The LightSpeed development software, according to Emergent, offers "rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and real-time updates" with the ultimate goal of simplifying game development.
LightSpeed is a multiplatform, multi-genre solution.
Emergent said prototypes created with Gamebryo LightSpeed are "working models," and developers "will not need to start from ground zero when a publisher green lights their project."
Emergent CEO Geoffrey Selzer said in a statement, "At a time when the industry is restructuring, and new studios are forming, not a single developer should be building its own technology from scratch.
"...We’re not suggesting there are jobs to be lost in the industry; we’re offering the solution to redirect that talent into creative endeavors and we have numerous programs and efforts to support these studios. Game programming can now be laser-focused on game-specific tools that empower new kinds of gameplay, instead of rebuilding the fundamentals."
Emergent says LightSpeed allows designers to "directly implement and experiment with gameplay changes" in real-time.
The company will be showing LightSpeed at booth 5818 North Hall at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Calif., March 25 - 27, 2009.