Gamebryo

Gamebryo

Stable release	Gamebryo LightSpeed / April 2009
Written in	C++
Type	Game engine
Website	Official website

Gamebryo is a game engine, originally from Numerical Design Limited (NDL), and the successor to NDL's NetImmerse engine.

Since the creation of Gamebryo, NDL merged into Emergent Game Technologies (EGT). Gamebryo then evolved to Gamebryo LightSpeed and these are the two products of Emergent Game Technologies.

During 2009 the development staff of Gamebryo dropped by more than half,^[1][2] and by July 2010 the engineering office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina was closed with several developers announcing their departure.

On November 11, 2010 Gerbsman Partners was retained by Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc., the senior secured lender to Emergent Game Technologies, Inc., to solicit interest for the acquisition of all or substantially all of EGT’s assets, including its Intellectual Property (“IP”), in whole or in part.^[3]

Features

Gamebryo is a BAHA^{[clarification needed]} creation, 3D computer graphics engine, written in the C++ programming language and targeted at game development. It supports the following platforms:^[4]

• Windows
  • DirectX 9 (Latest Version, currently 2.6)
  • DirectX 10 (Latest Version, from 2.6 onwards)
  • DirectX 11 (Latest Version, N/A)
• Nintendo GameCube (Up to Version 1.2)
• Wii / WiiWare (Latest Version, currently 2.6)
• PlayStation 2 (Up to Version 1.2)
• PlayStation 3 / PSN (Latest Version, currently 2.6)
• Xbox (Up to Version 1.2)
• Xbox 360 (Latest Version, currently 2.6) (including Xbox Live Arcade)

Licensing

A Gamebryo license can be purchased as either binary (headers, libraries and tools) or with full source code, so developers can debug the engine (and use it as reference for any customizations). Additionally, Gamebryo comes with searchable documentation. Gamebryo is genre agnostic and is used in many 3D domains for AAA games, casual titles and serious games/simulation technologies. Educational licenses are also made available by Emergent for universities and schools running 3D technology courses.

Games using Gamebryo

Gamebryo is used throughout the video game industry. A sample of some games that use the engine are included below.

Game	Year	Platform(s)	Developer	Publisher
Bully: Scholarship Edition	2008	Windows, Xbox 360, Wii	Rockstar Vancouver, Rockstar New England, Rockstar Toronto	Rockstar Games
Catherine	2011	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Atlus	Atlus
Dark Age of Camelot	2001	Windows	Mythic Entertainment	Vivendi Universal Games
Dawntide	2011	[[ Microsoft Windows]]	Working As Intended	Working As Intended
Drift City	2007	Windows	NPLUTO	NHN Corporation
Ragnarok Online II: Legend of the Second	2011	Windows	Gravity Corp.	Gravity Corp.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	2002	Windows, Xbox	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Game Studios, ZeniMax Media
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2006	Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*	2011	Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks
Defense Grid: The Awakening	2008	Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox 360	Hidden Path Entertainment	Hidden Path Entertainment
Epic Mickey	2010	Wii	Junction Point Studios	Buena Vista
Fallout 3[5]	2008	Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax Media
Fallout: New Vegas	2010	Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3	Obsidian Entertainment	Bethesda Softworks, Namco Bandai
Divinity II: Ego Draconis	2010	Windows, Xbox 360	Larian Studios	dtp entertainment, 1C, cdv Software Entertainment
Divinity II - The Dragon Knight Saga	2011	Windows, Xbox 360	Larian Studios	dtp entertainment, 1C, cdv Software Entertainment
LEGO Universe	2010	Windows, Mac OS X	NetDevil	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Rift	2011	Windows	Trion Worlds	Trion Worlds
Sid Meier's Civilization IV	2005	Windows, Mac OS X	Firaxis	2K Games
Sid Meier's Pirates!	2004	Windows, Xbox, Mac OS X, PlayStation Portable	Firaxis Games	2K Games Atari
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Claims to use A.L.I.V.E 2, which is simply NetImmerse with some tweaks)	2001	Windows, Xbox, Vita, PlayStation 3	Oddworld Inhabitants	Microsoft Game Studios
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning	2008	Windows	Mythic Entertainment	Electronic Arts
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins	2008	Wii, PlayStation Portable	Acquire	From Software, Ubisoft
Nehrim: At Fate's Edge	2010	Windows	SureAI	SureAI

* Engine Modded, Given new name in version release.

See also

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• CryEngine
• Q game engine
• RenderWare, a former competitor to Gamebryo
• Scaleform
• Source Engine
• SpeedTree
• Torque Game Engine
• Unity 3D
• Unreal Engine
• Vision Engine
• Xaitment

References

1. ^ Leigh Alexander. "Emergent Announces Restructuring, Layoffs", Gamasutra, October 2, 2009.
2. ^ Michael French. "Restructuring and job losses at Emergent", Develop, October 2, 2009.
3. ^ Steven R. Gerbsman. Sale of Emergent's Assets http://boic.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/emergent-game-technologies-inc-date-certain-ma-of-its-assets-and-intellectual-property/, Gerbsman Partners Blog, November 11, 2010.
4. ^ Emergent's listing of platforms that Gamebryo runs on
5. ^ "Bethesda Speaks On Gamebryo Engine, Final Fallout 3 DLC". Slashdot. 2009-07-09. http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/1655222/Bethesda-Speaks-On-Gamebryo-Engine-Final-emFallout-3em-DLC. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 

External links

• Emergent Game Technologies website
• Wallis, Alistair (2007-05-11). "Tooling Around: Emergent's Gamebryo". Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13857. Retrieved 2007-05-26. 
• NifTools NifTools is a project that aims at providing tools and specification for the files used by the NetImmerse/Gamebryo game engine.
• DevMaster.net overview of the Gamebryo engine