Ex Epic Games developer, the programmer of Jazz Jackrabbit 1/2, founder of Guerrilla Games Arjan Brussee is creating a new game engine – the Immense Engine. The hallmark of this game engine is that it is going to be extremely Eurocentric:
“No one is currently making an engine that is fully European-hosted, built by Europeans, and complies with European rules and guidelines. Creating usable 3D worlds is becoming increasingly important, certainly for purposes other than just gaming.”
It is also being designed and created heavily utilizing AI:
“The rise of AI means that we need to approach the development of this kind of crucial software differently. As an old hand with a vision of how things should work, I see opportunities there.
If you are smart and know how to put a good framework of AI agents to work, you can do the work of ten or fifteen people.”
Key Links
80.lv Article on Immense Engine
Original De Technoloog Podcast Interview
As you can see from the video below I find the concept of a “European Game Engine” silly in the age of global development as well as we explore nearly a dozen existing European rooted game engines. Again as far as that can be defined in the age of the internet that is!