Bezel Engine

The NintendoWare Bezel Engine is a Nintendo developed engine and middleware for use on Nintendo Switch. It is the successor to NintendoWare middleware. Nintendo uses it for some games, and it is mainly used for third party development.

Bezel Engine
Developer(s)Nintendo
PlatformNintendo Switch
LicenseProprietary

History

At Game Developers Conference 2018, Nintendo announced Bezel Engine, an engine and middleware for use by first and third-party companies on the Nintendo Switch.[1]

Features
  • Built-in shader system (PBR)
  • Post effects
  • 3D physics engine (using NVIDIA's PhysX system)
  • 2D physics engine (using Box2D or LiquidFun)
  • Scripting (via Lua) and a dedicated scripting debugger
  • Networking system (Nintendo's peer-to-peer Pia network system or NEX)
  • Nintendo Switch System Feature support (such as HD Rumble and the IR Motion Camera)
  • Complete asset building system

Bezel Engine is extendible for developers, allowing for modular capabilities inside of the engine. Open source libraries and proprietary libraries can form a more modular developer environment.[2]

The engine is also technically backward compatible with NintendoWare, so developers can leverage experience and can port assets and audio.

Games
Year Title Developer Publisher
2017 Vroom in the Night Sky Poisoft Poisoft
Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park e Youkoso Nippon Columbia Nippon Columbia
2018 Super Mario Party NDcube Nintendo
2019 Tetris 99 Arika
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch Nintendo EPD
Indieszero
2020 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics NDcube
Super Mario Bros. 35 Arika
2021 Pac-Man 99 Bandai Namco Entertainment
WarioWare: Get It Together! Nintendo EPD

Intelligent Systems

 Nintendo
Mario Party Superstars NDcube
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Nintendo EPD
Indieszero
2023 Everybody 1-2-Switch! Nintendo EPD
NDcube

References
  1. "ゲームクリエイターズカンファレンス | GAME CREATORS CONFERENCE". ゲームクリエイターズカンファレンス | GAME CREATORS CONFERENCE (in Japanese). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. "仕事を読み解くキーワード：「こういうものが欲しかったんだ」｜採用情報｜任天堂". 任天堂ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.