The Forge AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like The Forge

The Forge is described as 'Cross-platform rendering framework PC, Linux, Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, Switch and Stadia. Particularly, the graphics layer of The Forge supports cross-platform descriptor management, multi-threaded and asynchronous resource loading, shader' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to The Forge for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best The Forge alternative is Torque 3D, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like The Forge are OGRE, Pygame, Zmodeler and Intrinsic.

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The Forge is a cross-platform rendering framework PC, Linux, Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, Switch and Stadia. Particularly, the graphics layer of The Forge supports cross-platform descriptor management,...

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The Forge alternatives page was last updated Feb 6, 2020
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  1. Torque 3D icon
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    Torque 3D is a easy-to-use game creation platform. Architected from the ground up for maximum flexibility and performance across a wide range of hardware and built upon the Frontline award-winning Torque Game Engine Advanced, Torque 3D comes equipped with a full suite of tools...

    70 Torque 3D alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Torque 3D VS The Forge

     
    • Torque 3D is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to The Forge.

    • Torque 3D is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to The Forge.

    • Torque 3D is Free and Open SourceThe Forge is also Free and Open Source
  2. OGRE icon
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    OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.

    23 OGRE alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    OGRE Features

    1.  3D Renderer

    OGRE VS The Forge

     
    • OGRE is the most popular Mac alternative to The Forge.

    • OGRE is Free and Open SourceThe Forge is also Free and Open Source
  3. Pygame icon
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    Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing video games. Pygame adds functionality on top of the excellent SDL library. This allows you to create fully featured games and multimedia programs in the python language.

    71 Pygame alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • HP webOS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AmigaOS

    Pygame Features

    1.  Run from python interpreter

    Pygame VS The Forge

     
    • Pygame is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to The Forge.

    • Pygame is Free and Open SourceThe Forge is also Free and Open Source
  4. Zmodeler icon
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    ZModeler (or Zanoza Modeler) is a 3D modeling application. It is aimed at modelers who model for computer games such as 18 Wheels of Steel, Grand Theft Auto, Need for Speed, Midtown Madness or similar video games.

    66 Zmodeler alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Zmodeler VS The Forge

     
  5. Intrinsic icon
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    Intrinsic is a Vulkan based cross-platform graphics and game engine.

    26 Intrinsic alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Intrinsic VS The Forge

     
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    The Grit Game Engine is an MIT-Licensed Open Source Game Engine that is highly scriptable via Lua. It supports huge open world maps and dynamically streams assets from disk. The Grit Game Engine is a community project to build a free game engine (and toolchain) for implementing...

    20 Grit Game Engine alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update is from May 2018.

    Grit Game Engine VS The Forge

     
  7. Awakening icon
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    Awakening is a powerful professional real-time 3D solution. With it, you can easily create eye-catching interactive 3D presentations, brief films, games...

    57 Awakening alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2011, and the official website is unavailable.

    Awakening VS The Forge

     
  8. Arianne icon
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    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...

    14 Arianne alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Arianne Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Online Gaming

    Arianne VS The Forge

     
  9. HGE icon
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    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...

    15 HGE alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HGE Features

    1.  C++

    HGE VS The Forge

     
  10. MOS icon
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    MOS is a lightweight cross platform game engine/library, written in modern C++. Some of the included functionality is: 3D mesh rendering, physically based material model, global illumination, particle rendering, text rendering, collision detection, 3D audio playback and asset...

    11 MOS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    MOS VS The Forge

     
  11. libtwo icon
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    two is an all-purpose c++ app prototyping library, focused towards live graphical apps and games.

    23 libtwo alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    libtwo VS The Forge

     
  12. irrlicht icon
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    The Irrlicht Engine is an open source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++. It is completely cross-platform, using D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderers, and has all of the state-of-the-art features which can be found in commercial 3d engines.

    13 irrlicht alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    irrlicht Features

    1.  Portable

    irrlicht VS The Forge

     
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