Lists:
https://github.com/showcases/game-engines http://www.greatsoftline.com/the-best-open-source-game-engine-in-search-of-perfection/
GitHub number 1
https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx
Lists of games that use it:
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-popular-games-written-in-libGDX
- https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1qzvdg/games_using_libgdx/
Offers a nice Java API.
Games that use it:
- Five nights at Freddie's
TODO how to run demos locally / install and run a hello world?
sudo apt-get install gradle
git clone https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx
cd libgcx
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/432812/installed-libgdx-and-opengl-in-ubuntu
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/537730/setting-up-libgdx-on-ubuntu-14-04
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrlicht_Engine
Run examples: align with your OS package manager installed version:
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/irrlicht/code/branches/releases/1.8 irrlicht
cd irrlicht/exmaples
./buildAllExamples.sh
cd ../bin/Linux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_XNA
Dead: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/185894/Its_official_XNA_is_dead.php
Not a game engine, only a rendering engine.
Run samples:
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/sinbad/ogre/
hg checkout # TODO
mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
make
2D games only.
C++ API.
Used for:
- Badlands
- Castle Clash
Feels old.
Showcase:
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-fun-and-coolest-games-built-with-pygame
- http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2013/02/19/what-professional-games-use-pygame/
Very popular.
Free to start using, charges a percent of game profit after 5k units sold or something.
Has an asset store! https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/