TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

The Orbital Engine

Develop high-quality games quickly with Mind Control Software's Orbital Game Engine.

Target a Broad Audience

Built on DirectX 7, Orbital supports all versions of Windows, going back to Windows 98. Orbital provides transparent support of both hardware-accelerated and software rendering, chosen at run-time based on the user's hardware. Nearly any machine that runs Windows can run your Orbital game.

Prototype Quickly

Orbital's task-based object system allows new game systems to be prototyped and implemented quickly. Data-driven management of game assets (images, sound, text, fonts) speed the process of iterative development. The application skeleton provides common systems such as loading screens, menus, options panels, and high scores.

Deliver Quality

Orbital's 2D graphics engine lets you build games that truly shine. With particle systems, custom fonts, bitmap scaling, rotation and alpha blending, your game will look its best on every machine.

Develop for the World

Orbital's font engine is fully unicode capable, allowing you to support languages from Europe to the Far East. All game text is stored in XML files for ease of localization.