Talk:Game engine

replace image of Blender Game Engine

I don't think it's a good idea to use Blender Game Engine as the only pictorial representation of a game engine on this page. It just distracts people to click on the link to find out what the heck it is, only to find that it was removed from Blender back in 2018. It would make a lot more sense to use an image of a contemporary leading engine (or a groundbreaking early one). How about an image of UE or Unity or something? DKEdwards (talk) 00:56, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

I agree. I did a quick search on Commons and found an image of the Godot editor. I've now replaced the Blender image in the article with the Godot one. Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:07, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

I disagree with replacing it with Godot's editor image. Godot Engine is not widespread nor representable in the game development industry in contrast to other game engines out there. Therefore, I agree with @DKEdwards's idea to use an image from a game engine like Unreal Engine or Unity. If you disagree with adding a screenshot from engines like Unreal Engine or Unity because of blatant advertisement, then adding Godot can also be considered as such if we follow this kind of logic. People who are interested to know about game engines should better be exposed to industry-standard tools used by professional game/engine developers and game designers, and not something which has alleged potential or attracts cult-like followings caused by popularity bias, which is typical to Godot community. If Godot's editor image was picked because it's open-source, then this criteria is more ideological rather than pragmatic.

Taking into account all above, I propose to add several screenshots: one from an open-source game engine (Godot), and another from a commercial one (Unity). I guess this is the reason why "Free game engines" page used to exist in the first place. The "Game Engine" page should not discriminate against open-source nor commercial game engines. Xrayez (talk) 11:42, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

No opposition. I added an image of Unreal Engine (Blueprints). The rationale is that Godot removed visual scripting starting from Godot 4.0. Xrayez (talk) 16:38, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Digital Media and Information in Society

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Editing possibilities

Hey everyone,

I would like to let you guys know what I am planning to edit this article to see if we are all in the right page. First off, i realized that programming languages are barely talked about in this article, so i would like to add more about the different programming languages that game developers use. I would also like to dabble a little bit more in Virtual and Augmented reality, to see what game engines are used for those realities. One final thing is I would like to improve the Game engines as an Industry section, since there is only one paragraph there and i would like to expand that.

That is all the plans I have for right now, I might add more, but i will let you guys know. Also let me know if you want something else re-edited in the article, I can have a look.

Thanks for reading,

Hunter Kaminski (talk) 14:18, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Edit finished

Hey everyone

I wanted to let you guys know that I have finished editing the article.

I added onto the game engines as a industry, plus added a new section discussing the future of game engines

If you would like too add on to it, or completely get rid of it, be my guest, this is a open source after all. Im just letting you guys know

Hunter Kaminski (talk) 01:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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