Cocos2d-x Alternatives

Cocos2d-x is described as 'Cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cocos2d-x for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Cocos2d-x alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cocos2d-x are Unity, Unreal Engine, GDevelop and Wick Editor.

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  1. Maratis icon
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    Maratis is a portable, simple and visual game development tool designed for artists and developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. SmartShape icon
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    Your project’s smart 3D digital twin as a Service. SmartShape (formerly Minko) is a technology to develop and design rich, interactive and universal 3D applications targeting computers, web browsers and mobile platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Bring your game ideas and concepts to life with 001 Game Creator, which gives you the power to create a variety of game genres. With simple point-and-click scripting, and high customisability of characters, monsters, items and magic, you can make anything possible.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  4. Lite-C icon
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    Lite-C is a programming language for multimedia applications and personal computer games, using a syntax subset of the C language with some elements of the C++ language. Its main difference to C is the native implementation of multimedia and computer game related objects like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Gamesalad icon
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    GameSalad Creator is an authoring tool developed by GameSalad, Inc. (formerly Gendai Games) aimed primarily at non-programmers for composing games in a drag-and-drop fashion, utilizing visual editors and a behavior-based logic system.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. MAGE icon
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    MAGE stands for MAKE A GAME EXPERIENCE

    The goal for MAGE is to make it as easy as possible for people to create their own 3D universes, adventures and stories. PLAY WHILE YOU CREATE!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. NasNas icon
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    NasNas is a lightweight modular 2D game framework with a focus on pixel art style games. It is entirely written in modern C++17, and doesn't have any dependency other than SFML2. It provides a clean and easy to use API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Oxygine icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  9. Orx icon
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    Orx is an open source, portable, lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine. Orx is mostly written in C, but allows you to develop with it with any language that can interface to C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical “point&click” adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Glide Engine icon
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    Glide is a SpriteKit and GameplayKit based engine for building 2d games easily, with a focus on side scrollers. Glide is developed with Swift and works on iOS, macOS and tvOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
     
  12. OHRRPGCE icon
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    The OHRRPGCE is a free open-source, cross-platform (Windows, Mac and GNU/Linux), and easy-to-use utility with which you can create your own 2D RPG game in a style similar to the classic Final Fantasy games on the NES, SNES and GBA which have so shaped the RPG genre.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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