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Not to be confused with IW engine.
Infinity Engine
Developer(s)BioWare
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS, Mac OS X, AmigaOS 4
TypeGame engine
LicenseProprietary
Websitehttp://www.bioware.com

Infinity Engine is a game engine which allows the creation of isometric computer role-playing games. It was originally developed by BioWare for a prototype RTS game codenamed Battleground Infinity, which was ultimately re-engineered to become the first installment of the Baldur's Gate series. BioWare used it again in the subsequent installments of the series, but also licensed the engine to Interplay's Black Isle Studios.

Infinity Engine features pausable realtime gameplay. The engine uses a three quarters perspective with pre-rendered 2D backgrounds and sprite-based characters. Although graphically 2D for the most part, Baldur's Gate II added the use of OpenGL to accelerate drawing. Designed for six-character party-based adventuring by default, the Infinity Engine was the spiritual successor to the Gold Box Engine,[citation needed] and provided the basis for five Dungeons & Dragons licensed computer role-playing games plus additional expansion packs and a number of fanmade total conversion RPGs. It was succeeded by BioWare's Aurora Engine.

A free compatible game engine recreation is in development under the name of GemRB. It runs on multiple platforms, including FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android and AmigaOS 4.[1] Entire suites of reverse-engineered modding tools were written for Windows, Mac OS, and OS X in the engine's heyday.[2]

Games using Infinity Engine

Gameplay screenshot of Planescape Torment.
The Infinity Engine in action, from the game Planescape: Torment

The following games and expansions are powered by the Infinity Engine:

References

  1. ^ "GemRB for AmigaOS4 released". Amigans.net. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  2. ^ Template:Wayback
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