March 5, 2014
High Level Design: The Engine Core and Scenes
Engine Core The engine core provides the starting point for all game functions. The engine core is primarily concerned with keeping track of the game’s state (in the form of scenes) and running the game loop.
March 4, 2014
High Level Design: The Entity Component System Model
The architecture of the engine follows the entity component system (ECS) model, with some additional framework that includes functionality commonly required in games. The key element in this engine that is not defined in the ECS model is the concept of scenes, which represent game states.
March 4, 2014
iPhone Engine
I’m in the process of developing a lightweight 2D game engine for the iPhone, built entirely in Objective-C. This project will be the basis for my honor’s thesis, to be written and submitted by the end of the Spring 2014 semester.