Jump to content

Snowdrop (game engine)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Raymondsze (talk | contribs) at 14:25, 13 January 2021 (→Games using Snowdrop). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Snowdrop
Developer(s)
Written inC++
Platform
LicenseProprietary
Websitemassive.se

Snowdrop is a proprietary game engine created by Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft for use on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One. It was revealed at E3 2013 with Tom Clancy's The Division, the first game using the engine.

Technology

The engine is coded mainly in C++.[1]

Rodrigo Cortes, former brand art director at Massive Entertainment, says that the development on Snowdrop engine started in 2009 by Massive Entertainment. Initially it was an engine built for PC and next-gen development to do "things better not bigger". The core of the game engine is powered by a "node-based system and the engine is a dynamic, interconnected and flexible system where developers can create their assets quickly and interact with them in ways that have never been done before.[2] Massive created a lighting and destruction system inspired by film production techniques.[3]

Features

  • Node-based scripting system that links all areas, from rendering, AI, mission scripts to UI.
  • Realistic day and night change.
  • Global volumetric lighting.[4]
  • Procedural destruction.[5]
  • Advanced particle system and visual effects.
  • Dynamic material shader

Games using Snowdrop

References

  1. ^ "Engine & Tools Programmer - Snowdrop". massive.se. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. ^ "Here's The Division's amazing game engine in action". polygon.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. ^ "The Division: Ubisoft On Snowdrop Engine's Lighting And Destruction Capability". 2P.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ^ July 2017, Kevin Gainche 22. "Photorealistic Game Engine Tech Demos". Tom's Hardware. Archived from the original on 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2020-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "The Division video shows procedural destruction and lighting in the Snowdrop Engine". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  6. ^ "I can't believe this is not a real forest but a game engine". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  7. ^ "AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT ON THE DIVISION 2". 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2018-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "The Division dev is still working on that Avatar game". VG247. 2020-02-13. Archived from the original on 2020-11-14. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snowdrop_(game_engine)&oldid=1000087241"