What is a Game Framework?
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A game engine, also known as game
framework, is a software designed for
people to create games.
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Programming libraries vs complete frameworks
A game engine is extensible and can be
used as the foundation for developing
many different games without major
modification.
Examples:
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Quake engine (1996), Unreal Engine (1998),
Source Engine (2004), CryENGINE (2004) ,
Microsoft XNA (2006), Unity (2005), Frostbite
Engine (2008), etc...