Banshee 3D Game Engine: What It Became, and Why Its Repository Is Gone
The Banshee Engine repository is a dead link, so the project looks abandoned. It isn’t — it renamed twice, dropped its editor, and shipped commits this month as B3D Framework.
C++ Programming
Random Number Generation in C and C++ — rand(), the random Header, and Doing It Right
We measured rand() over 20 million samples. When modulo bias matters, when it does not, and why C++ random is both safer and faster.
Ubisoft Anvil Game Engine — Assassin’s Creed Engine: Versions, Games & Features
Ubisoft’s Anvil engine has powered Assassin’s Creed since 2007. Here’s its full version history from Scimitar to Ubisoft Anvil, every game built with it, and its modern ray-tracing features.
Adventure Game Studio (AGS): The Free Point-and-Click Engine, Still Shipping Games in 2026
A profile of Adventure Game Studio: how the free engine works, what changed in AGS 3.6 and 4.0, the commercial games built on it, and when to pick another tool.
4A Engine: the Metro Engine That Dropped the Rasteriser
In 2021, 4A Games removed the rasterised lighting path from Metro Exodus entirely — every light is ray traced, with no fallback. Here’s the engine behind the Metro series, and why you can’t download it.
C++17 Features Explained — What Changed and What to Use Today
C++17 was ratified in 2017, not proposed. The features that changed everyday C++, each compiled and run, plus the one that can make code slower.
C++ std::vector — Complete Guide with Examples & Best Practices
std::vector is the workhorse container of modern C++. This guide covers every core operation, performance tips like reserve(), 2D vectors, and when to use it over arrays and lists.
Top Coding Competitions (Coding Comps) to Boost Your Career & Skills
Coding competitions are the fastest way to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Here are the best competitive programming platforms and contests to enter in 2026, for every level.
Quadratic Equation Solver in C++, C, Java, Python and C#
A complete quadratic equation solver with tested code in five languages: discriminant cases, complex roots, edge cases and floating-point precision.
C++ Hello World Program — Your First Program, Explained Line by Line
Four lines, one line of output, and more going on underneath than any tutorial admits. A tested walkthrough from source file to running binary.
File Handling in C++: Streams, std::filesystem and Practical Examples
File handling in C++ uses the stream classes ifstream, ofstream and fstream. Tested examples cover reading, writing, errors, binary files and C++17.
Ternary Operator in C++ (?:): Complete Guide with Examples
The ternary operator (?:) picks between two values in one expression. Tested examples: nesting, constexpr, auto, performance, and C vs C++ rules.