Aurora Engine

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Aurora Engine is a role-playing game engine developed by BioWare, best known for powering classic titles like Neverwinter Nights.

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Surface form Occurrences
Lycium Engine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf game engine
role-playing game engine
approximateReleasePeriod early 2000s
developer BioWare NERFINISHED
feature combat system for Dungeons & Dragons rules
conversation trees
dialogue system with branching choices
module-based content structure
tile-based area construction
genreFocus role-playing games
graphicsType 3D graphics
nameOrigin named after aurora (natural light display)
notableFor enabling extensive user-created modules
supporting persistent online worlds
notableTool Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset NERFINISHED
platformSupport Linux NERFINISHED
Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED
Xbox NERFINISHED
macOS NERFINISHED
primaryUse BioWare role-playing games
rulesSupport Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition-derived rules
scriptingLanguage NWScript NERFINISHED
successorEngine Eclipse Engine NERFINISHED
Electron Engine NERFINISHED
Odyssey Engine NERFINISHED
supportsMultiplayer true
supportsPerspective isometric-like perspective GENERATED
third-person perspective GENERATED
supportsScripting true
supportsToolset true GENERATED
usedByCommunity modders
persistent world server operators
usedIn Jade Empire NERFINISHED
Neverwinter Nights NERFINISHED
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark NERFINISHED
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide NERFINISHED
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic NERFINISHED
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords NERFINISHED
The Witcher NERFINISHED

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BioWare usesGameEngine Aurora Engine
Dragon Age II gameEngine Aurora Engine
this entity surface form: Lycium Engine