Game integrated development environment
A Game Engine (game environment) is a specialized development environment for creating video games. The features one provides depends on the type and the granularity of control allowed by the underlying framework. Some may provide diagrams, a windowing environment and debugging facilities. Users build the game with the game IDE, which may incorporate a game engine or call it externally. Game IDEs are typically specialized and tailored to work with one specific game engine.
This is in distinction from domain-specific entertainment languages, where all is needed is a text editor. They are distinct from integrated development environments which are more general, and may provide different sets of features.
There is also a distinction from Visual programming language in that programming languages are more general than Game Engines.
Examples
Below are some game engines and frameworks which come with specialized IDEs.
- Adventure Game Studio[1]
- Blender Game Engine[2] (discontinued)
- Construct
- CryEngine[3]
- Game Core[4]
- Game Editor[5]
- Game Maker
- Gamut from CMU (not Stanford)[6]
- Gamestudio
- GDevelop
- Godot
- Goji Editor[7]
- Magic Work Station[8]
- PlayCanvas[9]
- RPG Maker
- SdlBasic
- SharpLudus[10]
- The 3D Gamemaker
- Unity[11]
- Unreal Engine[12]
- Virtual Play Table[13]
- VASSAL[14]
References
- ^ "Adventure Game Studio". www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ http://www.blender.org/
- ^ http://cryengine.com/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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- ^ "Gamut".
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 2014-01-09.
- ^ http://www.magicworkstation.com/
- ^ "PlayCanvas WebGL Game Engine".
- ^ "SharpLudus - Home". Archived from the original on 2009-06-24.
- ^ "Real-time 3D development tools for games, architecture, automotive, engineering, manufacturing, construction & more | Products | Unity".
- ^ "Unreal Engine".
- ^ "Virtual Playtable for Magic: the Gathering".
- ^ "Vassal".