products, and this trend is likely to continue well into the future. This has
become a big selling point for many games. Probably the two best known
examples in recent times are Epic Games’ Unreal Tournament 2004 (and
UT2003) and BioWare’s Neverwinter Nights. Both provide the gamer with
a powerful scripting engine, enabling individuals and teams to create rich,
custom-built scenarios.
Now that you’ve seen some of the advantages of using scripting in your
games, let’s take a look at some specific examples of how scripting lan
-
guages have been used by game developers.
Dialogue Flow
One of the simplest and earliest uses of scripting languages in games is ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month, and much more.
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.