Game integrated development environment

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A game engine (game environment) is a specialized

This is not to be confused with game environment art, which is "the setting or location in which [a] game takes place."[1] This is also 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.

• 3D Game Creation System
• Adventure Game Studio^[2]
• Blender Game Engine^[3] (discontinued)
• Buildbox
• Construct
• Clickteam Fusion
• CryEngine^[4]
• FPS Creator
• Game Core^[5]
• Game Editor^[6]
• GameMaker
• Gamut from CMU (not Stanford)^[7]
• Gamestudio
• GDevelop
• Godot
• Goji Editor^[8]
• GameSalad
• Magic Work Station^[9]
• PlayCanvas^[10]
• Roblox^{[11][circular reference]}
• RPG Maker
• SdlBasic
• SharpLudus^[12]
• Stencyl
• The 3D Gamemaker
• Unity^[13]
• Unreal Engine^[14]
• Virtual Play Table^[15]
• VASSAL^[16]