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Chad
Mar 27, 2009, 12:07:56 AM3/27/09
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I know a much more comprehensive list of these exists on the
GameDev.net forums. But for those of you who haven't seen that one or
just want a smaller list, here you go. I'll separate these by
language and broad feature sets.
C++
General
Gosu - http://www.libgosu.org
minimalist 2D library that takes care of window creation,
input handling, loading files, rendering, playing audio, etc.
Torque - http://www.garagegames.com
3D and 2D engines (we own a license to the 3D), handles
pretty much everything and now has some tutorials for adding a real
physics library
SDL - http://www.libsdl.org
great little library that is open ended, does window
creation, input collection, etc. but leaves more up to the user than
Gosu does (also works well for building 3d on top of with OpenGL)
Graphics
Ogre3d - http://www.ogre3d.org
fantastic rendering engine, full pipeline for exporting 3D
content and displaying with custom shader support
Physics
Open Dynamics Engine - http://www.ode.org
mature rigid body 3D, known for stability, I haven't
played with this much but see it everywhere
Bullet - http://www.bulletphysics.com
created by an ex Havoc employee, rapidly growing 3D
physics library with plenty of documentation
Box2D - http://www.box2d.org
2D rigid body library, takes many ideas from Bullet.
Still not quite mature, but the core features are plenty stable and
development is still very active
Other languages (Ruby, Python, Lua)
General
Gosu - http://www.libgosu.org
has Ruby bindings, what more needs to be said?
PyGame - http://www.pygame.org
similar to Gosu, but for Python (not quite as object
oriented but still really cool). This is very mature and very well
known. It makes fewer assumptions than Gosu, and thereby leaves you
to do a little bit more work, but this just gives you more control.
Löve - http://love2d.org
another one, but for Lua. This leaves the game loop up to
you, if you care to control the update loop.
GameDev.net forums. But for those of you who haven't seen that one or
just want a smaller list, here you go. I'll separate these by
language and broad feature sets.
C++
General
Gosu - http://www.libgosu.org
minimalist 2D library that takes care of window creation,
input handling, loading files, rendering, playing audio, etc.
Torque - http://www.garagegames.com
3D and 2D engines (we own a license to the 3D), handles
pretty much everything and now has some tutorials for adding a real
physics library
SDL - http://www.libsdl.org
great little library that is open ended, does window
creation, input collection, etc. but leaves more up to the user than
Gosu does (also works well for building 3d on top of with OpenGL)
Graphics
Ogre3d - http://www.ogre3d.org
fantastic rendering engine, full pipeline for exporting 3D
content and displaying with custom shader support
Physics
Open Dynamics Engine - http://www.ode.org
mature rigid body 3D, known for stability, I haven't
played with this much but see it everywhere
Bullet - http://www.bulletphysics.com
created by an ex Havoc employee, rapidly growing 3D
physics library with plenty of documentation
Box2D - http://www.box2d.org
2D rigid body library, takes many ideas from Bullet.
Still not quite mature, but the core features are plenty stable and
development is still very active
Other languages (Ruby, Python, Lua)
General
Gosu - http://www.libgosu.org
has Ruby bindings, what more needs to be said?
PyGame - http://www.pygame.org
similar to Gosu, but for Python (not quite as object
oriented but still really cool). This is very mature and very well
known. It makes fewer assumptions than Gosu, and thereby leaves you
to do a little bit more work, but this just gives you more control.
Löve - http://love2d.org
another one, but for Lua. This leaves the game loop up to
you, if you care to control the update loop.
Chad
Mar 29, 2009, 10:21:28 PM3/29/09
to Mizzou Game Design
Just found this, seems that a couple of EA employees set out to make a
small 2D game engine for a GameJam they were planning. All in all
they ended up with a slick little engine. Definitely worth checking
out for use or just to see how they accomplished some things.
http://code.google.com/p/angel-engine/
On Mar 26, 11:07 pm, Chad <LyleBarbatu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know a much more comprehensive list of these exists on the
> GameDev.net forums. But for those of you who haven't seen that one or
> just want a smaller list, here you go. I'll separate these by
> language and broad feature sets.
>
> C++
> General
> Gosu -http://www.libgosu.org
small 2D game engine for a GameJam they were planning. All in all
they ended up with a slick little engine. Definitely worth checking
out for use or just to see how they accomplished some things.
http://code.google.com/p/angel-engine/
On Mar 26, 11:07 pm, Chad <LyleBarbatu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know a much more comprehensive list of these exists on the
> GameDev.net forums. But for those of you who haven't seen that one or
> just want a smaller list, here you go. I'll separate these by
> language and broad feature sets.
>
> C++
> General
> minimalist 2D library that takes care of window creation,
> input handling, loading files, rendering, playing audio, etc.
> Torque -http://www.garagegames.com
> input handling, loading files, rendering, playing audio, etc.
> 3D and 2D engines (we own a license to the 3D), handles
> pretty much everything and now has some tutorials for adding a real
> physics library
> SDL -http://www.libsdl.org
> pretty much everything and now has some tutorials for adding a real
> physics library
> great little library that is open ended, does window
> creation, input collection, etc. but leaves more up to the user than
> Gosu does (also works well for building 3d on top of with OpenGL)
>
> Graphics
> Ogre3d -http://www.ogre3d.org
> creation, input collection, etc. but leaves more up to the user than
> Gosu does (also works well for building 3d on top of with OpenGL)
>
> Graphics
> fantastic rendering engine, full pipeline for exporting 3D
> content and displaying with custom shader support
>
> Physics
> Open Dynamics Engine -http://www.ode.org
> content and displaying with custom shader support
>
> Physics
> mature rigid body 3D, known for stability, I haven't
> played with this much but see it everywhere
> Bullet -http://www.bulletphysics.com
> played with this much but see it everywhere
> created by an ex Havoc employee, rapidly growing 3D
> physics library with plenty of documentation
> Box2D -http://www.box2d.org
> physics library with plenty of documentation
> 2D rigid body library, takes many ideas from Bullet.
> Still not quite mature, but the core features are plenty stable and
> development is still very active
>
> Other languages (Ruby, Python, Lua)
> General
> Gosu -http://www.libgosu.org
> Still not quite mature, but the core features are plenty stable and
> development is still very active
>
> Other languages (Ruby, Python, Lua)
> General
> has Ruby bindings, what more needs to be said?
> PyGame -http://www.pygame.org
> similar to Gosu, but for Python (not quite as object
> oriented but still really cool). This is very mature and very well
> known. It makes fewer assumptions than Gosu, and thereby leaves you
> to do a little bit more work, but this just gives you more control.
> Löve -http://love2d.org
> oriented but still really cool). This is very mature and very well
> known. It makes fewer assumptions than Gosu, and thereby leaves you
> to do a little bit more work, but this just gives you more control.
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