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score 29 · Answer 1

jMonkey3

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux

Mobile targets:Android; iOS

Console targets:?

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score 5 · Answer 2

Tombstone Engine

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Impact

Extending the reach of a game developed with ImpactJS is easy due to the cross-platform nature the framework. There are Considerations around performance, resolution and audio, however all can be appropriately addressed when in development. Works in the browser via Canvas, even on mobile. Easily translatable into a packaged app. See More

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score 11 · Answer 4

Superpowers

Games can be published to the web with good performance, and the game-framework utilizes TypeScript to make programming games a little bit nicer. See More

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score 47 · Answer 5

MonoGame

Mobile targets:Android, IOS, Windows phone

Supported platforms:Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, PS Vita, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch

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score 60 · Answer 6

Panda3D

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux; FreeBSD

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux

Mobile targets:-

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score 724 · Answer 7

Godot

The engine's source code is easy to read and understand with a self-documenting approach to code design. You don't have to wait months or years for other people to fix an engine bug that is important to your game. Often times, you can spend an hour or two of your own time to fix whatever problems you encounter yourself. See More

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Easily expanded scripting system

With 3.0's addition of NativeScript and PluginScript via GDNative, developers can easily define bindings for new scripting languages. In addition to the primarily supported C++, GDScript, VisualScript, and C# languages, the community has contributed D, Nim, and Python as well with more on the way. See More

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Scene Based editing

Godot gives you the ability to create scenes to make your life easier, with reusable objects and things you want to incorporate in your games. This makes the game making processvery streamlined and organized. See More

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License:MIT

Price:Free

Languages:C++(library) C#, GDscript(like python)

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux

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score 48 · Answer 8

Urho3D

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux

Mobile targets:iOS; Android

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score 29 · Answer 9

PlayCanvas

PlayCanvas lets you build games that run in mobile, desktop browsers, and native mobile apps. PlayCanvas can even make games that can run inside mobile social media and instant messenger clients like Twitter and WhatsApp. See More

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Supported languages:JavaScript

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score 178 · Answer 10

AppGameKit 2.0

Every function is fully documented with examples and exercises. The Tutorial PDF is a full Introduction to 3D game programming with integrated references to every functionality and its most important usecases. The documentation is regulary updated. See More

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Plugin support for Windows

Plug-ins can now be added to the Windows platform. Create your own Tier BASIC commands and call them using the AppGameKit Basic script language style. See More

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Performance

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Dev platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

Desktop targets:Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5

Mobile targets:iOS, Android

3D:Yes

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score 34 · Answer 11

Esenthel

IAP support for both mobile and desktop devices. See More

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Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux

Mobile targets:iOS; Android

Console targets:-

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score 427 · Answer 12

libGDX

Unlike Unity or other engine, it allows to optimize a language that uses garbage collector when using patterns of objects you can control the use of memory without needing a language like C / C ++, getting the same speed in a more productive language. See More

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Similar to the Microsoft XNA framework

Old XNA users may like libGDX since it's API is actually very similar to XNA's. See More

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License:Apache

Languages:Java

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux; HTML5

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score 386 · Answer 13

Unreal Engine 4

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Rarely works

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Languages:C++, Blueprints (Visual Scripting)

Dev platforms:Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

Desktop targets:Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, SteamOS, HTML5

Mobile targets:iOS, Android

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score 66 · Answer 14

Wave

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux

Mobile targets:iOS; Android

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score 374 · Answer 15

Construct 2

You can use Cordova plugins from the community See More

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License:Proprietary

Languages:JavaScript

Dev platforms:Windows

Desktop targets:Windows; Macintosh; Linux

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score 61 · Answer 16

CryEngine

Flow graphs resemble flowcharts where each box represents a function or value, with connections between them representing program flow. This provides a better at-a-glance indication of game logic than a simple list of events, and makes complex behaviors easier to accomplish. See More

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Dedicated channel for Q&A

Crytek has launched a dedicated Q&A forum for everything Cryengine related. It's called Cryengine Answers and it's a community dedicated to sharing and answering any question related to Cryengine. See More

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Dev platforms:Windows

Desktop targets:Windows, Linux

Mobile targets:iOS, Android

Console targets:Xbox One, PS4

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score 20 · Answer 17

CopperCube

Desktop targets:Windows; Macintosh

Mobile targets:Android

Console targets:none

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score 111 · Answer 18

GameGuru

The game engine is optimized for efficient use of memory. See More

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Dev platforms:Windows

Desktop targets:Windows

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score 534 · Answer 19

Unity

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Dev platforms:Windows; OSX; Linux

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX; Linux;

Mobile targets:Windows Phone; iOS; Android; BlackBerry 10; Tizen

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score 18 · Answer 20

Skyline

Making HUDs and GUIs has never been easier See More

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PBR Workflow

Full PBR workflow, your not stuck to Secular or Metallic it has both See More

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One on one private support with engine developers

Can contact the Skyline developers and they will always respond and help as fast as they can. See More

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Dev platforms:Windows

Desktop targets:Windows

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