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  2. Minecraft - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios for Windows.Originally created by Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java programming language, it was developed over the span of two years, with many public test builds being released from May 2009 until its full release on 18 November 2011.

  3. Metal (API) - Wikipedia

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    developer .apple .com /metal /. Metal is a low-level, low-overhead hardware-accelerated 3D graphic and compute shader API created by Apple, debuting in iOS 8. Metal combines functions similar to OpenGL and OpenCL in one API. It is intended to improve performance by offering low-level access to the GPU hardware for apps on iOS, iPadOS, macOS ...

  4. Irrlicht Engine - Wikipedia

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    Irrlicht (pronounced [ˈɪʁlɪçt] in German) is an open-source game engine written in C++.It is cross-platform, officially running on Windows, macOS, Linux and Windows CE and due to its open nature ports to other systems are available, including FreeBSD, Xbox (up to Irrlicht version 1.8.1), PlayStation Portable, Symbian, iPhone, AmigaOS 4, Sailfish OS via a Qt/QML wrapper, and Google Native ...

  5. Shadow mapping - Wikipedia

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    Shadow mapping or shadowing projection is a process by which shadows are added to 3D computer graphics. This concept was introduced by Lance Williams in 1978, in a paper entitled "Casting curved shadows on curved surfaces." [1] Since then, it has been used both in pre-rendered and realtime scenes in many console and PC games.

  6. Minecraft modding - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft. modding. A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.

  7. List of game engines - Wikipedia

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    Java: Yes 3D Cross-platform: GPL: Java port of Quake II game engine Java 3D: Java: Yes 3D Cross-platform: BSD: Community-centric project. Used by many schools as part of course work Jedi: C: Yes 2.5D DOS, Windows: Star Wars: Dark Forces, Outlaws: Proprietary: Rumored to have been reverse-engineered from Doom engine jMonkeyEngine: Java: 2004 Yes ...

  8. High-Level Shader Language - Wikipedia

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    The High-Level Shader Language [1] or High-Level Shading Language [2] ( HLSL) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for the Direct3D 9 API to augment the shader assembly language, and went on to become the required shading language for the unified shader model of Direct3D 10 and higher. HLSL is analogous to the GLSL shading ...

  9. Shading language - Wikipedia

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    DirectX High-Level Shader Language. The High-Level Shading Language (HLSL) is a C-style shader language for DirectX 9 and higher and Xbox game consoles. It is related to Nvidia's Cg, but is only supported by DirectX and Xbox. HLSL programs are compiled into bytecode equivalent of DirectX shader assembly language.