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The Freely Available Networked Gaming (FANG) Engine is a Java gaming package designed for educational purposes.  As such, it may or may not suit your needs.  There are many other high quality gaming engines available.  You may use the following chart to see if there is another gaming engine which better suits your needs.  If you find any of the below information inaccurate or you would like to add another gaming engine, send me an email. 

Computer Game Engines

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FANG Engine 2
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ACM Task Force
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Alice
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GameX
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Game Maker
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Greenfoot
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Java Instructional Game Engine
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Quake4 SDK
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Torque Game Engine



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Torque Game Builder

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Computer Game Engines

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1CEL and CELstart are Crystal Space projects that are a lot more friendly for novices. With CELstart you can create full 3D games using only python and XML scripts.

2The FANG Engine is soon to add 3D. Click here for a preview.

3The XNA framework is cross-platform in the sense that it can run on Windows and the Xbox and any other platform that supports .NET. This is made possible through the XNA Framework.

4The Golden T Game Engine is currently developing networking capabilities. While the source code is not publicly available, it is available to members by special request.





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