> and doesn't allow the developer using it a choice in those matters.

I never took "opinionated" software as "no configuration". For me it's always been "custom defaults". It might provide some configuration, it might not, but what makes it opinionated is the fact that the defaults are not generally applicable, but rather tailored for a specific use case.

Hmm, you're probably right, that's a better definition of opinionated.

That said, I think it'd be really difficult to work around Elder.js' opinions.

So a game is just an opinionated game engine.

A game engine is just an opinionated turing machine.

An example of an opinionated game engine would be idTech 5 (Rage engine). It is built around MegaTexture: a huge, non-repeating texture that maps the entire world, backed by a robust caching system.

It allowed for highly complex scenes, great static lighting and short loading times but it lacked in detail and dynamic elements.