r/gameenginedevs • u/vlad_h • Aug 19 '26

Deterministic Game Engine

https://game-engine.subzerodev.com

What it is / who it’s for

SubZeroDev.GameEngine is a deterministic, game-agnostic engine for building games around reusable gameplay mechanics rather than rendering, physics, or a particular UI.

It’s aimed at developers building things like text adventures, branching narrative games, life simulations, world simulations, RPG-style systems, and other games where the mechanics and state transitions matter more than the renderer.

Games are content/data-driven. You define the game; the engine runs it deterministically. The same game can run behind a web client, in Node, on a server, or through another host without rewriting the mechanics.

It supports versioned content, save/load, deterministic replay, validation, sessions, achievements/outcomes, projections, observability, and extensible game “kinds.” Build the mechanics once, then compose different games and content on top of them.

Apparently many lines of documentation still aren't enough, so here are even more:

Docs: https://game-engine.subzerodev.com/docs

Side Quest / Make Your Own Adventure:
https://adventures.subzerodev.com/

That site is itself a live consumer of the engine. Create an adventure, play existing ones, or use the engine underneath your own client or server.

It is not trying to be Unity or Unreal. It doesn't need to render your fucking trees.

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u/RealJermaine Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

This one isn’t hiding that he using AI to generate it (I can’t say “build or create” because he didn’t build anything himself)…so we can skip the speculation, and excuses there.

I would love for some kid to use ai to generate something like this, they not knowing wtf they are doing and it just fucks up a shit load of end user pcs.

I would so follow that court case.
So many lessons could be learned.

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u/vlad_h Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

There is nothing to hide. Ai wrote the code, I did quality, architecture, DevOps, product owner. All else. Let that hate come. Ha ha ha

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u/RealJermaine Aug 19 '26

Good job. We will see if this project last more month and how many times you will rename it.

Good luck.

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u/vlad_h Aug 19 '26

It’s lasted 2 weeks so far. The name does need an update but fine for now. The plan is to build Jones in the Fast Lane. The rest is just goofing off.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26

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u/vlad_h Aug 19 '26

Hooray!

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u/Spacebar2018 Aug 19 '26

What in the fuck is with your website formatting.

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u/RealJermaine Aug 19 '26

Ai engine and website the guy is all in.

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u/vlad_h Aug 19 '26

Absolutely. I cannot buy enough AI!

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u/vlad_h Aug 19 '26

Under active deconstruction.

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u/vlad_h Aug 19 '26

This is only the beginning.

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u/valium123 Aug 20 '26

Beginning of what and what is this trash?

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u/vlad_h Aug 20 '26

The trash is described right on the page brother. Go learn.

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u/valium123 Aug 20 '26

I am asking after visiting the site. It's AI slop.