This is a free and open-source game engine and toolkit allowing you to create games of the platforming genre. Formerly known as PGE Project.
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GameMaker Alternatives
GameMaker is described as 'Welcome to the home of GameMaker, the fastest and friendliest cross-platform game development technology out there. GameMaker has been completely redeveloped with usability and efficiency at its core, allowing developers to create games within a single code base and then publish' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GameMaker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best GameMaker alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GameMaker are Unreal Engine, GDevelop, Scratch and Wick Editor.
Alternatives list
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 (Zlib)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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VERGE is a Game Creation Engine: A progam that exists to help you make games in 16bits like super nintendo.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
GameCraft (formerly Robocraft X) is a game maker where you can build your own physics games from blocks and components without the need to write code. You can also play many games that have been created and shared by others in the community.
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SpriteKit is a general-purpose framework for drawing shapes, particles, text, images, and video in two dimensions. It leverages Metal to achieve high-performance battery-efficient rendering and 2d games and other graphics-intensive apps.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV
LittleJS is a fast lightweight open source HTML5 game engine for modern web development. Its small footprint is packed with a comprehensive feature set including hybrid rendering, physics, particles, sound effects, music, and input handling.
Making games as the '80s arcade games. Includes Run'n'Gun, vertical & horizontal Shooters or Platform, makes games as Pac-Man, Commando, 1942, Ghosts 'n' Goblins or Gauntlet, with sprite sheets, pixel art, sound fx, & music. You get arcade feel.
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Amethyst uses gfx-rs to render graphics with Vulkan or Metal. It is meant to be used for 2D and 3D, with various utilities for both types of games. It should be beginner friendly but also allow more advanced uses such as custom render passes and GLSL shaders.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
QICI Engine is a free and opensource JavaScript library, based on free and opensource game engine Phaser, with a web-based comprehensive suite of HTML5 game making editor.
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Write JavaScript 2D and 3D games, compile to native. Create, play, and publish from your terminal.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- npm
- cURL
- PowerShell
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