Flare3D is a framework for developing interactive three-dimensional ( 3D) graphics within

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and

Adobe AIR Adobe AIR (also known as Adobe Integrated Runtime and codenamed Apollo) is a cross-platform runtime system currently developed by Harman International, in collaboration with Adobe Inc., for building desktop applications and mobile application ...

, written in

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. Flare3D includes a 3D object editor (the Flare3D IDE) and a 3D graphics engine for rendering 3D graphics. Flare3D runs on current

web browser A web browser, often shortened to browser, is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's scr ...

s utilizing the Adobe Flash Player, and uses

Stage3D Stage3D (codenamed ''Molehill'') is an Adobe Flash Player API for rendering interactive 3D graphics with GPU-acceleration, within Flash games and applications. Flash Player or AIR applications written in ActionScript 3 may use Stage3D to render ...

for GPU-accelerated rendering. Flare3D has not been under active development since late 2014. Flare3D has been used to develop popular browser-based video games such as ''

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2'' and '' CityVille 2''. Flare3D is one of the first frameworks to make GPU-accelerated 3D applications practical for web browsers, and is similar in purpose and design to

Away3D Away3D is an open-source platform for developing interactive 3D graphics for video games and applications, in Adobe Flash or HTML5. The platform consists of a 3D world editor (Away Builder),

. Flare3D has been used to create 3D models in online applications, such as Space Designer 3D. The Flare3D platform consists of a 3D world editor, a runtime engine, and a collection of plug-ins for various applications. The 3D editor may be used to lay out 3D objects, and to generate compressed Flare3D binary packages of 3D models. Such 3D models and animations may be imported from third-party programs such as

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, or

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, or other mesh-based 3D modeller. The 3D runtime engine is typically supplied as a closed-source SWC package, although small portions are released on the

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open-source website. The Flare3D engine uses Stage3D for GPU-accelerated rendering, and contains support for

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physics,

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s, and a proprietary GPU-

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language known as FLSL (Flare3D Shader Language). The engine also integrates with FLARToolkit (for

augmented reality Augmented reality (AR), also known as mixed reality (MR), is a technology that overlays real-time 3D computer graphics, 3D-rendered computer graphics onto a portion of the real world through a display, such as a handheld device or head-mounted ...

), Away Physics (from

Away3D Away3D is an open-source platform for developing interactive 3D graphics for video games and applications, in Adobe Flash or HTML5. The platform consists of a 3D world editor (Away Builder),

) and Starling (an Adobe project). The Flare3D plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max is provided for free, and enables one-click exporting of a 3D model from 3ds Max to the Flare3D file format.Flare3D Exporter for 3Ds Max
, Flare3D Wiki Animation data is also exported, for "Hierarchical" and "Skinned"-based animations. Texture data is automatically converted from unsupported formats to JPG and PNG formats which are supported by the Flare3D engine. Flare3D has online help and a collaboratively-edited Wiki, forums, tutorials, examples, and documentation.

List of games

Flare3D is used in a number of commercial browser-based

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s.Showcase
, Flare3D * Dimensional Drift (by

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) * NetGuys (by

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) * CityVille 2 (by

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) * FarmVille 2 (by

)Farmville 2's 3D character design & animation revealed
DigitalArts * Chase Life (by

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, ad advergame for the Alto K10)“Chase Life” for Maruti Suzuki Motors made with Flare3D
, Flare3D Blog * Heroica Fortraan (by

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) * Monster Fighters (by

) * Sherwood Dungeon (a 3D

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)Flare3D Studio Allows For 3D Flash Player Games, Support For Mixamo
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flare3D IOS video game engines MacOS programming tools Mono project applications Video game engines 3D scenegraph APIs Freeware 3D graphics software Freeware game engines

List of games

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