awesome-game-engine-dev

Awesome list of resources for Game Engine Development.
https://github.com/stevinz/awesome-game-engine-dev

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Libraries
- Zig
  - Known Folders - Provides access to well-known folders across several operating systems.
  - Mach - Game engine & graphics toolkit. [[Examples](https://machengine.org/gpu/)]
  - Zig-Gamedev Project - Sample apps and libraries using DirectX 12.
  - Mini Pixel - Tiny pixel art editor. [[Download](https://fabioarnold.itch.io/mini-pixel)]
  - Pixi - Pixel art editor.
  - Cyber - Fast, efficient, and concurrent scripting language.
  - Zig-Gamedev Project - Sample apps and libraries using DirectX 12.
Open Source Games
- Awesome Collections
  - Quake Engines - List of repositories of _idTech_ engines, it's derivatives and sourceports.
  - Open Source Games - Collection of games that have the source code available on _GitHub_.
- C
  - Handmade Hero - Videos on making a game from start to finish, source code for $15.
  - Doom - The original 1993 3D masterpiece by _id Software_.
  - Gish - Open Source version of the award-winning physics platformer. [[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/9500/Gish/)]
  - Wolfenstein 3D - The original open source release of _Wolfenstein 3D_.
- C++
  - Doom 3 - _Doom 3_ GPL source release.
  - Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup - Classic roguelike adventure. [[Play](https://crawl.develz.org/)]
  - Etheral Legends - Indie Action RPG built with _Unreal Engine 4_. [[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/428980/Ethereal_Legends/)]
  - OpenLara - Classic _Tomb Raider_ open source engine. [[Play](http://xproger.info/projects/OpenLara/)]
  - TeeWorlds - Retro multiplayer shooter. [[Website](https://teeworlds.com/)]
  - zDoom - Modern, feature centric port for all Doom engine games.
  - GemRB - Open source implementation of _Bioware_'s Infinity Engine.
  - NetHack - Official _NetHack_ git repository.
- Java
  - Pixel Dungeon - Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface.
Specialty Topics
- AI / Pathfinding
  - Intro to AI - Intro to AI Programming for Games at RayWenderlich.com.
- Animation Info
  - Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics - Principles for using skeletons with IK for animation.
  - Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics - Principles for using skeletons with IK for animation.
- Asset Pipeline / Formats
  - glTF - Runtime 3D asset delivery format for scenes, meshes, materials, animations, data.
  - KTX-Software - _Khronos_ texture container tools and library for KTX/KTX2 workflow.
  - MikkTSpace - Standard for tangent space used in baking tools to produce normal maps.
- Color Manipulation
  - How to Choose Colors Procedurally - Procedural palettes and how to generate them.
  - Red, Yellow, and Blue - Convert colors from the paint color wheel to RGB space. [[Source](https://github.com/bahamas10/ryb)]
  - Red, Yellow, and Blue - Convert colors from the paint color wheel to RGB space. [[Source](https://github.com/bahamas10/ryb)]
  - How to Choose Colors Procedurally - Procedural palettes and how to generate them.
- Enemies / Pathfinding
  - Beginner's Guide to Game AI - Intro to concepts used in Enemy AI for games.
  - Intro to AI - Intro to Enemy AI Programming for Games at RayWenderlich.com.
- Entity Component Systems
  - A Simple Entity Component System - Basis for an ECS in C++.
  - Evolve Your Hierarchy - Overview of ECSs and why to use them, at [Cowboy Programming](https://cowboyprogramming.com).
  - Intro to Component-Based Architecture in Games - Component-based architecture.
  - Nomad Game Engine - Articles building an ECS from the ground up in C++. [[Source](https://github.com/taurheim/NomadECS)]
  - What's an Entity System - Overview of ECSs, how they are used in game development.
  - Intro to Component-Based Architecture in Games - Component-based architecture.
  - What's an Entity System - Overview of ECSs, how they are used in game development.
- Fluid / Smoke
  - Fluid Simulation on the GPU - GPU Gems Chapter 38 - Fast, stable fluid simulation on the GPU.
  - Fluids-2D - Real-time fluid dynamics on the GPU with the help of WebGL and Three.js. [[Source](https://github.com/mharrys/fluids-2d)]
  - GPU Fluid Experiments - Cross-platform GPU fluid simulation. [[Source](https://github.com/haxiomic/GPU-Fluid-Experiments)]
  - WebGL Fluid Simulation - Play with fluids in your browser (even on mobile). [[Source](https://github.com/PavelDoGreat/WebGL-Fluid-Simulation)]
  - GPU Fluid Experiments - Cross-platform GPU fluid simulation. [[Source](https://github.com/haxiomic/GPU-Fluid-Experiments)]
  - Fluids-2D - Real-time fluid dynamics on the GPU with the help of WebGL and Three.js.
- Geometry
  - Constructive Solid Geometry - Technique using boolean operations to combine primitive objects.
  - Geometry, Surfaces, Curves, Polyhedra - Geometry topics including meshes, shapes, textures.
  - Mesh Transforms - _Apple_'s private API for manipulation of UIView meshes. [[Source](https://github.com/olegtyshcneko/CAMeshTransform)]
  - Laplacian Smoothing - Draft notes with C++ code for laplacian smoothing of meshes.
  - Subdivision at Matt's Webcorner - Smoothing with subdivision surfaces.
  - Subdivision Surfaces - Explanations of different schemes used in subdivision surfaces.
  - csg.js - JavaScript library implementing CSG. [[Examples](https://evanw.github.io/csg.js/)]
  - three-bvh-csg - Fast and dynamic CSG on top of three-mesh-bvh.
  - three-csgmesh - Conversion of the csg.js library for use with Three.js.
  - csg.js - JavaScript library implementing CSG. [[Examples](https://evanw.github.io/csg.js/)]
  - Laplacian Smoothing - Draft notes with C++ code for laplacian smoothing of meshes.
  - Subdivision at Matt's Webcorner - Smoothing with subdivision surfaces.
  - Subdivision Surfaces - Explanations of different schemes used in subdivision surfaces.
- Hair
  - Fuzzy Meshes - Simulating fur with cones and gravity. [[Source](https://github.com/zadvorsky/three-fuzzy-mesh)]
- Lighting / Shadows
  - What Every Coder Should Know About Gamma - Light emission vs perceptual brightness.
  - Gleaner Heights: 2D Lighting - Simple intro to 2D lighting in a game with GLSL.
  - Basic Lighting - 3D lighting article by _LearnOpenGL_.
  - Forward+ Rendering / Tiled Forward Shading - Forward rendering with tiled light culling.
  - 2D Pixel Perfect Shadows - An approach to 2D pixel-perfect lights / shadows using shaders.
  - 2D Visibility - Excellent interactive tutorial on 2D visibility.
  - Fast 2D shadows in Unity - Adapting 3D rendering techniques to achieve fast 2D shadows.
  - Sight & Light - How to create 2D visibility / shadow effects for your game. [[Source](https://github.com/ncase/sight-and-light)]
  - Symmetric Shadowcasting - Common technique for calculating field of view.
  - Efficient Soft-Edged Shadows - GPU Gems 2 Chapter 17.
  - Screen Space Shadows - Great exploration of screen space shadows.
  - Shadow Mapping - Shadow mapping and the techniques used to acheive it.
  - Threex Volumetric Spotlight - Great example of volumetric lighting with Three.js. [[Source](https://github.com/jeromeetienne/threex.volumetricspotlight)]
  - Volumetric Light Approximation - Volumetric light approximation (godrays) with Three.js.
  - Gleaner Heights: 2D Lighting - Simple intro to 2D lighting in a game with GLSL.
  - Forward Rendering vs. Deferred Rendering - Techniques for handling many lights.
  - Threex Volumetric Spotlight - Great example of volumetric lighting with Three.js. [[Source](https://github.com/jeromeetienne/threex.volumetricspotlight)]
  - Forward Rendering vs. Deferred Rendering - Techniques for handling many lights.
- Network
  - Source Multiplayer Networking - _Valve_'s Source Engine multiplayer system.
- Particles
  - Particles - Article by _LearnOpenGL_.
  - Soft Particles - Implementing soft particles in WebGL.
- Physics
  - Fix Your Timestep! - How to keep physics stable with variable fps.
  - Game Physics from Scratch - Starting resource for game physics.
  - Intro to Physics - Part I: Intro to Rigid Body Dynamics.
  - Open Source Physics Engines - List of open source physics engines.
  - 2D Physics Games - Using Box2D for water, ropes, gravity, lines, vehicles, etc.
  - Basic 2D Platformer Physics - How to create a physics system for a platformer.
  - Ledge Grabbing - Tutorial on ledge grabbing in 2D platformer physics.
  - Draw SVG rope using JavaScript - SVG path vector rope drawing.
  - Ropes in Contraption Maker - Implementing the physics of ropes in _Contraption Maker_.
  - Matter.js: Chains - Chains demo using _Matter.js_. [[Source](https://github.com/liabru/matter-js/blob/master/examples/chains.js)]
  - Blob Physics - Using verlet physics to simulate 2D blobs.
  - Oryol: Bullet Cloth - _Bullet 3D_ physics cloth using the _Oryol_ game framework. [[Source](https://github.com/floooh/oryol-samples/blob/master/src/BulletPhysicsCloth/BulletPhysicsCloth.cc)]
  - Three.js: Ammo Volume - 3D soft body volumes using _Ammo.js_ and _Three.js_. [[Source](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/physics_ammo_volume.html)]
  - 2D Water - Modeling 2D water with springs.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Making a Verlet Physics Engine - Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
  - Game Physics from Scratch - Starting resource for game physics.
  - Basic 2D Platformer Physics - How to create a physics system for a platformer.
  - Matter.js: Chains - Chains demo using _Matter.js_. [[Source](https://github.com/liabru/matter-js/blob/master/examples/chains.js)]
- Rendering
  - GPU Driven Rendering - Calculating rendering on the GPU in compute shaders.
  - Model Batching - Drawing many different models in a single draw call.
- Scripting
  - Adding Languages to Game Engines - Story of adding scripting to a game.
  - Implementing a Scripting Engine - Writting a scripting engine from scratch.
  - Embedded Scripting Languages - Scripting languages and engines available as libraries.
  - List of Embedded Scripting Languages - Scripting languages to use in your app / game.
  - Scriptorium - Game scripting languages benchmarked.
- Shaders
  - 3D Game Shaders For Beginners - Shaders to improve your games. [[Source](https://github.com/lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners)]
  - Geeks3D Shader Library - Postprocessing, lighting, utlities and many more.
  - Review of Shader Languages - Differences between HLSL, GLSL, MSL, and WGSL.
  - Ronja Tutorials - Tutorials covering many shader techniques.
  - LearnOpenGL Tutorial - Techniques used for bloom lighting, presented in OpenGL.
  - Three.js: Bloom Example - WebGL bloom postprocessing using _Three.js_. [[Source](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/webgl_postprocessing_unreal_bloom.html)]
  - Unity Tutorial - How to add support for a bloom effect.
  - Basic GLSL Displacement Shader - Basic vertex displacement shader using Three.js.
  - Dithering on the GPU - Ordered dithering in glsl using 8x8 Bayer Dithering.
  - Fire Shader in GLSL - Fire intro shader using noise textures and masking.
  - Simplex 3D Noise - Simplex noise fire simulation shader at ShaderToy.
  - Drawing Lines - Techniques for 2D/3D line rendering.
  - Book of Shaders: Noise - Excellent GLSL noise article by Book of Shaders.
  - Color Banding - Using noise / dithering to improve drawing gradients.
  - Understanding Perlin Noise - Analysis of Perlin Noise, written in C#. [[Source](https://gist.github.com/Flafla2/f0260a861be0ebdeef76)]
  - Fast Solid 2D Outline - Drawing an outline on the alpha channel of a 2D image.
  - Let it glow! - Article with shader code on dynamically adding outlines to characters.
  - Outline Shader - Nice outline shader. [[Source](https://github.com/steincodes/godot-shader-tutorials)]
  - Outlines w/Surface IDs - Technique combining depth, normals and surface IDs. [[Source](https://github.com/OmarShehata/webgl-outlines)]
  - Sketchy Outling - Article on producing a sketchy outline look.
  - Pixel Art Shaders - Useful GLSL postprocessing shaders for pixel art games.
  - Three.js: Pixelation Example - WebGL pixelation postprocessing using _Three.js_. [[Source](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/webgl_postprocessing_pixel.html)]
  - Image Editor Effects - WebGL image filters / effects shaders. [[Source](https://github.com/alaingalvan/image-editor-effects)]
  - How do I perform an xBR or hqx filter in XNA? - Upscaling shader code.
  - hqx - Wikipedia article about the hqx pixel art upscaling algorithm developed by Maxim Stepin.
  - Flat and Wireframe Shading - Flat shading / wireframes using Barycentric Coordinates.
  - 2D Water Shader - GLSL fragment shader to simulate 2D water surface in _libGDX_.
  - CrossShader - Cross-compiling shaders between GLSL, HLSL, Metal, and more.
  - Shader Park - Shader programming in JavaScript.
  - SHADERed - Shader IDE, written in C++.
  - Psrdnoise - Tiling simplex flow noise in 2D/3D.
  - Shadertoy - Build and share shaders online.
  - Psrdnoise - Tiling simplex flow noise in 2D/3D.
  - WebGL Noise - Maintained branch of the original _Ashima Arts_ 2D, 3D and 4D noise functions.
  - Let it glow! - Article with shader code on dynamically adding outlines to characters.
  - Review of Shader Languages - Differences between HLSL, GLSL, MSL, and WGSL.
  - Image Editor Effects - WebGL image filters / effects shaders.
  - Understanding Perlin Noise - Analysis of Perlin Noise, written in C#. [[Source](https://gist.github.com/Flafla2/f0260a861be0ebdeef76)]
- Signed Distance Fields
  - CSG w/SDFs - Using circular SDFs to build 3D objects with CSG. [[Source](https://github.com/jasmcole/Blog/tree/master/CSG)]
  - Basic 2D SDFs - Basics of rendering 2D shapes with SDFs in shaders.
  - Bezier Strokes - Blog post on rendering bezier strokes with SDFs.
  - 2D SDFs - Signed distance functions for basic 2D primitives.
  - 3D SDFs - Signed distance functions for basic 3D primitives.
  - 2D SDFs - Signed distance functions for basic 2D primitives.
  - 3D SDFs - Signed distance functions for basic 3D primitives.
  - Signed Distance Field Resources - Tutorials, papers, software, demos, discussions, etc.
  - SDF Mesh Generation - Python API to generate 3D meshes with SDFs.
- Tiling
  - Auto-Tile - How to use tile bitmasking to auto-tile your level layouts.
  - Blob Tileset - Tutorial on 2D edge and corner matched tilesets.
  - List of Eucliden Uniform Tilings - Wikipedia article on uniform tiling, space-filling polygons.
  - Space-Filling Polyhedron - [Polyhedra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Space-filling_polyhedra), 3D polygons that fill space. [[5 Space-Filling Polyhedra](https://www.steelpillow.com/polyhedra/five_sf/five.html)]
  - Auto-Tile - How to use tile bitmasking to auto-tile your level layouts.
- Transparency
  - Depth Peeling - Method for order-independent transparency.
  - Intro to Order-Independent Transparency - Article by _LearnOpenGL_.
  - Weighted, Blended - Method for order-independent transparency.
  - Weighted, Blended - Method for order-independent transparency.
Tools / Software
- 2D Game Dev
  - ShoeBox - Drag & drop tools for sprite sheets, bitmap fonts, texture ripping, tile maps and more.
- AI Assistants
  - Coplay - Multi-agent AI Assistant for all aspects of Unity game developement.
  - Unity Muse - Unity's suite of AI products.
  - Coplay - Multi-agent AI Assistant for all aspects of Unity game developement.
- Animation Software
  - DragonBones - Open source 2D game skeletal animation solution. [[Source](https://github.com/DragonBones/)]
  - Mixamo - Animate 3D characters for games, films and more. By _Adobe_.
  - Spine - 2D animation for games.
- Audio Tools
  - Cakewalk - Complete music production package.
  - FamiStudio - Music editor targeted at chiptune artists and NES homebrewers. [[Source](https://github.com/BleuBleu/FamiStudio)]
  - PixiTracker - Quickly create musical sketches, chiptunes and sound experiments.
  - Sound Box - Compose synthetic music in your browser, good for small demos. [[Source](https://github.com/mbitsnbites/soundbox)]
  - SunVox - Powerful [modular synthesizer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_synthesizer) with pattern-based sequencer ([tracker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_tracker)).
  - ZzFXM - Music generator for use in tiny JavaScript apps. [[Source](https://github.com/keithclark/ZzFXM)]
  - ChipTone - Tool for generating sound effects.
  - sfxia - Tiny sound generator.
  - LMMS - Cross-platform music production software. [[Source](https://github.com/lmms/lmms)]
  - ZzFX - Tiny JavaScript sound FX system / Zuper Zmall Zound Zynth. [[Source](https://github.com/KilledByAPixel/ZzFX)]
  - Sound Box - Compose synthetic music in your browser, good for small demos.
  - KiraStudio - Lightweight music studio built for clarity, automation, and sound creation.
  - Bosca Ceoil - Easy to use tool for creating music.
  - fmod - Popular (_Hades_, _Celeste_, _Untitled Goose Game_) audio software for games.
- Awesome Collections
  - Itch.io Tools - Huge collection of game dev tools on _Itch.io_.
  - Tiny Tools - Tools that might be useful in building your game.
- Color / Palettes
  - Huemint - Uses machine learning to generate colors for graphic design.
  - Lospec - Database of palettes for pixel art.
  - COLOURlovers - Share colors, palettes and patterns.
  - Coolors - Fast color palette generator.
  - Colormind - Color scheme generator, can learn color styles from photographs, art, etc.

Programming Languages

C++ 178 JavaScript 98 C 79 TypeScript 52 Haxe 32 C# 32 Rust 23 Python 12 Go 8 HTML 8

awesome-game-engine-dev

Libraries

Zig

Open Source Games

Awesome Collections

C

C++

Java

Specialty Topics

AI / Pathfinding

Animation Info

Asset Pipeline / Formats

Color Manipulation

Enemies / Pathfinding

Entity Component Systems

Fluid / Smoke

Geometry

Hair

Lighting / Shadows

Network

Particles

Physics

Rendering

Scripting

Shaders

Signed Distance Fields

Tiling

Transparency

Tools / Software

2D Game Dev

AI Assistants

Animation Software

Audio Tools

Awesome Collections

Color / Palettes