Allegro Alternatives

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   GLFW

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   GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan development on the desktop. It provides a simple API for creating windows, contexts and surfaces, receiving input and events.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Zlib)

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   pyglet

    4 likes

   Cross-platform windowing and multimedia library for Python.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Arianne

    2 likes

   Arianne is a multiplayer online games framework and engine to develop turn based and real time games. It provides a simple way of creating games on a portable and robust server architecture. The server is coded in Java and you may use Python for your game description, provides a...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

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   Oxygine

    2 likes

   Oxygine is completely free and open source (MIT license) 2D game engine, available on GitHub. It is written in C++ and runs on MacOSX, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Software Framework

   Origin

   • Russia

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Chrome OS
   • iPad

   • Russia

   

   

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   AGKSharp

    4 likes

   AGKSharp is a free implementation of AppGameKit to be used with C# and .NET.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Game Development
   • Software Framework

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   SDL Game Engine

    1 like

   A platform independent 2d game programming framework for c/c++ programmers with least possible dependencies for easy porting and with focus on easy API calls and the requirement of commercial programmers.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Development

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • SDL
   • C++

   

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   HGE

    2 likes

   HGE is an easy to use yet powerful hardware accelerated 2D game engine. It is a full featured middleware for all who want to develop commercial quality 2D games rapidly and easily. It covers all imaginable 2D game genres: you could create everything from a simple puzzle to...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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    Crystal Space

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    Crystal Space is a mature, full-featured Software Development Kit (SDK) providing real-time 3D graphics for applications such as games and virtual reality. It is free (LGPL) and cross-platform (Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Graphics Library

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    ursina

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    Ursina makes it easier to develop games, visualizations and other kinds software. The concise API combined with the power of the Python programming language, makes life easier for the developer so they can focus on what they are making.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

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    Wonderland Engine

     2 likes

    Build 3D apps with near-native 3D performance that run on mobile, desktop and XR.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Game Development

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    WADE

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    A unique combination of a powerful JS framework + an amazing set of authoring tools, WADE doesn't force you to do things one way or another - you are in charge!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome

    

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    Python Turtle

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    Turtle graphics is a popular way for introducing programming to kids. It was part of the original Logo programming language developed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon in 1967.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • United States

    

    

    

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