Tank Roller (Game Engine) DEMO

(Currently in development.)

A 3D game engine initially designed for games like Battlefield 1942 / Battlefield 2 (other types of games may be supported via editing the game DLL (C++ code); also different modules are planned to support particular setups). The engine was planned to be of a lesser scale than the mentioned engines (simply to be manageable by a solo dev), but may grow eventually (as it is scalable and a good attention is currently being paid to the architecture).

Note: both "Tank Roller" and "Terrain Engine" are just sketchy development names. I haven't yet come out with a good name for it.. These both names refer to the same thing..

I started it for my own game some time ago. The game isn't there (yet), but here's the engine itself..

The features that are planned:

- Medium size open world maps (no streaming yet) with a lot of objects on them. (About 8x8 km max). Considerable heights when looking from above (like up to 4 km).  Dense foliage (but no grass currently), water.

- Multiplayer with (at least) 64 concurrent players.

- Data layer. The objects are defined in data (rather than in code), which is text files.

- Easy to construct vehicles (in the code). The modular system just like in C&C Generals and Battlefield 1942/2.

- Bots. People were asking about bots, but it cannot be really done until there's some kind of gameplay. This feature is actually a game attribute.. so it will be introduced for the particular game.

- Extensive and customizable effects system (but not too much, as this is not a AAA game engine).

- The ability to prop up complex and heavy UIs (was initially planned for my game, so I've put some time into it).

- The graphics is well optimized in general (not Nanite for sure :), but you may well expect it will be able to power extensive games). PhysX 5 is currently used as the physics engine.

This engine will probably not:

- Be multiplatform. Mobiles are not in plans. Consoles may be added later but not a priority right now. This is currently PC only (Windows and, later, Linux).

- Have a shared visual interface (like UE or Unity) where you can do everything. Actually the amount of tools and their complexity will be quite limited. (It's a lo-fi engine).

- Have an integrated scripting language (like C#). Any changes to the logic have to be made via the C++ code. The reason is: it will require a lot of additional work to do such an integration, I want to keep it simple.

- Have customizable shaders. Just by design, and it would also require from me to put more time into it.

- Incorporate the latest tech features. This engine is rather to embrace a sheer variety of hardware (including the older).

- Designed for AAA games. This project is rather of a small to medium scale, which may be called lo-fi to some extent. It's rather designed for individuals and small teams.

The model and the license:

- It should be expected to be free for free projects.

Which C++ code will be available:

- The game DLL (the code with the game logic and classes). I'm not promising you a finished game here, but rather a solid framework to derive your own projects.

The current state:

- All major subsystems have been completed or about to be completed. It may be about half a year till I'll be able to present some simplistic gameplay (literally tank rolling with boys). I will promise nothing though as this project is being led by a solo dev who is not being paid for this and also has to wage his life somehow. :)

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