[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":518},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-13762032":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":42,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":80,"maker_in_thread":178,"shape":187,"grid":192,"attempts":481,"same_week":482,"maker_shows":38,"maker_hidden":510,"reader_version":511,"card":512},"13762032","Lumix Engine","Open source C++ 3D game engine","title","Show HN: Lumix Engine – Open source C++ 3D game engine","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fnem0\u002Flumixengine","github.com","mikulas_florek",1488353756,2017,260,117,96,2242,5,"legend","games","game engine","desktop_app",[24,25,26,27],"c++ game engine","open source 3d engine","game engine editor","lumix engine","debated",0.037,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},6,11,0,7,24,{"idea":37,"design":39,"pricing":40,"performance":41},{"positive":38,"critical":38},1,{"positive":33,"critical":18},{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":33,"critical":33},[18,33,38,38,38,33,38,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,38,43,33,33,38,33,33,33,43,18,43,33,33,33,33,18,38,18,33,33,18,43,43,43,18],3,null,{"problem":44,"audience":46,"pricing":44,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":44,"stack":61,"openness":77,"stage":78,"team_size":79},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Game developers, mainly hobbyists, and the maker's own commercial game","inferred",[50,53],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},"13762895","Perfectly valid question. You are right, while there is a high chance that UE and Unity will be maintained, there is no guarantee. In any single person project, especially…",{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"13762503","I started Lumix Engine years ago for fun and as a test bed for new ideas, which were later implemented in my dayjob. Now I am using it to make a game. I never intended to fill…",{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Started for fun and as a test bed for ideas; now used to make a game","maker",[60],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},[62,67,73],{"value":63,"source":58,"evidence":64},"C++",[65],{"id":66},"post",{"value":68,"source":58,"evidence":69},"bgfx (low-level rendering abstraction)",[70],{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"13762865","I'm using https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fbkaradzic\u002Fbgfx for low-level rendering abstraction. IIRC in the engine there is no difference between opengl and d3d other than a projection matrix.…",{"value":74,"source":58,"evidence":75},"OpenGL and Direct3D renderers",[76],{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"open_source","beta","solo",{"praise":81,"objections":91,"requests":111,"questions":119,"alternatives":131},[82],{"value":83,"source":58,"evidence":84},"Simple, lightweight engine compared to heavy alternatives",[85,88],{"id":86,"by":11,"text":87},"13763164","I consider that an advantage, simple things have their appeal. Unity without any 3rd party plugins is very basic, and a lot of these community engines are at the same level.",{"id":89,"by":11,"text":90},"13767391","I just tried to open UE 4.14.2 (no scene) - it took 140seconds, how is that not resource heavy? Opening some basic project - 15 seconds. 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Recently more than anything I'm more afraid of…",[112],{"value":113,"source":94,"evidence":114},"Support for macOS and Linux",[115],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"13762816","dimillian","What the big difference between the OpenGL and D3D renderer? Are they performing and look the same across Windows and Linux? What about MacOS? I guess if it run on Linux I can…",[120,124],{"value":121,"source":94,"evidence":122},"How does the OpenGL and D3D renderer differ?",[123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"value":125,"source":94,"evidence":126},"Can it support large procedural open worlds?",[127],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"13763367","jokoon","Can it support a large, procedural open world? I tend to think such feature would require its own engine...",[132,143,147,151,158,165,171],{"value":133,"source":94,"evidence":134},"Unity",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"13762455","cyborgx7","Maybe I'm just now getting aware of it but I just recently learned of Godot[1] and now this as well. Seems like we have the chance to replace Unity as the \"Community\" game engine…",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"13762711","sytelus","So... Unreal Engine is already open source and cross platform. I understand they want royalty for revenues > $3000 but that seems ultra reasonable to me considering you get…",{"value":144,"source":94,"evidence":145},"Unreal Engine",[146],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},{"value":148,"source":94,"evidence":149},"Godot",[150],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"value":152,"source":94,"evidence":153},"Urho3D",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"13762746","ttctciyf","There's also Urho3D: https:\u002F\u002Furho3d.github.io\u002F \"a free lightweight, cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license.\" It has an…",{"value":159,"source":94,"evidence":160},"Banshee3D",[161],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"13762686","bluesilver07","Banshee3D is pretty cool too - https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FBearishSun\u002FBansheeEngine. 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