Game engine
A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games which generally includes relevant libraries and support programs such as a level editor. The "engine" terminology is akin to the term " software engine" u ...
s are tools available to implement
video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...
s without building everything from the ground up. Whether they are 2D or 3D based, they offer tools to aid in asset creation and placement.
Engines
The following list is not exhaustive. Also, it mixes game engines with rendering engines as well as API bindings without any distinctions.
See also
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Physics engine
A physics engine is computer software that provides an approximate simulation of certain physical systems, typically classical dynamics, including rigid body dynamics (including collision detection), soft body dynamics, and fluid dynamics. I ...
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Game engine recreation
Game engine recreation is a type of video game engine remastering process whereby a new game engine is Code rewriting, rewritten from scratch as a Clone (computing), clone of the original with the ability to load the original game's data files suc ...
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List of open-source video games
This is a list of notable open-source video games. Open-source video games are assembled from and are themselves open-source software, including public domain games with public domain source code. This list also includes games in which the engine ...
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List of open-source game software
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List of WebGL frameworks
Software framework, Frameworks are available to create WebGL content quickly and easily without building from the ground up.
Note: The following list mixes WebGL Library (computing), libraries with game engines as well as Platform as a service, cl ...
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Role-playing game creation software
References
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