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.

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References
  1. "Adventure Game Studio". www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  2. http://www.blender.org/
  3. http://cryengine.com/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-08-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://game-editor.com/
  6. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/richm/public/www/gamut.html
  7. http://www.gojieditor.com
  8. http://www.magicworkstation.com/
  9. https://playcanvas.com/
  10. http://sharpludus.codeplex.com/
  11. http://unity3d.com/unity/
  12. https://www.unrealengine.com/products/unreal-engine-4
  13. http://virtualplaytable.com/
  14. http://www.vassalengine.org/
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