1. Game Engines Overview

Overview Module Overview Game Engine Links

2. Rendering Engine

Rendering Overview Graphics Libraries 2D Rendering 3D Rendering Techniques

3. Scene Graph

Introduction SG Contents SG Traversal SG APIs SG Benefits

4. Collision Detection

Introduction After or Before A Posteriori A Priori

5. Physics

Introduction Collision Response Soft-body Dynamics Other Components

Rendering Overview

Rendering

Rendering is the process by which an image is created from a mathematical model of information. This process is relatively simple for pure 2D rendering but more complex for 3D rendering (and often 3D renderers are used for 2D rendering).

There are a number of techniques used for rendering, the most commonly used are rasterisation, raycasting and raytracing.

Most game engine use an existing graphics library to store the contents of the game world (and provide fast graphics rendering), most commonly used are OpenGL, Vulkan and DirectX.

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Lectures

1. Game Engines Overview

2. Rendering Engine

3. Scene Graph

4. Collision Detection

5. Physics

6. Networking

7. Which Engine?

Assessment

Mid-Module Evaluation

Rendering Overview

Rendering

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