KSksec·Jan 1, 2026Submission
Wicked Engine: 3D engine with modern graphics
4 points · Open discussionturanszkij
WickedEngine
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turanszkij / WickedEngine
WickedEngine
3D engine with modern graphics
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3D engine with modern graphics
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesI wish there were more standalone 3D renderers like this.
This, Ogre3D[0], and Wicked Engine[1] seem to be the last of their kind
[0] https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre
[1] https://github.com/turanszkij/WickedEngine
In Irrlicht Engine – a cross-platform realtime 3D engineWicked Engine replaced Bullet with Jolt physics, immediate performance gains
1 points · Open discussionWhat about Wicked Engine?
- https://github.com/turanszkij/WickedEngine
- https://wickedengine.net/
The first video on Steam seems to show a dialog system.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1967460/Wicked_Engine/
(How are you supposed to create lists in hacker news comments?)
In Defold: Lua game engine for web and mobileWickedEngine: 3D Engine with Modern Graphics
2 points · Open discussionI'm learning how to make a game engine.
I initially was following along with Handmade Hero a series that I have been going back to frequently over the past few years.
https://handmadehero.org
The series is great but I wanted something more guided so I am eyeing purchasing Game Coding Complete. It teaches the internals of a game engine and uses DirectX for rendering.
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Coding-Complete-Fourth-McShaffry...
Because deliveries are on lock down in my country the book will have to wait.
So right now I have gone through SDL tutorials (there was a recent update to the LazyFoo SDL tutorial) and am currently finishing OpenGL.
http://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/index.php
https://learnopengl.com/
Finally, I've been checking out repositories of open source game engines and poking around their codes. interesting ones are below:
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odot - Probably a lot of people already know about this one
https://github.com/godotengine/godot
Pyxel - A fantasy game engine similar to Pico8 written in Python, uses SDL
https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
Wicked Engine - Haven't poked around much with this yet but the screenshots looks gorgeous
https://github.com/turanszkij/WickedEngine/blob/master/READM...
Finally here's the video that got me interested in game engines. I saw this years ago but saw it again recently while researching. It's a 2.5d game engine that makes great use of lighting while combining 2d sprites and 3d models.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6ISVaM5Ww
Here's a second video that shows off a winter weather which boggled my mind when I first saw it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtYvNEmmHXE#
Sorry for the dump, was excited to share these.