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Life & fun · November 30, 2015

Cleven – a Common Lisp experimental volume graphics game engine

Cleven is an experimental game engine with volume graphics written in Common Lisp. - afainer/cleven

Cleven – a Common Lisp experimental volume graphics game engine launched on November 30, 2015 with 37 votes, #1,806 of 4,110 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Cleven is an experimental game engine written in Common Lisp that uses volume graphics for rendering. It is designed for developers interested in exploring volumetric rendering techniques and game development in Lisp. The engine stands out by combining these two relatively uncommon approaches—using Lisp for game engine development and implementing volume graphics as its core rendering method.

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