Are there any famous game engines written in C?

[Viva]

You always hear about game engines written in C++, but are there any written purely in C?

[Daniel0108]

Why not C++.
C++ is just an improved C.
I know that there are only a few game engines for C.
Greets,
Daniel

[NightwishFan]

If C++ was an improved C nothing would be written in C. That being said here is my answer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

[rabid9797]

after reading nightwishfan's post, the wiki page says the ioquake3 engine was written in c. that's pretty famous.

[Viva]

after reading nightwishfan's post, the wiki page says the ioquake3 engine was written in c. that's pretty famous.
Yes, it is. The idtech engines are even more popular.

[Sam]

Why not C++.
C++ is just an improved C.
I know that there are only a few game engines for C.
Greets,
Daniel

You might be interested to read Linus Torvald's rant on C++ (http://lwn.net/Articles/249460/).

[MaxIBoy]

All the Quake/Doom engines up through Doom 2 and Quake 3 were written in C. These were the most successful game engines of all time.


Why not C++.
C++ is just an improved C.
I know that there are only a few game engines for C.
Greets,
DanielAnyone who ever says anything about C++ as "just an improved C" should be forced to read this entire page:
http://yosefk.com/c++fqa (http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/)
Yes, all of it. Unless you change your mind about C++. :)

I do in fact know C++, and I can't really think of any time I've needed any of its features. When I wrote C++, it was really just C with the printfs turned into cout << and that's about it. So I just started naming my files ".c" instead of ".cpp."

There are some projects where C++ is used, and it seems to be working out okay for them, but the best usage of C++ usually seems to be "keep your code as C-like as possible." Sure, C++ objects can be a lot more convenient than C structs in a lot of cases, and if you're careful, you can use them to your advantage. But making your code 100% object-oriented is a big mistake. The textbooks all say to do this though, so that's what most C++ programmers do. While it's possible to write good C++, most C++ is bad code.

I personally don't think it's possible for a compiled language to do really good OOP. It's just too complicated to do without at least some kind of virtualization or interpreter.

[kaldor]

Quake's engines are written in C.

Games such as..

Quake 1/2/3/TA (unsure of Q4)
Doom 1/2 (unsure of D3)
OpenArena
Tremulous
Alien Arena
Medal of Honor (one of them)
Wolfenstein ET
Jedi Academy
Jedi Outcast
Call of Duty 2
Soldier of Fortune

I *love* the Quake III engine. My favourite games are all based on Quake III's engine (IdTech3)

[MaxIBoy]

Doom 3 and Quake 4 (and later) were written in C++.

[BrokenKingpin]

I do in fact know C++, and I can't really think of any time I've needed any of its features. When I wrote C++, it was really just C with the printfs turned into cout << and that's about it. So I just started naming my files ".c" instead of ".cpp."

There are some projects where C++ is used, and it seems to be working out okay for them, but the best usage of C++ usually seems to be "keep your code as C-like as possible." Sure, C++ objects can be a lot more convenient than C structs in a lot of cases, and if you're careful, you can use them to your advantage. But making your code 100% object-oriented is a big mistake. The textbooks all say to do this though, so that's what most C++ programmers do. While it's possible to write good C++, most C++ is bad code.

I personally don't think it's possible for a compiled language to do really good OOP. It's just too complicated to do without at least some kind of virtualization or interpreter.
This is by far the most ignorant post I have ever seen on these forums. Judging by your comments you have been programming for about 2 years tops.

[Queue29]

This is by far the most ignorant post I have ever seen on these forums. Judging by your comments you have been programming for about 2 years tops.

+1

People who poo-poo C++ are either ignorant or naive, or both. Sure, it's a complicated mess. But there's a reason it's so popular.


There are only two types of programming language: The type everyone complains about. The type nobody uses or cares about

- Bjarne Stroustrup

[MaxIBoy]

People who poo-poo C++ are either ignorant or naive, or both. Maybe you're right, but I'm in good company, including Eric S. Raymond:
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=532

Sure, it's a complicated mess. But there's a reason it's so popular.If it's a complicated mess, then it doesn't matter HOW popular it is. There was a time when pet rocks were all the rage, and I can't for the life of me figure out a good reason for that. Sure, pet rocks didn't last longer than six months, but six months is already enough to generate a lot of momentum and legacy code for a programming language.

[BrokenKingpin]

C++ has a lot of good features for why it has been around for this long.