The Phoenix Engine is our first large-scale game engine. We began with using Direct3D9/OpenGL 2.0 with fixed-function pipeline support as the base. We quickly upgraded it to a programmable pipeline, which we fully utilize throughout the rendering process. We have also expanded the base to include Direct3D10/11 and OpenGL 3.0 support.

The Phoenix Engine currently utilizes the following technologies:

• APIs: OpenGL 3.x, Direct3D 9/10/11
• Instancing support
• Resource Manager based on Red-Black tree
• Shader Manager (w/ Material Manager)

• Octree
• Terrain Engine
• Object Loading (.3ds)
• View-Frustum Culling

• Deferred Lighting
• Deferred Shading
• Instancing

• Supported Types: Point, Spot, Directional, Area
• Deferred Shadow mapping : SSM, PCF, Poisson (w/ PSSM), DFSM (w/PSSM)
• Area Lights support texture projecting
• Fully Dynamic

• Normal
• Parallax
• Parallax Occlusion

• Particles
• Heat Haze
• *Glass Refractions

• Fog Volumes (Box, Ellipsoid)
• Volumetric Clouds
• Procedural Sky
• Water Reflection/Refraction

• Quad-tree LOD
• Geomippmapping (4x4 sectors)
• View-Frustum Culling

• Global Fog
• High Dynamic Range Lighting (w/ Blue Shift)
• Depth of Field

We are actively trying to expand that list even further. Below are a couple of screenshots from our must recent build. For more up to date information on the Phoenix Engine, please see our blog.