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awesome-game-engine-dev

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

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  • Game Engines

    • AAA

      • C4 Engine - Modern console engine.
      • Frostbite - Cutting-edge games and experiences by _Electronic Arts_.
      • Gamebryo - Complete toolset, flexible workflow, rapid prototyping.
      • Snowdrop Engine - Enabling small teams to create AAA games, by _Massive Entertainment_.
      • Amazon Lumberyard - AAA engine integrated with _AWS_ and _Twitch_. Forked from _CRYENGINE_.
      • C4 Engine - Modern console engine.
      • Flax Engine - Modern 3D game engine written in C++ and C#.
      • Gamebryo - Complete toolset, flexible workflow, rapid prototyping.
      • Evergine - High-quality 3D and 2D solutions. Formerly _Wave Engine_. [[Samples](https://github.com/EvergineTeam/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_.

    • Awesome Collections

    • Commercial

      • AppGameKit - Easy and quick game making by _TheGameCreators_.
      • Corgi Engine - 2D/2.5D platformer engine built on top of _Unity_.
      • Felgo - Build cross-platform 2D games in days, built with _Qt_.
      • GameGuru - Game builder, 3D, no coding required by _TheGameCreators_.
      • Luxe - 2D first engine, with a 2D/3D renderer.
      • MANU - Unique animation system helps you create games without coding.
      • Phaser Editor 2D - Commercial, web-based editor for _Phaser_. [[GitHub](https://github.com/PhaserEditor2D/PhaserEditor2D-v3)]
      • Roblox - Create immersive 3D experiences with Lua scripting.
      • Simulation Starter Kit - Create interactive 3D apps across a range of platforms.
      • Stencyl - Quick and easy game making with visual scripting. [[GitHub](https://github.com/Stencyl/stencyl-engine)]
      • Titan Engine - Cross-platform engine, started in 2000. Formerly _Esenthel Engine_.
      • Defold - Open sourced game engine by _King_. [[Website](https://defold.com)]
      • 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](https://github.com/ConstructCommunity/awesome-construct)]
      • GameGuru - Game builder, 3D, no coding required by _TheGameCreators_.
      • Phaser Editor 2D - Commercial, web-based editor for _Phaser_. [[GitHub](https://github.com/PhaserEditor2D/PhaserEditor2D-v3)]
      • MANU - Unique animation system helps you create games without coding.
      • 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.
      • Unity - Biggest name in game engines, industry standard. [[Awesome](https://github.com/RyanNielson/awesome-unity)]
      • Unreal Engine - AAA quality, insane feature set, photoreal visuals. [[Awesome](https://github.com/insthync/awesome-ue4)]
      • Godot - Feature-packed, open source engine. Excellent! [[Awesome](https://github.com/godotengine/awesome-godot) | [Website](https://godotengine.org)]

    • Specialty

      • 3dSen - Emulator that lets you play _NES_ games in 3D. [[Website](http://www.geodstudio.net)]
      • Platforming Engine - Everything you need to create your own platformer in _GameMaker_.
      • RPG in a Box - Turn your stories and ideas into games, built with _Godot_.
      • DopeFish - Doom / Heretic map loading system for _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](https://www.renpy.org/)]
      • 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](https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/)]
      • RPG Maker - Create an original role-playing game without any specialized knowledge.

  • Learning

  • Legend

  • Libraries

    • BASIC

      • Basics Page - Comprehensive list of BASIC languages.
      • 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](https://www.thegamecreators.com/product/dark-basic-pro-open-source)]
      • 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](https://prideout.net/marching-squares)]
      • Octasphere - Generates triangle meshes for spheres, boxes, and capsules. [[Info](https://prideout.net/blog/octasphere/)]
      • Par_Shapes - Triangle meshes including solids, spheres and more. [[Info](https://prideout.net/shapes)]
      • Par_Streamlines - Triangulating thick lines, béziers, streamlines. [[Demo](https://github.com/prideout/streamlines_demo) | [Info](https://prideout.net/blog/par_streamlines/)]
      • Sokol Gfx - Cross-platform, single-file graphics. [[Examples](https://floooh.github.io/sokol-html5/)]
      • 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.
      • AVA - Tiny, minimalistic 3D game engine.
      • TIC-80 - Virtual computer for making & sharing tiny games. [[Website](https://tic80.com/)]
      • CGL - Single-header file, lots of graphics & utility functions.
      • DOME - Melds SDL2 and the Wren scripting language. [[Website](https://domeengine.com/)]
      • Entrypoint - Lightweight entry point for games.
      • FWK - 3D game framework.
      • 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](https://github.com/RandyGaul).
      • Libs - Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++, by [Mattias Gustavsson](https://github.com/mattiasgustavsson).
Programming Languages
C++ 183 JavaScript 100 C 82 TypeScript 52 C# 33 Haxe 32 Rust 26 Python 12 Go 8 HTML 8
Categories
Libraries 697 Specialty Topics 143 Tools / Software 97 Learning 83 Game Engines 54 Video Game Assets 21 Open Source Games 15 Legend 3
Sub Categories
C++ 212 JavaScript 204 C 81 Haxe 47 Computer Graphics 47 C# 43 Shaders 39 Rust 25 Physics 24 Commercial 21 Engine Development 19 Lighting / Shadows 17 Python 16 Audio Tools 16 Materials / Textures 14 AAA 13 Geometry 13 Specialty 13 Zig 12 Swift 11 Generative Art 11 Audio Assets 10 Game Development 10 Pixel Art 10 Signed Distance Fields 9 Java 9 Go 9 Awesome Collections 8 Modeling Tools 8 Model Assets 7 Pascal 7 Color / Palettes 7 Ruby 7 Fluid / Smoke 6 Lua 6 BASIC 6 Kotlin 6 Programming 6 Voxel 6 Scripting 5 Graphic Assets 5 F# 5 Entity Component Systems 5 Transparency 4 Color Manipulation 4 Dart 4 Tiling 4 Level Editors 4 Animation Software 4 Debugging / Profiling 4 Vector Editors 3 Popular 3 AI Assistants 3 Asset Pipeline / Formats 3 Particles 2 Rendering 2 Animation Info 2 Material Assets 2 Tilemap Editors 2 Particle Tools 2 Graphical User Interface 1 AI / Pathfinding 1 2D Game Dev 1 Enemies / Pathfinding 1 Network 1 Hair 1
Keywords
game-engine 106 gamedev 97 game-development 96 javascript 62 opengl 58 cpp 55 3d 45 game 44 cross-platform 40 webgl 37 graphics 37 c-plus-plus 35 c 33 vulkan 31 engine 30 linux 29 gui 29 windows 29 android 28 macos 24 ios 23 threejs 22 2d 21 python 21 rust 20 typescript 19 lua 19 react 18 3d-graphics 18 ecs 18 awesome-list 18 imgui 17 animation 17 csharp 17 cpp17 17 ui 17 haxe 16 audio 16 awesome 16 entity-component-system 16 rendering 16 open-source 15 wasm 15 metal 14 directx 14 header-only 14 physics 14 monogame 13 2d-game-engine 13 physics-engine 12