https://eziosoft.com/tags/game-engine/ Recent content in Game-Engine on eziosoft Hugo en Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://eziosoft.com/posts/raytracer-android/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://eziosoft.com/posts/raytracer-android/ <p>A real-time raycasting engine (Wolfenstein 3D style) built entirely in Kotlin using Jetpack Compose for Android. Think classic FPS rendered on a modern Android device.</p> <h2 id="what-is-raycasting"> What is Raycasting? <a class="heading-link" href="#what-is-raycasting"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>Raycasting is a rendering technique used in early 3D games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Duke Nukem 3D. Instead of full 3D polygons, it casts rays from the player&rsquo;s view into a 2D grid map to determine wall heights. This creates a pseudo-3D effect that runs efficiently on limited hardware.</p>