# F.A.Q. ## Is it free? Yes ## Can I use it commercially? Yes, you can use it for commercial and non-commercial games completely free! ## Is it really a game engine? **Short Answer**: For common purposes, sure, you can think of Monogatari as a **visual novel engine** **Technical Answer**: Monogatari is a **web development framework** created to build modern websites that just happen to be games, it lacks quite a lot of elements to be considered a real game engine as it is only using an already available platform: **your browser**. ## Who develops Monogatari? A lot of awesome people help developing Monogatari, you can view the whole list here: --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://developers.monogatari.io/documentation/f.a.q..md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.