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List of game engines
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Several tools called game engines are available for game designers to easily code a game quickly without building from the ground up. For a list of engines that displays their specific features and functionality as well as specific liscensing information please look here.
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[edit] Open-source engines
These game engines are open-source or free software:
- Agar (engine) – A high-level graphical application framework used by 2D and 3D computer games
- Aleph One (computer game) - Open-source first-person shooter engine based on the source code of Bungie Studios' Marathon 2: Durandal.
- Allegro library – A free cross-platform C/C++ game programming library, provides functions for graphics, sounds, input, timers, fixed and floating point, 3d, compressed datafile and a GUI.
- Game Blender – flexible node based game logic engine Blender 3D.
- Box2D - A cross-platform physics and graphic engine.
- ClanLib – A free cross-platform (including Mac OS X), object-oriented C++ game programming library.
- Crystal Space – A general framework for developing 3D applications
- Cube – Powers the computer game of the same name
- DarkPlaces – Heavily modified version of Quake engine which supports modern graphics
- Delta3d – Integrates other well-known free software projects into an easy-to-use API, originally developed by the U.S. Navy
- Doom engine – The now free software engine originally used for Doom and Doom II
- Various Doom source ports such as ZDoom.
- DXFramework – A simple, pedagogical 2D/3D DirectX-based game engine for Visual Studio
- Exult – A free software reimplementation of the Ultima VII game engine
- Genesis3D – A real-time 3D engine for Windows
- Genesis Device Is a powerful LGPL engine
- id Tech 2 – Formerly known as the Quake II engine, the original open-source engine from id Software
- id Tech 3 – Formerly known as the Quake III engine, the original open-source engine from id Software
- ika - a 2D game engine using Python as scripting language, allowing use of existing Python libraries.
- ioquake3 – An updated fork of the GPL'ed id Tech 3 engine
- Irrlicht Engine – A cross-platform and lightweight three dimensional graphics engine.
- jMonkeyEngine – An open-source, BSD licensed Java scenegraph engine.
- Jogre – A Java based client/server game engine and API for online real time games such as chess, checkers, etc.
- Nebula Device – A realtime 3D game engine developed by German game studio Radon Labs.
- OGRE Engine – An object-oriented graphics rendering engine. Also called OGRE3D
- OpenSceneGraph - A high performance 3D graphics toolkit
- ORX - A portable, lightweight and data-driven 2D-oriented game engine.
- Panda3D – A python-driven game engine made by Carnegie Mellon University(C++ can be used as well). Disney uses it to produce some of their games.
- PLIB – A game engine – includes 3D, Audio, Music, GUI, Window manager and is portable Linux/Windows/Mac OS X.
- PushButton Engine - A modular open source Flash game engine.
- Quake engine – The original open-source engine from id Software
- RealmForge – An open-source game engine for the Microsoft .NET Framework, predecessor to Visual3D.NET.
- Retribution Engine – A game engine to make first person shooter games
- Sauerbraten – An upgraded engine forked from the Cube engine
- Slick - Simple set of tools wrapped around the LWJGL OpenGL binding for Java.
- Spring - a full 3D free/open source RTS game engine.
- Stratagus – A cross-platform real time strategy game engine.
- Verge - An open-source 2D game engine with scripting through Lua or a C-like language, released under BSD.
- Xilon Engine II - An open source game engine developed under Visual Basic .NET.
[edit] Freeware engines
These engines are available for free use, but without the source code being available under an open source license. Many of these engines are commercial products which have a free edition available for them:
- Adventure Game Studio – Mainly used to develop third-person pre-rendered adventure games, this engine is one of the most popular for developing amateur adventure games.
- Build engine – A first-person shooter engine used to power Duke Nukem 3D.
- dim3 – Freeware 3D javascript engine for the Mac (although finished games are cross platform).
- DX Studio – Real-time professional 3D engine and editing suite produced by Worldweaver Ltd.
- Game Maker Lite – Object-oriented game development software with a scripting language as well as a drag-and-drop interface.
- Jogre - (Java Online Gaming Real-time Engine) - Open sourced Java based multiplayer gaming engine.
- M.U.G.E.N – A 2D fighting game engine.
- Panda3D – (Releases prior to May 28, 2008) A relatively easy to use python-driven game engine made by Carnegie Mellon University. Disney uses it to produce some of their games.
- World Builder – A pre-Mac OS X game engine.
- Wintermute Engine – A runtime and development tools for creating 2D and 2.5D point'n'click adventure games.
- RGSS - A engine made by enterbrain to create rpg's using RPG Maker XP. RGSS2 was used for RPG Maker VX.
[edit] Commercial engines
- Gamestudio - A 2D and 3D game engine for beginners. Uses the Gamestudio development system and the lite-C programming language.
- AbyssalEngine - A rendering engine and toolset.
- Alamo - the engine used in Star Wars: Empire at War by Petroglyph Games.
- Aurora Engine – For Role-playing games.
- BigWorld - Server, client and development tools for the development of MMOG for games that run on Windows, Xbox 360, and PS3.
- Blade3D - A toolset for XNA based games that run on Windows and Xbox 360.
- BRender – A real-time 3D graphics engine for computer games, simulators and graphic tools.
- C4 Engine – A computer game engine created by Eric Lengyel.
- Coldstone game engine – An old game creation suite for Macintosh/Windows to create role-playing or adventure-style games.
- CryEngine, CryEngine 2, CryEngine 3 – The game engine used for the first-person shooter computer game Far Cry. CryEngine 2 is a new generation engine developed by Crytek to create the FPS game Crysis.
- Crystal Tools – Square Enix's proprietary seventh generation game engine.
- Dagor Engine 3 – A high-tech cross-platform game engine (3D, physics, game logic) with rich toolset for content development
- id Tech 4 – (Also known as Doom 3 engine) Used by the games Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey and Quake Wars. Will become Open Source at a later date[1].
- id Tech 5 - Currently in development by id Software as engine for their games, Doom 4 and Rage, and as a general purpose engine to be licensed.
- DX Studio – Engine and editing suite that allows creation of real-time games and simulations.
- Dunia Engine – Engine made especially for Far Cry 2.
- Earth-4 Engine – The graphics engine used in Earth 2160
- Electron engine – Developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their game Neverwinter Nights 2, based on the Aurora engine.
- Elflight Engine – Cross-platform 3D streaming game engine designed from the ground up for use over the Web. Games can play in a web browser window, in a separate window or full-screen. Java and OpenGL based.
- Enigma Engine – A real-time tactics game engine, used in Blitzkrieg.
- Esperient Creator – A very powerful 3D modeler and engine, used world wide for training, simulation, architecture, and games. Built-in Scripting, C/C++, CScript, or Lisp, Shader Editor, import 50+ 3D formats.
- Euphoria – This is a biomechanical Ragdoll engine by NaturalMotion.
- FPS Creator - A game engine by The Game Creators. It lets the user create their own First Person Shooter without any knowledge of scripts.
- Freescape (1986) – Incentive Software; One of the first proprietary 3D game engines, used in Driller and 3D Construction Kit.
- Frostbite Engine – Game engine used for the next-gen title Battlefield: Bad Company.
- Gamebryo – A cross-platform game runtime engine and associated tools coded in C++.
- Glacier, Glacier2 – Developed by IO Interactive and used for the Hitman series of games. Glacier2 is a new generation engine currently in development for upcoming games.[2]
- GrimE - Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games starting with Grim Fandango.
- HeroEngine - 3D game engine by Simutronics for building MMOs in a live collaborative environment.
- IMUSE – Specifically designed to synchronize music with visual action.
- INSANE – Used in LucasArts games.
- Infinity Engine – Allows the creation of isometric computer role-playing games.
- Jade engine – Developed by Ubisoft, originally for Beyond Good & Evil.
- Jedi – A game engine developed by LucasArts for Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws.
- Kaneva Game Platform – A MMOG engine for independent and professional game development.
- Kinetica - A game engine developed by Sony for PlayStation 2.
- Leadwerks Engine - Leadwerks Engine is a 3D engine for rendering, sound, and physics in real-time games and simulations.
- Lithtech Jupiter Ex – Developed by Monolith Productions to create the game F.E.A.R.
- Medusa – A C++ 3D game engine developed by Palestar and used in the DarkSpace MMO. It features distributed world simulation, single tool version control and asset realisation, cross-platform compatibility and an integrated client/server network system.
- Monumental Technology Suite – A MMOG platform, including server and client technology and development / live management tools.
- Multimedia Fusion 2 – A 2D game development system.
- Multiverse Network – An MMOG platform, including server, client, and tools. (Free for development and use — revenue sharing upon commercial deployment).
- Odyssey Engine – Used to create three dimensional computer role-playing games, used in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Onyx Engine – Developed by Ubisoft
- PhyreEngine - A cross platform (PC & PS3) graphics engine from Sony Computer Entertainment.
- Quest3D A game engine and full real-time 3D development platform. Used in for instance AudioSurf.
- RAGE – A game engine created by Rockstar Games to power their upcoming video games on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Implemented in Grand Theft Auto 4.
- RelentENGINE – A next-generation FPS engine supporting massive destroyable city environments and realistic vehicle control, makes extensive use of shader model 3.
- RenderWare – A 3D API and graphics rendering engine.
- Revolution3D – A 3D graphics engine developed by X-Dream Project.
- RPG Maker XP – A 2D engine to make top-down and isometric-style role-playing games for Windows.
- SAGE engine – Used to create real-time strategy games.
- SCUMM engine – Used in LucasArts graphical adventure games.
- Serious Engine – The engine by Croteam used in the epic Serious Sam: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter.
- Shark 3D – A middleware from Spinor for computer, video games and realtime 3D applications.
- ShiVa - A game engine with an authoring tool to produce 3d real time applications for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and iPhone.
- Silent Storm engine – A turn-based tactics/tactical RPG game engine, used in Silent Storm.
- Sith – A game engine developed by LucasArts for Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.
- Source engine – A game engine developed by Valve Software for Half-Life 2.The SDK comes with Half Life 2
- Torque Game Engine – A modified version of a 3D computer game engine originally developed by Dynamix for the 2001 FPS Tribes 2.
- Torque Game Engine Advanced – A next-generation 3D game engine support modern GPU hardware and shaders.
- TOSHI – A fourth generation cross platform game engine designed by Blue Tongue Entertainment.
- Truevision3D – A 3D game engine using the DirectX API.
- Unigine – Cross-platform middleware engine.
- Unity – An open-ended 3D game/interactive software engine for web, Windows, Mac OS X, the iPhone, and Nintendo Wii .
- Unreal Engine – A game engines for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 .
- Vengeance engine – A video game engine based on the Unreal Engine 2/2.5
- Vicious Engine – Available for Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony PlayStation Portable
- Virtools – A 3D engine combined with high-level development framework, used for game prototyping and rapid developments. Available for Windows, Macintosh, Xbox, PSP.
- Visual3D.NET Game Engine - All-in-One 3D game engine and toolset, fully written in C#/.NET for Windows and Xbox360.
- WGAF – The game engine developed by Guild Software which powers their MMORPG Vendetta Online.
- XnGine – Developed by Bethesda Softworks, one of the first true 3D engines.
[edit] Games and the game engines they use
[edit] References
- ^ "QuakeCon Wrapup". LinuxGames. http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/9374. Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ^ http://www.computerworld.dk/art/37193?a=related&i=38760&bottom
