I'm currently in the midst of writing two new engines this blog post however is only about the 2D one which I have named FastDraw2D, or fdraw for short. Fdraw is a Win32 engine that uses DiretDraw and DirectSound for the graphics output and sound. It will feature fairly realistic physics.
So far I can only determine one fault with my idea which is that it is not portable at all. As it uses Win32 only functions coupled with portions DirectX it is fairly unlikely that the engine will see a cross platform release. However I'm sure it could easily be re-written in SDL or plain OpenGL.
The first game that will use the engine will be called Zombie Run. Inspired by Splatterhouse it will be bloody and gory as well as addictive and fun. I'll keep the IndieDB community update through these blog posts as development progresses. Also feel free to send me messages if you want to enquire about this particular engine. Please note that the engine is meant to look like a 16bit side-scroller like id software's Commander Keen. It just contains more blood.
New Engine [FastDraw2D]
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