Infinity Engine

CONCEPT

Developed by BioWare for the first Baldur's Gate game, the Infinity Engine features an isometric perspective, pre-rendered 2D backgrounds and sprite-based characters.

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Infinity Engine was a computer programming engine developed by Bioware for it's PC role-playing games. It is characterized by an isometric perspective, pre-rendered 2D backgrounds with sprite-based characters and effects (such as magic). The engine was utilized in games from 1998 ( Baldur's Gate) until 2002 ( Icewind Dale II). It is the primary engine used in five retail-released roleplaying games and three retail-released expansion packs. The engine's successor was the Aurora Engine (Concept) which was developed by Bioware for Neverwinter Nights. The engine was heavily reverse engineered to make it possible to play Infinity Games in other and widescreen modes.

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• Baldur's Gate (Game)
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Game)
• Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (Game)
• Icewind Dale (Game)
• Icewind Dale II (Game)
• Icewind Dale II: Adventure Pack (Game)
• Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (Game)
• Planescape: Torment (Game)
• Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Editions (Game)

Concept details

Name

Infinity Engine

Aliases

Games

• Baldur's Gate (Game)
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Game)
• Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (Game)
• Icewind Dale (Game)
• Icewind Dale II (Game)
• Icewind Dale II: Adventure Pack (Game)
• Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (Game)
• Planescape: Torment (Game)
• Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Editions (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Baldur's Gate (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), Forgotten Realms (Franchise), Icewind Dale (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Minsc (Character), Drizzt Do'Urden (Character), The Nameless One (Character), Annah (Character), Fall-from-Grace (Character), Ignus (Character), Morte (Character), Nordom (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Sigil (Location), Baldur's Gate (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Book (Object)

People

Related Concepts

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