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In computer graphics, frames are processed and painted on the screen by what some people refer to as the “animation,” “main,” “game,” or “update” loop. Personally, I prefer to call it “main,” “game,” or “update loop” for the sole reason that it’s standard practice in the industry to use this routine to perform other tasks besides painting pixels on the screen.
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McAnlis, C. et al. (2014). Applying Old-School Video Game Techniques in Modern Web Games. In: HTML5 Game Development Insights. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6698-3_8
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