Computer Science trivia
Name a video game engine
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 84 answers to “Name a video game engine”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Unreal Engine
- Unity
- Godot
- Source
- CryEngine
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- id Tech
- Frostbite
- RE Engine
- Creation Engine
- GameMaker
- RPG Maker
- Cocos2d
- REDengine
- Decima
- Anvil
- Snowdrop
- Dunia
- Gamebryo
- Source 2
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsUnreal Engine · Unity · Godot
- Below the Surface14 answers · 25 ptsid Tech · Frostbite · RE Engine …
- The Deep32 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss32 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 32 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 32 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 84 answers in total, 36 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “AGI”. Longest: “Adventure Game Studio”.
- S, C and A are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 26 answers can be typed more than one way: “AGS” counts as Adventure Game Studio.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (12). Run through it first.
- Skip Unreal Engine, Unity and Godot; everybody says them.
- Older and academic tools are rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a video game engine”?
- Most people start with Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, Source and CryEngine. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a video game engine”?
- 84 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 32 in The Deep, 32 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a video game engine”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “AGI” and the longest is “Adventure Game Studio”.
- Is “Name a video game engine” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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