Game Engines

AAA

• Amazon Lumberyard - AAA engine integrated with AWS and Twitch. Forked from CRYENGINE.
• Flax Engine - Modern 3D game engine written in C++ and C#.
• Evergine - High-quality 3D and 2D solutions. Formerly Wave Engine. [Samples]
• Gamebryo - Complete toolset, flexible workflow, rapid prototyping.
• O3DE - Multi-platform AAA engine. Cinema-quality 3D. Successor to Lumberyard.
• Unigine - Real-time 3D engine. Photorealistic graphics, large virtual worlds, C++ and C# API.
• CRYENGINE - Powerful real-time game development platform by Crytek.
• C4 Engine - Modern console engine.

Awesome Collections

• Wikipedia: List of Game Engines - Game engines along with their platforms and licenses.
• Cool Engines - List of open source graphic & game engines.
• Awesome Game Engines - List of game engines.
• Fantasy Consoles - List of available fantasy consoles/computers.

Commercial

• Corgi Engine - 2D/2.5D platformer engine built on top of Unity.
• Felgo - Build cross-platform 2D games in days, built with Qt.
• Luxe - 2D first engine, with a 2D/3D renderer.
• Simulation Starter Kit - Create interactive 3D apps across a range of platforms.
• Titan Engine - Cross-platform engine, started in 2000. Formerly Esenthel Engine.
• Defold - Open sourced game engine by King. [Website]
• NeoAxis - Versatile real-time platform for making games and apps.
• AppGameKit - Easy and quick game making by TheGameCreators.
• Construct - Drag and drop game builder. [Awesome]
• GameGuru - Game builder, 3D, no coding required by TheGameCreators.
• Phaser Editor 2D - Commercial, web-based editor for Phaser. [GitHub]
• MANU - Unique animation system helps you create games without coding.
• Stencyl - Quick and easy game making with visual scripting.
• Cave Engine - Fast and easy Python game engine for 3D.
• GameSalad - Sophisticated visual programming interface.
• PlayCanvas - Popular (Flappy Bird) WebGL game engine. [Awesome | GitHub]

Popular

• Unity - Biggest name in game engines, industry standard. [Awesome]
• Unreal Engine - AAA quality, insane feature set, photoreal visuals. [Awesome]
• Godot - Feature-packed, open source engine. Excellent! [Awesome | Website]

Specialty

• 3dSen - Emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D. [Website]
• Platforming Engine - Everything you need to create your own platformer in GameMaker.
• DopeFish - Doom / Heretic map loading system for GameMaker.
• GB Studio - Retro adventure game creator for Game Boy.
• HARFANG 3D - 3D visualization library for industry professionals, usable in C++, Python, Lua, Go.
• Ren'Py - Visual novel engine. [Website]
• Twine - Tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
• Unbound - SDF‑powered game engine. Intuitively sculpt & script 3D games.
• RPG in a Box - Turn your stories and ideas into games, built with Godot.
• Adventure Game Studio - Open source engine for point-and-click adventure games. [Website]
• RPG Maker - Create an original role-playing game without any specialized knowledge.

Learning

Computer Graphics

• GPU Gems - Programming techniques, tips, and tricks for real-time graphics.
• GPU Gems 2 - Programming techniques for high-performance graphics.
• GPU Gems 3 - Collection of state-of-the-art GPU programming examples hosted by NVIDIA.
• Interactive Computer Graphics - Top-down approach to computer graphics.
• DirectX - Microsoft API used to create 2D/3D games and apps. [Blog | Samples]
• Glide - Developed by 3dfx Interactive for their Voodoo Graphics in the 1990's.
• Glide Open Source Project - Glide open source project.
• Mantle - Developed by AMD as an alternative to Direct3D and OpenGL.
• Metal - API for developing 3D apps on Apple platforms. [Samples]
• OpenGL - The industry's foundation for high-performance graphics.
• WebGL - Open web standard 3D graphics API. [GitHub]
• WebGL Tutorial - How to use the canvas element to draw WebGL graphics.
• WebGPU - Next generation web 3D graphics API. [GitHub]
• WebGPU Demos - Collection of simple WebGPU examples by Apple.
• CUDA - Developed by NVIDIA for parallel computing and programming.
• DirectCompute - Developed by Microsoft for using compute shaders with DirectX 10 & 11.
• OpenCL - For writing programs that execute across CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.
• Riemer's MonoGame Tutorials - Everything you need to start programming with MonoGame.
• Paper Bug - Indexed compendium of graphics programming papers.
• Awesome Demoscene - Underground computer art culture exploring computer graphics and sound.
• Awesome Graphics Libraries - Curated list of 3D graphics libraries and resources.
• WebGL 2 Samples - Short and easy to understand samples demonstrating WebGL 2 features.
• XNA Game Studio Archive - Required visit for MonoGame / FNA / XNA developers.
• GPU Performance for Game Artists - Common art-related performance issues.
• Physically-Based Rendering - From the Academy Award winning authority on PBR.
• Lighthouse3d.com - Collection of tutorials on OpenGL, GLSL and other graphics topics.
• DirectXTutorial.com - Older resource with lots of tutorials on DirectX versions 9 & 11.
• Vulkan Tutorial - Teaches the basics of using Vulkan graphics and compute API.
• WebGL 2 Fundamentals - Updated to use the WebGL2 standard.
• RB Whitaker's Wiki - Tutorials on C#, MonoGame, XNA, and more.
• Learn OpenGL - Incredible! In depth tutorials for modern graphics programming.
• WebGL Fundamentals - Full understanding of what WebGL really is and how it works.
• Comparison of Modern Graphics APIs - Modern graphics APIs vs older APIs.
• Graphics Codex - Essential digital reference and learning resource for computer graphics.
• Learn WebGPU - WebGPU graphics API walk-through.
• WebGPU Fundamentals - Set of articles to help learn WebGPU.
• Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition - Complete reference on 3D interactive computer graphics.
• Game Art Tricks - Articles exploring different graphics techniques.
• Scratchapixel - In depth coverage of computer graphics topics.
• Metal Tutorial - Learn how to get started with Metal at RayWenderlich.com.
• OpenGL Tutorial - Collection of OpenGL tutorials with source code examples.
• Vulkan - Modern, cross-platform graphics API. [Samples]

Engine Development

• How to Become a Game Engine Developer - Starting point on game engine development.
• Activision Research - Blog posts, articles and presentations from research within Activision.
• EA Technology - Research on game tech including info on the Frostbite engine.
• Ubisoft Technology - Learn about in-house tech including the Anvil and Snowdrop engines.
• tri-Ace Research - Publications from the Research and Development Department at tri-Ace Inc.
• Game Engine Architecture - Theory and practice of game engine development.
• Data-Oriented Design - Practical methodology that reduces complexity, improves performance.
• Game Engine Black Book: DOOM - History, engineering, and development of the Doom engine.
• Bits, Pixels, Cycles and More - Graphics, optimization and low-level engine programming.
• Bitsquid Development Blog - Archived engine architecture, rendering and tools articles.
• cybereality - Custom 3D engine development, graphics and game technology.
• Digital Grove - Low-level programming, tools, UI, debugging and game engines.
• Harold Serrano - Engine architecture, graphics and building the Untold Engine.
• Our Machinery Blog Archive - Engine architecture, rendering, ECS and tooling.
• The Danger Zone - Real-time rendering, GPU programming and graphics APIs.
• The ryg blog - Low-level programming, graphics, compression and computer architecture.
• Wicked Engine Devblog - Rendering, graphics and engine development in Wicked Engine.
• 3D Game Engine Programming - Articles on graphics, physics, AI, I/O and more.

Game Development

• Magic Tools - List of game development resources to make magic happen.
• Art of Game Design - Teaches game design in an accessible manner.
• GameDev.net - Game dev forums, tutorials, blogs, projects, portfolios, and news.
• Lazy Foo' Tutorials - Beginning game programming with SDL.
• Awesome Gamedev - Collection of free resources for making games.
• GameDev-Resources - Wonderful list of game development resources.
• Game Developer - Industry blogs, events, jobs, updates and more. Formerly Gamasutra.
• itch.io - Game dev resources and platform to showcase / promote / buy & sell games.
• GameFromScratch.com - Game dev news, tutorials and much more.
• Game Programming Patterns - Patterns found in games that make code easier to understand.
• Web Game Dev - Resources on techniques and tools around JavaScript game development.

Graphical User Interface

• List of Widget Toolkits - Gui frameworks across all platforms and languages.

Programming

• Deadlock Empire - Interactive tutorial to master threads and concurrency.
• Games of Coding - Games that teach you a programming language.
• Learn to Program - Educational resources to learn to program.
• TIOBE Index - Popularity of programming languages, updated monthly.
• Every Programmer Should Know - Technical things every developer should know.
• Big-O Cheat Sheet - Big-O complexities of algorithms used in computer science.
• Geeks for Geeks - Tutorials, articles, courses, coding competitions, jobs and more.

Legend

Model Assets

• Public Domain License
• Permissive License
• Copyleft License

Libraries

BASIC

• Basic for Qt - BASIC language and environment built with Qt. Formerly Q7Basic.
• QB64 - Modern BASIC+OpenGL language, retains QBasic / QB4.5 compatibility.
• Dark Basic - BASIC programming language for creating apps and games. [Website]
• Awesome Basic - List of awesome BASIC dialects, IDEs, and tutorials.
• Visual Basic - Object-oriented language for Windows by Microsoft.

C

• Learn C Programming - Excellent tutorials that will guide you to learn C programming.
• stb_vorbis - Ogg Vorbis audio decoder.
• stb_truetype - Single-header file library that processes TrueType font files.
• Marching Squares - Convert images into triangles. [Info]
• Octasphere - Generates triangle meshes for spheres, boxes, and capsules. [Info]
• Par_Shapes - Triangle meshes including solids, spheres and more. [Info]
• Par_Streamlines - Triangulating thick lines, béziers, streamlines. [Demo | Info]
• Sokol Gfx - Cross-platform, single-file graphics. [Examples]
• Sokol Gamepad - Branch with addon support for gamepads in Sokol.
• Raymath - Math library included in the RayLib game framework.
• glfw - Cross-platform API for windowing, graphics contexts, input and events.
• MiniFB - Creates a cross-platform frame buffer for drawing pixels.
• SDL - Low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware.
• Sokol - Single-file libraries for graphics, windowing, file handling, audio and more.
• Miniaudio - Single-file audio playback and capture library.
• SDL_mixer - Audio mixer that supports various file formats for SDL.
• SoLoud - Free, easy, portable audio engine for games.
• Cosmopolitan - Build-once run-anywhere C library.
• Flecs - Fast and lightweight entity component system in C99.
• Assimp - Open Asset Importer Library. Loads 40+ 3D file formats.
• cgltf - Single-file glTF 2.0 loader and writer in C99.
• dr_libs - Single-file audio decoding libraries.
• Libspng - Simple, modern libpng alternative.
• Miniz - Single-file drop-in replacement for zlib's most used APIs (libpng and libzip).
• OBJ GL Loader v2 - Quite fast wavefront OBJ loader for OpenGL.
• PL_MPEG - Single-file library for decoding MPEG1 Video and MP2 Audio.
• QOI - The “Quite OK Image Format” for fast, lossless image compression.
• HexEmbed - Small utility to help embed files in C/C++ programs in an easy, cross-platform way.
• Incbin - Include binary and text files in your C/C++ apps with ease.
• PhysicsFS - Portable, flexible file I/O abstraction. Provides access to various archives.
• Where Am I - Locates the current path on the local file system.
• Font Stash - Lightweight library that uses stb_truetype to render fonts to a texture atlas.
• IconFontCppHeaders - C/C++ headers and C# classes for icon fonts.
• Vertext - Generates vertices for rendering text, requires stb_truetype.
• TIC-80 - Virtual computer for making & sharing tiny games. [Website]
• CGL - Single-header file, lots of graphics & utility functions.
• DOME - Melds SDL2 and the Wren scripting language. [Website]
• Entrypoint - Lightweight entry point for games.
• Gunslinger - Header-only C99 framework for multimedia apps.
• RayLib - Simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy 2D/3D videogame programming.
• Blob - Single-header implementation of a contour tracing algorithm.
• NanoVG - OpenGL-based 2D vector drawing library for UI and visualizations.
• Tilengine - 2D graphics with raster effects for retro style game development.
• Sokol Graphics Painter - 2D graphics painter implemented with Sokol.
• cImgui - Thin C wrapper generated for Dear ImGui.
• lvgl - Embedded gui library, many widgets and advanced visual effects.
• NAppGUI - Professional, well documented SDK to build desktop apps.
• Native File Dialog - Portably invoke native file open / save dialogs.
• Nuklear - Single-header immediate mode cross-platform gui library.
• libGamepad - Cross-platform library for gamepad input.
• Cute Headers - Single-file libraries primarily used for games, by Randy Gaul.
• Libs - Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++, by Mattias Gustavsson.
• Pico Headers - Single-file, cross-platform libraries for game development.
• stb - Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++, by Sean Barrett.
• Light Mapper - Single-file library for lightmap baking by using your existing OpenGL renderer.
• Cglm - Highly optimized OpenGL math.
• Kazmath - Math library targeted at games.
• librg - Middleware between networking / file-streaming libraries and app logic.
• Chipmunk - Fast, lightweight 2D game physics library.
• Duktape - Embeddable JavaScript engine with a focus on portability and compact footprint.
• JerryScript - Ultra-lightweight JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things.
• Lua - Powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
• QuickJS - Small and embeddable JavaScript engine.
• Allegro - Cross-platform library aimed at video game and multimedia apps.
• AVA - Tiny, minimalistic 3D game engine.
• FWK - 3D game framework.
• Clay - High performance 2D UI layout library.
• ENet - Simple, lightweight and reliable UDP networking library.
• netcode - Secure client/server protocol for multiplayer games built on top of UDP.
• Single-file Libs - Amazing collection of single-file C/C++ libraries compiled from many authors.
• Handmade Math - Simple, public domain math library for games and computer graphics.