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  2. Skybox (video games) - Wikipedia

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    A skybox is a method of creating backgrounds to make a video game level appear larger than it really is. [1] When a skybox is used, the level is enclosed in a cuboid.The sky, distant mountains, distant buildings, and other unreachable objects are projected onto the cube's faces (using a technique called cube mapping), thus creating the illusion of distant three-dimensional surroundings.

  3. 2.5D - Wikipedia

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    2.5D (basic pronunciation two-and-a-half dimensional) perspective refers to gameplay or movement in a video game or virtual reality environment that is restricted to a two-dimensional (2D) plane with little to no access to a third dimension in a space that otherwise appears to be three-dimensional and is often simulated and rendered in a 3D digital environment.

  4. Dark Engine - Wikipedia

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    DromEd 2. DromEd is the level editor for the Dark Engine. It was originally used in the design of Thief: The Dark Project, but after a petition from the fan community it was released to the public, as were later versions.

  5. Unity (game engine) - Wikipedia

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    Unity 2.5, released in March, 2009, added editor support for Windows. [15] Unity 3.0 (2010) ... Unity has free and paid licensing options. The free license is for ...

  6. Sprite (computer graphics) - Wikipedia

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    Some 2.5D games, such as 1993's Doom, allow the same entity to be represented by different sprites depending on its rotation relative to the viewer, furthering the illusion of 3D. Fully 3D games usually present world objects as 3D models , but sprites are supported in some 3D game engines , such as GoldSrc [ 17 ] and Unreal , [ 18 ] and may be ...

  7. First-person shooter engine - Wikipedia

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    FromSoftware released King's Field, a full polygon free roaming first-person real-time action title for the Sony PlayStation in December 1994. Sega 's 32X release Metal Head was a first-person shooter mecha simulation game that used fully texture-mapped , 3D polygonal graphics . [ 5 ]

  8. Tile-based video game - Wikipedia

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    Tile-based games are not a distinct video game genre.The term refers to the technology that the hardware or game engine uses for its visual representation. For example, Pac-Man is an action game, Ultima is a role-playing video game and Civilization is a turn-based strategy game, but all three render the world as tiles.

  9. Project Spark - Wikipedia

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    Project Spark is a game creation system developed by SkyBox Labs and Team Dakota and published by Microsoft Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One.The game was announced during Microsoft's E3 2013 press event, and was launched as a Windows open beta in December 2013, and an Xbox One beta in March 2014. [1]