gameengine
nounUK /ˈɡeɪm ˌɛndʒɪn/
US /ˈɡeɪm ˌɛndʒɪn/
A game engine is a computer program that helps people build and run video games.
The students used a game engine to make their own racing game.
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2. The core software that handles a game's graphics, sound, and rules while it runs.
The game engine draws every character on the screen many times each second.
3. A reusable set of code that many different games can be built on top of.
Two very different games can share the same game engine.
4. A tool that lets designers test and change a game without writing all the code themselves.
She opened the game engine to move the platforms around.