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Wave Engine is now Evergine and not open-source anymore, access to the source code must be bought.
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Pros
Pro Integrates with popular IDEs
Wave integrates with Visual Studio on Windows, Xamarin Studio on Windows and Mac, and Monodevelop on Linux.
Pro Oculus Rift support
The Wave Engine team provides an official, open-source Oculus Rift extension via GitHub.
Pro Extensive learning material
In addition to online API documentation, the Wave Engine team provides tutorials via IndieDB, plus sample projects and "QuickStarters" via GitHub.
Cons
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Flagged Pros + Cons
Pro Lightweight and flexible API
- Component Based Game Engine
- Write code using the .NET Platform languages (C#, VB, F#)
- QuickStarters, Online Doc, Tutorials, Samples.
- Open Source components at github
Pro Supports coding in C#, F# and Visual Basic
Wave Engine explicitly supports all three core .Net Platform languages.
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Pro Many components are open source
Several core components and official extensions of the Wave Engine are publicly hosted on GitHub.
Con Mandatory splash screen
Games and applications made with Wave Engine must display a splash screen advertising it. No splash-free license option is available.
Con Mobile deployment requires paid Xamarin license
Though Wave Engine itself is strictly free, building to iOS and Android depends on Xamarin, which is licensed by subscription starting at $25/mo (per platform).
