awesome-game-engine-dev

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

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Specialty Topics
- Geometry
  - Geometry, Surfaces, Curves, Polyhedra - Geometry topics including meshes, shapes, textures and more.
  - 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)]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)]
- 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.
  - Sprite Illuminator - Create stunning light effects with 2D sprites in your game engine.
  - Texture Packer - Create sprite sheets and optimize your game graphics.
- 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, cross-platform music studio built for clarity, automation, and sound creation.
- 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.
  - Paletton - Explore complementary colors on the color wheel.
- Generative Art
  - DALL·E - Create realistic images from natural language.
  - Midjourney - Image generation accessed through Discord.
  - Replicate - Run open source models with a cloud API.
  - Dream Fusion - Text-to-3D using 2D diffusion.
  - Magic3D - High-resolution text-to-3D content creation.
  - NeRF - View synthesis of scenes as neural radiance fields. [[Source](https://github.com/bmild/nerf)]
  - Dittytoy - Create generative music using a simple JavaScript API.
  - Stable Diffusion - Latent text-to-image diffusion model.
  - GET3D - Generative model of 3D shapes from images by _NVIDIA_. [[Source](https://github.com/nv-tlabs/GET3D)]
  - Shap-e - Generate 3D objects conditioned on text or images.
  - Sonic Pi - Kind of musical instrument where you code music.
- Level Editors
  - Radiant - Cross-platform level editor for [idTech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech) games. [[Source](https://github.com/TTimo/GtkRadiant)]
  - TrenchBroom - Level editor for Quake-engine games. [[Source](https://github.com/TrenchBroom/TrenchBroom)]
- Materials / Textures
  - ArmorLab - Generate PBR materials by drag & dropping your photos. [[Source](https://github.com/armory3d/armorlab)]
  - JSplacement - Cross-platform pseudo-random displacement map generator.
  - Material Maker - Procedural [physically-based rendering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physically_based_rendering) material maker. [[Source](https://github.com/RodZill4/material-maker)]
  - Materialize - Tool for creating materials from images to be used in games. [[Source](https://github.com/BoundingBoxSoftware/Materialize)]
  - PixPlant - Tool to allow simple creation of tiling 3D materials.
  - TexaTool - Online tool to generate tileable textures by moving sliders.
  - Texgen.js - JavaScript texture generator tool. [[Source](https://github.com/mrdoob/texgen.js)]
  - TexTools for Blender - UV and texturing tools for _Blender_. [[Source](https://bitbucket.org/renderhjs/textools-blender/src/master/)]
  - Filter Forge - Photo effects, realistic textures, and visual editor.
  - ArmorLab - Generate PBR materials by drag & dropping your photos. [[Source](https://github.com/armory3d/armorlab)]
  - Materialize - Tool for creating materials from images to be used in games. [[Source](https://github.com/BoundingBoxSoftware/Materialize)]
  - TexTools for Blender - UV and texturing tools for _Blender_. [[Source](https://bitbucket.org/renderhjs/textools-blender/src/master/)]
  - ArmorLab - Generate PBR materials by drag & dropping your photos. [[Source](https://github.com/armory3d/armorlab)]
- Modeling Tools
  - 3DS Max - Classic software for 3D modeling and rendering.
  - Asset Forge - Create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks.
  - Meshroom - 3D reconstruction, built with the [AliceVision](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision) framework. [[Source](https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom)]
  - ZBrush Core Mini - Simple and easy to use 3D sculpting tool.
  - ZBrush Core - Simple and easy to use 3D sculpting tool.
  - Blender - Standard for open source 3D modeling. [[Source](https://github.com/blender/blender)]
  - ZBrush - Simple and easy to use 3D sculpting tool.
- Particle Tools
  - Particle Designer - Powerful particle effects editor designed for macOS.
  - TimelineFX - Create amazing particle effects for your games, apps and webpages.
- Pixel Art
  - Ditherdragon - Resample art, sketches and images into pixel-art.
  - Fluid FX - Uses fluid simulation to achieve animations like explosions, blood, smoke, etc.
  - Juice FX - Add style to your sprites and animations with ease.
  - PixaTool - Create pixel art by converting your images, sprites or videos.
  - Pixel FX - Create pixel art particle effects and render them to sprite sheets.
  - Smear FX - Make your 2D animations juicy by adding some smearing to them.
- Vector Editors
  - Krita - Professional quality, open source painting. [[Source](https://github.com/KDE/krita)]
  - Vec Maker - Easy to use vector design.
  - Inkscape - Cross-platform, open source vector graphics editor. [[Source](https://github.com/inkscape/inkscape)]
- Voxel
  - Qubicle - Popular (Crossy Road, Pacman 256) voxel editor, easy creation of 3D models.
  - Ken Shape - Draw in 2D, set the depth for each pixel and generate 3D models!
  - IsoVoxel - Generates isometric pixel art from _MagicaVoxel_ .vox files.
  - Qubicle - Popular (Crossy Road, Pacman 256) voxel editor, easy creation of 3D models.
  - Qubicle - Popular (Crossy Road, Pacman 256) voxel editor, easy creation of 3D models.
  - MagicaVoxel - Lightweight voxel art editor.
Video Game Assets
- Audio Assets
  - BandLab Sounds - High-quality loops and packs used for music creation.
  - Bensound - Original music tracks, free with attribution. Perfect for games.
  - Incompetech - Nice collection of game tracks. Buy or attribution required.
  - Melody Loops - Nice mix of free and affordable music loops.
  - Royalty Free Music Clips - Huge collection of free and paid royalty free music tracks.

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C++ 174 JavaScript 98 C 78 TypeScript 51 Haxe 31 C# 31 Rust 21 Python 10 Go 8 HTML 8

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