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* [[GameSalad]] — A 2D game engine mostly for the [[iPhone]] and a Apple Safari Web-plugin developed by [[Gendai Games]]. Has a visual programming interface to aid rapid development.
* [[GameSalad]] — A 2D game engine mostly for the [[iPhone]] and a Apple Safari Web-plugin developed by [[Gendai Games]]. Has a visual programming interface to aid rapid development.
* [[Gamestudio]] — A 2D and 3D game engine for beginners. Uses the [[Gamestudio]] development system and the lite-C programming language.
* [[Gamestudio]] — A 2D and 3D game engine for beginners. Uses the [[Gamestudio]] development system and the lite-C programming language.
* [http://www.giderosmobile.com Gideros Mobile] - A 2D mobile development environment and game engine for iPhone, iPad and Android.
* [[Glacier Engine|Glacier]], [[Glacier Engine|Glacier 2]] — Developed by [[IO Interactive]] and used for the ''[[Hitman (series)|Hitman]]'' series of games. Glacier 2 is a new generation engine currently in development for upcoming games.<ref>http://www.computerworld.dk/art/37193?a=related&i=38760&bottom</ref>
* [[Glacier Engine|Glacier]], [[Glacier Engine|Glacier 2]] — Developed by [[IO Interactive]] and used for the ''[[Hitman (series)|Hitman]]'' series of games. Glacier 2 is a new generation engine currently in development for upcoming games.<ref>http://www.computerworld.dk/art/37193?a=related&i=38760&bottom</ref>
* [[Gogii Games#Gogii Games Engine|Gogii Games Engine]] - a 2d multi-platform C++ engine supporting PC, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Used in casual games such as the ''[[Mortimer Beckett]]'' series.
* [[Gogii Games#Gogii Games Engine|Gogii Games Engine]] - a 2d multi-platform C++ engine supporting PC, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Used in casual games such as the ''[[Mortimer Beckett]]'' series.

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Many tools called game engines are available for game designers to code a game quickly and easily without building from the ground up.

Free and open source

Name Primary programming language Bindings Cross-platform SDL 2D oriented Scripting Notable games License Notes and references
Aleph One C++ Yes Yes No Lua, Marathon markup language Marathon GPL FPS engine
Allegro library C Ada, C++, C#, D, Lisp, Lua, Mercury, Pascal, Perl, Python, Scheme Yes No Yes zlib Graphics and audio
Ardor3D Java Yes No zlib Fork of jMonkeyEngine 2.0
Axiom Engine C# Yes No No GPL [1][2]
Blender C++ Yes No No Python Yo Frankie!, ColorCube GPL 2D/3D game engine packaged in a 3D modeler for quick and intuitive use; fully integrated Bullet physics library
Build engine C No No Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood Custom FPS engine, 2.5D (2D grid base geometry.)
Cafu Engine C++ Yes No No Lua GPL or proprietary Full game engine; graphics, audio, physics, scripting, networking, and map editor[3]
ClanLib C++ Yes Yes Yes Clanlib Self-described "toolkit", provides most game engine functionality and extensive GUI programming
Cocos2d Python, Objective-C Yes No Yes MIT Ported to Linux, Mac OS X, iOS, Windows; iOS port is written in Objective-C and integrated with Box2D and Chipmunk physics engines
Crystal Space C++ Java, Perl, Python Yes Yes No LGPL Graphics, audio, physics
Cube C++ Yes Yes No zlib Previous gen, 2d grid based system, optimised for outdoor rather than indoor maps
Cube 2 C++ Yes Yes No zlib Efficient 6 directional height map based geometry (versus traditional Polygon soup model), hence the name Cube, FPS engine
Delta3d C++ Yes No Python LGPL Integrates various modular libraries in plain view, rather than burying the modules behind its own API as most engines do
DGD LPC Yes No Yes LPC LPMud server
DXFramework C++ No No Python BSD DirectX renderer, integrated into visual studio
Env3D Java Yes No No GPL 3D game engine that creates a simple interface for dynamically adding EnvObjects. Built on jMonkeyEngine 2.0. Intended for educational use in teaching computer science.
Exult C++ Yes Yes Yes GPL Free software reimplementation of the Ultima VII game engine
Flexible Isometric Free Engine C++ Yes Yes Yes Python Unknown Horizons LGPL Can make almost any 2D game, but more optimizal for RTS or RPG
Flixel ActionScript Yes No Yes Various games by Gregory Weir MIT Full boiler-plate code for flash games
Genesis3D C No No Renderer, one of the earliest to use skeletal animation
id Tech 1 C Yes No No ACS Doom, Doom II, HeXen, Heretic, Strife GPL 2D based geometry, sprite and particles, uses clever methods to emulate 3D graphics
id Tech 2 C Yes No No Quake II GPL Full game engine, better known as the Quake II engine, first true 3D id tech engine
id Tech 3 C Game Data {PAK OR PK3 } Yes No No Quake III Arena GPL Full game engine, better known as the Quake III engine
ioquake3 C Yes Yes No Urban Terror GPL
Jake2 Java Yes No No GPL
jMonkeyEngine Java Yes No No BSD
Jogre Java Yes No Yes GPL
Lightweight Java Game Library Java Yes No Yes Minecraft BSD
LÖVE2d C++ Yes Yes Yes Lua Zlib/libpng
Nebula Device C++ Java, Python Yes No Lua, Tcl/Tk
OpenSceneGraph C++ Yes No No OpenSceneGraph Public License
ORX C/C++ Yes Yes Yes zlib 3D accelerated, supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad and Android
Panda3D C++ Python Yes No No Python Toontown Online, Pirates of the Caribbean BSD
PixelLight C++ Yes No No Lua LGPL [1]
PLIB C++ Yes Yes No LGPL
Quake engine C Yes No No QuakeC GPL
Retribution Engine C++ No No GPL
Second Life C++ Yes No No LSL
Sge2d C Yes Yes Yes MIT
Sphere C++ Yes No Yes JavaScript
Spring C++ C, C++, Java/JVM, Lua, Python Yes Yes No Lua Balanced Annihilation, Zero-K GPL RTS, simulated events, OpenGL
Stratagus C Yes Yes Yes Lua GPL
Name Primary programming language Bindings Cross-platform SDL 2D oriented Scripting Notable games License Notes and references

Freeware

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 — Mostly used to develop third-person pre-rendered adventure games, this engine is one of the most popular for developing amateur adventure games.
  • dim3 — Freeware 3D javascript engine for the Mac (although finished games are cross platform).
  • DX Studio — A freeware 3D game engine with complete tools for 3D video game development. Upgrading to paid licenses would unlock extra features.
  • Unity — An open-ended 3D game/interactive software engine for web, Windows, and Mac OS X. Upgrading to paid licenses can additionally enable support for the iPhone, Android, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, and the Xbox 360.
  • Unreal Engine — Considered one of the most popular game engines in the top market. The free edition, called UDK (a binary release of the engine), allows you to use the engine for commercial purposes under specific terms[4].
  • World Builder — A classic Mac OS game engine.
  • Wintermute Engine — A runtime and development tools for creating 2D and 2.5D point'n'click adventure games (Windows) . A "lite" Version is also available, but without the 3D Actor function (Windows, MAC, Linux)[5][6]
  • RGSS — An engine made by enterbrain to create RPG's using RPG Maker XP. RGSS2 was used for RPG Maker VX.

Proprietary

Game engine Games Company
Nel
3D MMORPG Game Engine
Ryzom
The Saga of Ryzom
Nevrax
Alamo Empire at War
Forces of Corruption
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Petroglyph
Adventure Game Studio Chzo Mythos
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf
The Blackwell Series
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator
Ben Croshaw
monochrom
Wadjet Eye Games
Anvil Assassin's Creed II
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Ubisoft
BigWorld Twin Skies
Stargate Worlds
Meteor Games
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
CPAL3D Memento Mori
Numen: Contest of Heroes
Pound of Ground
Alternativa
Centauri Production
First Reality
CINEMAX, Ltd.
CryEngine Far Cry
Aion: The Tower of Eternity
Crytek
NCsoft
CryEngine 2 Crysis
Entropia Universe
Crytek
MindArk
CryEngine 3 Crysis 2 Crytek
Crystal Tools Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Final Fantasy XIV
Square Enix
Dunia Engine Far Cry 2
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Ubisoft Montreal
Essence Engine Company of Heroes
Opposing Fronts
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2
Relic Entertainment
Europa Engine Europa Universalis
Hearts of Iron
Paradox Entertainment
Gamebryo Dark Age of Camelot
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas
Mythic Entertainment
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Game Studios
Obsidian Entertainment
GoldSrc Half-Life
Gunman Chronicles
Valve
Rewolf Software
Gogii Games#Gogii Games Engine Mortimer Beckett series
Mirror Mysteries
Paprikari
The Easy Co
HeroEngine Hero's Journey (video game)
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Simutronics
Bioware
HPL Engine Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Requiem
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Frictional Games
id Tech 4 Doom 3
Quake 4
Prey
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Wolfenstein
id software
Raven Software
Human Head Studios
Splash Damage
Infernal Engine Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars
Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
Roogoo: Twisted Towers
Terminal Reality
Threewave Software
Escalation Studios
Streamline Studios
Namco Bandai Games
Red Fly Studio
Wideload Games
Piranha Games
SpiderMonk Entertainment
High Voltage Software
Infinity Engine Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale II
Bioware
Black Isle Studios
Iron Engine Sins of a Solar Empire Ironclad Games
Jade engine Beyond Good & Evil
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Rayman Raving Rabbids
TMNT
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Naruto: The Broken Bond
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Wii version)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii and PSP versions)
Ubisoft
K2 Engine Savage 2
Heroes of Newerth
S2 Games
M.U.G.E.N Battle Killer Fighter
Battle Killer Fighter Ultimate
WhItE HaCkEr Community
Cartoon Picture Studio Indo (Lord of D-Geims)
Nebula Device 3 Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Neon Engine Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
Race Driver Grid
Codemasters
Panda3D Toontown Online
Pirates of the Caribbean Online
Code3D
MSA's Thermal Enforcer
Full list
Disney
Disney
Sim Ops Studios
MSA, Sim Ops Studios
Many
PhyreEngine Full list on main entry
Many
Many
RAGE Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar Games
Riot Engine Drakan: Order of the Flame
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Suffering
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Surreal Software
RPG Maker VX Eternal Eden Blossomsoft
RPG Maker XP Aveyond
Amaranth Games
S2Engine HD Power of Destruction
I'm Not Alone
Profenix
SAGE engine Red Alert 3
Generals
Tiberium Wars
The Battle for Middle-earth II
EA Los Angeles
Scimitar Assassin's Creed
Prince of Persia
Shaun White Snowboarding
Ubisoft
ShiVa3D Voodoo Dice
Pinball Yeah!
Texting Of The Bread
Pirate Wings
Graviton
Stonetrip
Silent Storm engine Silent Storm
Silent Storm: Sentinels
Hammer & Sickle
Night Watch
Day Watch
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Jagged Alliance 3 (in development)
Nival Interactive
Source engine Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Alien Swarm
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Sin Episodes
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Zeno Clash
Vindictus / Mabinogi: Heroes
KOS Secret Operations
Valve
Troika Games
Ritual Entertainment
Arkane Studios
ACE Team
devCat (Nexon)
SunBurn [11] Salty Jim's Putt Putt Island[12]
AvaGlide[13]
UpAway[14]
Synapse Gaming
Haiku Interactive
Munomic
TGEA Marble Blast Ultra
Fallen Empire: Legions
Dreamlords
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
GarageGames
Lockpick Entertainment
Hothead Games

FXLabs Studios
Unigine OilRush
Syndicates of Arkon
Dilogus - The Winds of War
Unigine Corp
MCM Online
Digital Arrow
Unity Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online
GooBall
Global Conflicts: Palestine
Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
WolfQuest
Dead Frontier
Cartoon Network
Electronic Arts
Over The Edge Entertainment
Serious Games Interactive
Flashbang Studios
Eduweb
Mikesgames Productions
Unreal Engine 2.x[15] America's Army
Exteel
Lineage II
Killing Floor
The Chronicles of Spellborn
Unreal Tournament 2004
Ragnarok Online 2


NCsoft
Tripwire Interactive
Spellborn International
Epic Games
Gravity Corporation
Unreal Engine 3.x[15] America's Army 3
Batman: Arkham Asylum
BioShock
Borderlands
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
BlackSite: Area 51
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Unreal Tournament 3
Rainbow Six Vegas
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
The Last Remnant
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Blade & Soul
Bulletstorm
Eidos Interactive
Gearbox Software
2K Games
Midway Games
Epic Games
Ubisoft
Mistwalker
BioWare
Square-Enix
NCsoft
People Can Fly
Vision Engine 8 Arcania: A Gothic Tale
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
DIZZEL
Dungeon Hero
Arena Morte
Cutthroat
JoWood, Spellbound
Ubisoft-Blue Byte Studio
Neowiz Corp.
Firefly Studios
Frontline Studios
Nitro Games
X-Ray Engine S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
GSC Game World
4A Engine Metro 2033 4A Games

See also

References

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  2. ^ http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/#c883
  3. ^ http://www.cafu.de/features
  4. ^ Epic Games, Inc. "UDK Commercial Terms". Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ^ Marsh, David (February 26, 2008). "Nine Paths To Indie Game Greatness". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  6. ^ Broekhuis, Erwin. "A word with Steve Ince". Adventure Developers. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  7. ^ http://www.computerworld.dk/art/37193?a=related&i=38760&bottom
  8. ^ "QuakeCon Wrapup". LinuxGames. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  9. ^ Aihoshi, Richard (2003-12-09). "SpellForce - The Order of Dawn Interview, Part 2, Page 2" (in englisch). RPG Vault. Retrieved 2011-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ^ McDermott, Wes (2009). "Creating Real-time Assets". Real-world modo: in the trenches with modo. Focus Press. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-0240811994.
  11. ^ http://www.gamedev.net/page/news/index.html/_/engine-news/sunburn-game-engine-full-windows-phone-7-support-r11885
  12. ^ http://www.smartkeitai.com/salty-jims-putt-putt-minigolf-game-for-windows-phone-7/
  13. ^ http://www.dealspwn.com/xbox-live-indie-game-week-avahang-ophidian-wars-air-forte/
  14. ^ http://www.munomic.com/games/up-away/
  15. ^ a b http://www.unrealengine.com/showcase