nfEngine Features

Note: the features marked in italics are planned.

General:

• Written in C++11
• Portability: Windows, Linux, MacOS
• Well tested
• Custom math library based on SSE
• Advanced scripting (deep configuration, scene modification, resources generation, etc.)

Resources:

• Multithreaded, asynchronous loading
• Virtual file system
• Supported resource types: Texture, Material, Mesh, Collision shape
• Resource file modification detection
• Memory usage control, garbage collector
• Procedural generation and serialization

Scene management:

• Component-Entity-System design
• Supported components: Transform, Mesh, Light, Body, Camera, Sound Source, Particle Emitter
• Rigid body physics
• Infinite and seamless worlds support
• Scene serialization
• Multithreaded streaming & procedural generation

Rendering:

• Switchable rendering backends: Direct3D 11, OpenGL 4.4, Direct3D 12
• Multithreaded pipeline
• Deferred shading
• Dynamic lights and shadows
• Advanced postprocess (motion blur, bloom, anit-aliasing, tone mapping, etc.)
• Skeletal animations
• Virtual Reality support