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TORQUE GAME ENGINE
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STATS
GarageGames
392 East 3rd Ave., No. 200
Eugene. OR 97401
(541) 345-3040
www.garagegames.com
PRICE
TgE Indie License (games with less than $250K annual revenue): $100; TGE Commercial License (simulations or over $250K): $495 per programmer seat; Torque Shader Engine: (must own TGE) $295 indie. $995 commercial; Torque Network Library: $295 indie, $995 commercial.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
For PC. Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP, Pentium II 500, 128MB RAM, OpenGLor DirectX-compatible 3D graphics accelerator, DirectX-compatible soundcard, Microsoft VC++ 6.0 and above.
For Mac. OS X, G3 +, 64MB RAM. OpenGL-compatible 3D graphics accelerator, Project Builder (OS X only).
For Linux. Pentium 500. 128MB RAM. NVIDIA TNT2 or better 3D graphics accelerator, Linux-supported sound card, XFree864.0 or newer with NVIDIA OpenGL drivers, glibc 2.2 or newer (e.g.: Redhat 7.x+, Mandrake 8.x+, Debian 3.0+). SDL version 1.2 or newer (1.2.3 or later is recommended], OpenAL Runtime or SDK Installation Mesa3D version 3.4 or newer (3.4.2 or later recommended), GNU make and g++ [version 2 or 3).
For TSE. Windows 2000/XP, Pentium 1GHz. 256MB RAM. DirectX 9-compatible 3D graphics accelerator with latest drivers.
PROS
1. Responsive on the community forum and deal with support directly.
2. Battle-tested, fully cross-platform, AAA game engine with all the bells and whistles.
3. Full C++ source code to the engine.
CONS
1. Lack of an easy starting point.
2. Documentation somewhat limited.
3. Size and scope of the engine can be overwhelming.
WHEN DYNAMIX, DEVELOPER OF THE TRIBES franchise, imploded a few years ago, several employees carried on the vision of improving the technology that they had developed over the years. Unlike most displaced developers, they did not simply wander off to yet another game company. Instead, they formed a new middleware company, GarageGames, licensing the source code to the TRIBES 2 game engine from the now-defunct Dynamix, marketing it under the name Torque Game Engine (TGE): a viable-and incredibly affordable-alternative for small, independent development houses.
WHAT YOU GET. TGE is a true game engine in the same market as the OUAKE and UNREAL engines. TGE contains several individual components: graphics, audio, networking, input, scripting, and tools. There is minimal Al support and the second weakest area is physics. As a TGE licensee, you receive access to...