Vicious Engine

Vicious Engine

Developer(s)	Vicious Cycle Software
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	Game engine
License	proprietary
Website	http://viciousengine.com/

The Vicious Engine is a game engine offering functionality for rendering, sound, networking, physics, game play scripting, and lighting. It is developed by Vicious Cycle Software, and was first released in January 2005. No additional third party libraries are required, and all source code is included. It supports Nintendo GameCube, Wii, WiiWare, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, and Microsoft Windows.

Vicious Engine 2

Vicious Engine 2 (sometimes stylized as V^e2) has been optimized for eighth-generation consoles and high-end PCs. It was released on March 25, 2009 at the Game Developers Conference. It features improvements for next-generation console, especially the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. D3P and Vicious Cycle Software's Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard is the first retail title to use the new technology. In addition to the previous platforms, it also supports PlayStation 3.

Games using the Vicious Engine

300: March to Glory (2007)
Alien Syndrome (2007)
Curious George (2007)
Dead Head Fred (2007)
Spy vs. Spy (2005)
Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet (2005)
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (2009, PS3/X360)
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond^[1] (2010, PS3/X360)
Flushed Away
Marvel Trading Card Game (2007)
Puzzle Quest (2007, PSP port)
Desi Adda:Games of India (2009, PS2/PSP)
Freekscape: Escape From Hell (2010, PS3/PSP)
Despicable Me (2010, PS3/PS2/PSP/Wii/NDS)
Man vs Wild: The Game (2011, PS3/360/Wii)
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (2011, PS3/360/PC)
Elements of Destruction (2008 PC/360)
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (video game) (2013, PS3/WiiU/3DS/360/PC)
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (2014, PS3/WiiU/3DS/360)

References

↑ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132650/postmortem_vicious_cycles_matt_.php?page=4

External links

Official website
Interview with the president of Vicious Cycle Software regarding Vicious Engine from FiringSquard.com

Vicious Engine games

Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet (2005) Curious George (2006) Flushed Away (2006) 300: March to Glory (2007) Marvel Trading Card Game (2007) Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (2007, PSP version) Alien Syndrome (2007) Dead Head Fred (2007) Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (2009) Zombie Tycoon (2009)

Game engines (list)

Free and
open-source

2D	Adventure Game Studio Beats of Rage Cocos2d Flixel Jogre KiriKiri libGDX Moai OHRRPGCE OpenFL ORX Pygame Ren'Py Stratagus Thousand Parsec VASSAL Xconq

2.5D	Aleph One Cube

3D	Away3D Blender Game Cafu Crystal Space Cube 2 Delta3D Dim3 GLScene Horde3D HPL 1 Irrlicht id Tech 3 id Tech 4 JMonkey OGRE Open Wonderland Panda3D Papervision3D Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker PlayCanvas PLIB Quake Quake II RealmForge Retribution Torque 3D

Mix	Allegro Construct Classic Godot Lightweight Java Game Library Spring Wintermute Engine

Proprietary

2D	Construct 2 Corona Clickteam Fusion GameMaker: Studio GameSalad M.U.G.E.N NScripter RPG Maker Southpaw Stencyl UbiArt Framework Vicious Virtual Theatre V-Play Zillions of Games

3D	4A Amazon Lumberyard Anvil Bork3D C4 Chrome Clausewitz Engine Creation CryEngine Crystal Tools Decima Diesel Dunia EAGL EGO Elflight Enforce Enigma Essence Flare3D Fox Frostbite Geo-Mod GoldSrc HeroEngine HydroEngine HPL 2-3 id Tech 5 id Tech 6 Ignite IW Jade Kinetica LS3D LithTech Luminous Studio LyN Marmalade Mizuchi MT Framework Outerra Panta Rhei PhyreEngine Q Real Virtuality REDengine Refractor Riot RAGE SAGE Serious Shark 3D ShiVa Silent Storm Source Titan TOSHI Truevision3D Unigine Unity Unreal Vision Visual3D XnGine X-Ray YETI Zero

Mix	Gamebryo Hybrid Graphics Kaneva Game Platform Metismo

Historical interest

Proprietary
middleware
(list)

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