Game Engine

From Cocoapedia

A Game Engine is software component that encapsulates mechanisms necessary for a game. For example physics calculations, rendering (2D or 3D), collision detection or scripting. Game Engines allow programmers to develop games and multimedia applications in shorter time than it would take if the developer had to develop the engine fundamentals as well. They often include proprietary Game Development Tools for managing game assets.

Game Engines typically expose their abilities via high-level APIs.

[edit] Multiplatform Game Engines with iOS and/or Mac OS X support

These game engines support multiple platforms, including iOS devices and/or the Mac OS X platform.

• Cocos2D for iPhone (iOS, Mac OS)
• Corona Game Edition (iOS, Android)
• Unity iPhone (iOS, Mac OS, others)
• iTorque (iOS, others)
• ShiVa (iOS, Mac OS, others)
• Irrlicht (iOS, Mac OS, others)
• Gosu (iOS, Mac OS, others)

[edit] Native iOS Game Engines

These game engines target only the iOS platform.

• Sparrow Framework (open source; homepage)
• SIO2
• Oolong
• Bork3D (commercial, indies $49, pros $199; homepage)