The Wiz2D Game Engine The announcement of the Lugh3D game engine has caused a swarm of developers scrambling for anything to do with game development using .NET and DirectX to visit this site.  Having been bombarded with developers wanting some type of engine we have decided to release a 2D in-house game engine titled  Wiz2D.  We are currently offering this game engine, source code, tech support and licensing for $29.99.

Wiz2D as it name suggests is a fully functional 2D game engine developed with DirectX versions 8 - 9.  This game engine was developed primarily for interactive animations, and story telling/instructional demonstrations but should function well for 2D games such as  2D shooters, console style fighting, scrolling arcade, adventuring and any retro arcade style.  Of course when the developer has free access to all the source code any 2D graphics game is possible (strategy, war game, board game, card game, etc.).

Below is a video demonstrating the performance of this game engine.

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Several of the game screen shots preview on this site are from games developed with the Wiz2D game engine.

Specifications :

• DirectDraw interface from VB Com DirectX 8.0 and the Managed DirectX wrapper from DirectX 9.0
• Import 2D animation templates of any size (Size is only limited by graphics card).
• Import simple 2D graphics as rendering objects.
• Particle effects.
  • Create fire, smoke, shattering glass, etc.
• Fully functional phonetic speech engine.  Match your characters mouth movements exactly what they are saying.
• Scrolling backgrounds.
• Object collision detection system.
• Story telling script based control system.
  • Control objects through timing and action sequences.
  • Control animations and game sequences through timing, triggers, or sequencing
  • Control special effects based on object timing or animation.
• Direct Input - Keyboard and joystick. 
• Direct Sound support.  Sound manager handles loading and termination of sound.

Source Code and Engine:

• Game engine features over 15 000 lines of source code which will allow you to develop and modify all the functions easily.
• Fully functional from start with several default settings.
• Allows quick development of 2D games.
• Graphics are only limited by the games targeted video card.
• Engine is capable of displaying thousands of particles and objects at acceptable frame rates (30 fps).

Tech Support and Updates:

• Includes one month free tech support.
• Includes any future updates we develop using this engine or those provided to us by other developers.