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spoot-smeg \| 11:55 AM on 04.27.2009	15 comments

well I need help ASAP I have my dissertation due tomorrow and my research has gone kaput I have been emailing and ringing games companies for months with no help microsoft did say I could ask my questions but it has been almost 2 months now with no response so this is my last attempt before I am completley screwed.

My research question is what makes a good video game engine I dont need anything like explanations of deep coding or anything that indepth jut something simple to base my research on any help will be greatley appreciated serious any if I could I would hug you through the screen or if you help just hug your monitor

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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

The Phantom Gamer

You might want to post this to the forums too. Good luck!

Cataract

If you're writing a dissertation, maybe you should use some fucking grammar. That way you don't look like a 14 year old on AIM.

Krow

I still don't understand what the fuck you're talking about.

Joseph Leray

It's a little early to start researching your dissertation. It's not even due until tomorrow.

Get drunk instead.

Niero

I'm not a game dev, but I eat lunch with them sometimes. Here's what I think they would say their top 5 things are:

1. Documentation - The most powerful engine in the world is shit without supporting in-engine help and online/print resources to help developers actually use the thing.

2. Out the box functionality - 1 click cloth? 1 click physics? Quick sandbox preview? Sold.

3. Extensibility - The last thing you want to hear is "this engine doesn't support this, and you can't add it on".

4. Portability - Build once, port to many systems.

5. Price.

spoot-smeg

thanks niero thats great help I think I can get some good writting out of that you have permission to hug your monitor

zombiekiller13

Well, I hope this is for a high school project and not for college. Otherwise, I think it's safe to say you're fucked. Sorry. Try harder next time, or select a topic that won't require phone calls to video game developers.

ChronosWing

Also read the rules, the c-blogs are not for asking questions. On top of that this is your first post and you didn't make a proper intro blog or get a avatar. So you know what, I hope you fail.

Justice

Dissertation? I swear you have to write that over a period of months?

Char Aznable

They don't teach punctuation in that fancy learnin' school of yours?

Zombutler

lol at orcist

PrimetimeFool

Good lord, you or your school better be misusing the term "dissertation." If not, I hope that you're screwed. No offense bud, but I don't your work yielding the same certification as the 8 months of research I'm just finishing up.

ghets

You would probably get better feedback if your question was "what makes a shitty game engine". Because there are definitely more examples of shitty engines than good ones.

ghets

You would probably get better feedback if your question was "what makes a shitty game engine". Because there are definitely more examples of shitty engines than good ones.

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