Game Engine Architecture

380 9. Tools for Debugging and Development

physics, audio, networking, player mechanics, AI, and so on, exposes its own

specialized confi guration options. It is highly useful to programmers, artists,

and game designers alike to be able to confi gure these options while the game

is running, without having to change the source code, recompile and relink

the game executable, and then rerun the game. This can greatly reduce the

amount of time the game development team spends on debugging problems

and sett ing up new levels or game mechanics.

Figure 9.5. Main development menu in Uncharted.

Figure 9.6. Rendering submenu.