Middle Ware

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In the context of video games, Middle Ware is software that a game developer can add on to their game for certain features. Middleware developers help other developers by not having them "re-invent the wheel". Middleware can either come from a third party company, or developed in-house. Contrast to a complete Game Engine, which may comprise of almost everything in the game, or just the core components.

Examples of Middleware

• Physics
  • Havok
  • PhysX (ex- Novodex, from NVIDIA)
  • Eurphoria
  • Bullet
  • ODE (used in Call of Juarez)
  • Newton Game Dynamics
  • Tokamak
• Video codecs
  • Bink/Smacker
  • Sofdec
• Other
  • SpeedTree: For when you really need a tree, and fast.
  • FMOD: Handles audio playback
  • Scaleform: Used for HUDs and menus.
  • OGRE: 3D engine, already compatible (see addons) with several physics engines.
  • The Yake Engine: cross-platform game engine / application framework.