Are game engines software frameworks? A three-perspective study

• Published in: The Journal of systems and software Vol. 171; p. 110846
• Main Authors: Politowski, Cristiano, Petrillo, Fabio, Montandon, João Eduardo, Valente, Marco Tulio, Guéhéneuc, Yann-Gaël
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Framework; Game-engine; Mining; Open-source; Video-game; Mining; Open-source; Video-game; Game-engine; Framework

Game engines help developers create video games and avoid duplication of code and effort, like frameworks for traditional software systems. In this paper, we explore open-source game engines along three perspectives: literature, code, and human. First, we explore and summarize the academic literatur...