech 5 or Frost Bite 2.0....you'll get ur answer.
your question about its anatomy is extremely broad will take 200 pages to describe the anatomy behind a videogame.
being that you know C language.....i believe you know the answers to your questions.....and are just passing time by asking.

No I dont. I only have studied C in the first semester.

 

[kingsface]

3D Game Pipline:

 

[enygmyx]

There was a classic article on extremetech titled "Game Engine Anatomy 101" which was very helpful for me back when I started game development. Fortunately they still have it on their website, This is a ten part article explaining in depth the workings of a game engine. Its pretty long but a short answer to your question will not be enough. Here is the link:
http://www.extremetech.com/page/2?s=game+engine+anatomy

Hopefully that should answer your question. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to ask

 

[ajk0123]

yar in simple words a game engine is usually a piece of application software that provides you with and integrated development environment (IDE), a set of tools for working with rigid bodies, importing characters, animations, world building, handling physics on objects, and a way to write scripts and attaching those scripts to the objects in your game to make them work... Unity3d is a good example... give it a try...

and you should know some programming language to program your game... unity3d uses javascript, c# and boo...