Starting from the bottom up.

Hi all,

I've just started working with the Torque engine and getting an understanding of how things work. This, in turn, has raised a couple of questions in my mind. Namely:

How would I go about building something that isn't an FPS?

To be more exact, suppose I wanted to build a clone of Tetris with 3D graphics. (I don't, but that's besides the point - it'll do as an example.) How would I go about getting to know the control "hooks" necessary to:

- map keyboard input to specific functions - e.g. moving the active piece rather than controlling the player,
- manipulate the camera via scripts or (in a pinch) C code,
- create/delete in-game objects on the fly,
- etc?

Or, is there a way to strip the engine down to the bare bones and just use it as a scenegraph/graphics engine? I've been following John Vanderbeck's MinApp tutorials, but he seems to have made a new set of stuff (which has in turn gone 404).

BTW, I've got some experience with the Unreal engine, although my C++ skills are kind of mediocre. (If that helps.)

Thanks in advance for any help.

- N.N.