<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
(	O
WME	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
software	B-Application
tools	I-Application
and	O
a	O
runtime	B-Application
interpreter	I-Application
(	O
game	O
engine	O
)	O
primarily	O
designed	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
running	O
graphical	O
adventure	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
(	O
WME	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Czech	O
programmer	O
Jan	O
Nedoma	O
,	O
who	O
goes	O
by	O
the	O
nickname	O
Mnemonic	O
on	O
the	O
WME	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Wintermute	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
William	O
Gibson	O
's	O
novel	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2013	O
the	O
Winter	O
Mute	O
Lite	O
Engine	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
and	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
continues	O
on	O
the	O
repository	O
,	O
latest	O
additions	O
adding	O
Android	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
originally	O
built	O
as	O
a	O
2D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
script	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
for	O
implementing	O
game	O
logic	O
,	O
the	O
Wintermute	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
provides	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
real-time	O
3D	O
characters	O
and	O
2D	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
a	O
combination	O
sometimes	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
2.5D	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
has	O
become	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
for	O
modern	O
adventure	O
games	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
Syberia	B-Application
,	O
Still	B-Application
Life	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
survival	O
horror	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
graphical	O
effects	O
such	O
as	O
transparency	O
,	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
blending	I-Algorithm
and	O
antialiasing	B-Algorithm
(	O
on	O
old	O
computers	O
,	O
WME	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
compatibility	O
mode	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
n't	O
require	O
a	O
3D	O
accelerator	O
,	O
but	O
disables	O
the	O
advanced	O
graphics	O
effects	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
Formats	O
-	O
In	O
addition	O
to	O
supporting	O
common	O
file	O
formats	O
WME	O
also	O
supports	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
channels	I-Algorithm
for	O
PNG	O
and	O
TGA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
(	O
due	O
to	O
licensing	O
issues	O
)	O
but	O
uses	O
the	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
format	O
instead	O
,	O
arguably	O
providing	O
better	O
compression	O
and	O
sound	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
videos	O
in	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Theora	I-Algorithm
and	O
AVI	O
format	O
,	O
including	O
automatic	O
subtitles	O
display	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
SUB	O
format	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripting	O
-	O
WME	O
provides	O
a	O
flexible	O
object-oriented	B-Language
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
supports	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
methods	O
and	O
attributes	O
to	O
allow	O
you	O
an	O
easy	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
internal	O
engine	O
workings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
C-like	O
syntax	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C#	O
,	O
Java	O
or	O
PHP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
originally	O
supporting	O
only	O
the	O
MilkShape	B-Application
3D	I-Application
format	O
,	O
it	O
now	O
supports	O
the	O
more	O
universal	O
DirectX	B-Application
format	O
"	O
.X	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GUIs	O
-	O
It	O
is	O
possible	O
,	O
using	O
standard	O
controls	O
,	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
complex	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
load/save	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
settings	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
an	O
inventory	O
window	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wintermute	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
object-oriented	B-Language
design	O
philosophy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
developers	O
use	O
the	O
engine	O
tools	O
for	O
building	O
various	O
game	O
objects	O
(	O
actors	O
,	O
scenes	O
,	O
windows	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
those	O
game	O
definitions	O
are	O
then	O
interpreted	O
by	O
the	O
engine	O
runtime	B-Application
interpreter	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
otherwise	O
completely	O
independent	O
on	O
any	O
actual	O
game	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
1.7	O
,	O
Wintermute	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
donationware	B-License
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
completely	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
both	O
commercial	O
and	O
non-commercial	O
purposes	O
,	O
but	O
if	O
the	O
users	O
find	O
it	O
useful	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
donation	O
to	O
support	O
its	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
1.8.9	O
,	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
supporting	O
tools	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
currently	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
an	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
portable	O
Wintermute	O
Lite	O
2D	O
engine	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
under	O
an	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
and	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
a	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
Donationware	B-License
,	O
as	O
the	O
author	O
asks	O
for	O
donations	O
for	O
continued	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
the	O
author	O
released	O
also	O
Wintermute	O
1.x	O
and	O
Wintermute	O
2	O
to	O
bitbucket	B-Protocol
under	O
MIT	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScummVM	B-Device
integrated	O
the	O
WME	O
lite	O
engine	O
into	O
their	O
framework	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
GSoC	B-Application
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
student	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
flexible	O
nature	O
,	O
and	O
relative	O
inexpense	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
licence	O
for	O
even	O
large	O
commercial	O
projects	O
has	O
made	O
the	O
Wintermute	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
a	O
popular	O
tool	O
among	O
independent	O
commercial	O
game	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Title	O
Developer	O
Genre	O
License	O
2005	O
The	B-Application
White	I-Application
Chamber	I-Application
Studio	O
Trophis	O
Production	O
Company	O
sci-fi	O
horror	O
freeware	O
2007	O
Carol	B-Application
Reed	I-Application
Mysteries	I-Application
(	O
4th	O
-	O
16th	O
)	O
MDNA	O
Games	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2007	O
Limbo	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Majestic	B-Application
Studios	I-Application
adventure	O
commercial	O
2008	O
1½	O
Ritter	O
:	O
Auf	O
der	O
Suche	O
nach	O
der	O
hinreißenden	O
Herzelinde	O
Daedalic	O
Entertainment	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2008	O
Art	B-Application
of	I-Application
Murder	I-Application
:	I-Application
FBI	I-Application
Confidential	I-Application
Pinnacle	O
mystery	O
commercial	O
2008	O
Ghost	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sheet	I-Application
CBE	O
Software	O
horror	O
commercial	O
2008	O
Scumbag	O
Joe	O
Synthetix	O
Interactive	O
adventure	O
demo	O
freeware	O
2008	O
The	B-Application
Lost	I-Application
Crown	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Ghost-Hunting	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
Darkling	O
Room	O
horror	O
commercial	O
2008	O
Rhiannon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Four	I-Application
Branches	I-Application
Arberth	O
Studios	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2009	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
Darkling	O
Room	O
horror	O
commercial	O
2009	O
Rosemary	O
Singapore-MIT	O
GAMBIT	O
Game	O
Lab	O
mystery	O
freeware	O
2010	O
Hamlet	B-Application
or	I-Application
the	I-Application
Last	I-Application
Game	I-Application
without	I-Application
MMORPG	I-Application
Features	I-Application
,	I-Application
Shaders	I-Application
and	I-Application
Product	I-Application
Placement	I-Application
Denis	O
Galanin	O
adventure	O
,	O
puzzle	O
commercial	O
2011	O
Alpha	B-Application
Polaris	I-Application
Turmoil	O
Games	O
horror	O
commercial	O
2012	O
J.U.L.I.A.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
CBE	O
Software	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2012	O
James	O
Peris	O
No	O
license	O
nor	O
Control	O
Pavo	O
Entertainment	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2012	O
Поле	O
Чудес	O
(	O
Field	O
of	O
Wonders	O
)	O
HeroCraft	O
puzzle	O
commercial	O
2013	O
Face	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
Mad	O
Orange	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2013	O
reverse	O
boom	O
studio	O
horror	O
commercial	O
2013	O
Oknytt	O
Nemoria	O
Entertainment	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2014	O
Shadows	O
on	O
the	O
Vatican	O
10th	O
Art	O
Studio	O
adventure	O
commercial	O
2014	O
J.U.L.I.A.	B-Application
</s>
