/gedg/ - Game and Engine Dev General

Game and Engine Development General

The Game and Engine Development General, or /gedg/ is for the discussion of creating games and engines, including the many tools and libraries involved in dev.

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Engines and Libraries

Open Source

• https://assimp-docs.readthedocs.io/en/v5.1.0/: Model loading library made with C++.
• https://bevyengine.org/: Popular Rust game engine.
• https://bkaradzic.github.io/bgfx/overview.html: Thicc C/C++ rendering library with numerous bindings for other languages.
• https://github.com/ocornut/imgui: C++ GUI library.
• https://github.com/skypjack/entt: Fast entity component system written in C++.
• https://github.com/emilk/egui: Rust GUI library inspired by Dear ImGui.
• GLFW(https://www.glfw.org/): Multi platform C library for making windows and handling input events.
• https://godotengine.org/: 2D/3D game engine written in C++.
• https://love2d.org/: 2D game engine in Lua.
• https://www.monogame.net/: C# framework for making games and engines.
• https://www.ogre3d.org/: 3D game engine made in C++.
• https://www.opengl.org/: Ubiquitous cross-platform rendering API.
• https://www.pygame.org/: Python library for game dev.
• https://www.renpy.org/: Engine for making ~~porn~~ visual novels.
• https://www.raylib.com/index.html: Simple to use C game engine. The raylib website provides https://www.raylib.com/examples.html and https://www.raylib.com/games.html.
• SDL(https://www.libsdl.org/): C/C++ library that provides access to graphics, audio, and hardware.
• https://github.com/gabime/spdlog: Speedy C++ logging library.
• https://github.com/floooh/sokol: Header only C library that provides a large number of abstractions and utiliies. This includes a wrapper for OpenGL + Metal + D3D11. There are also some handy https://floooh.github.io/sokol-html5/ to look at.
• https://www.vulkan.org/: OpenGL's hot younger sister.
• https://wgpu.rs/: Rust graphics library based on the WebGPU API.

Closed Source

The term "closed" also includes "pay to view" code.

• https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/: Tool to easily make nipponese text and number simulators. But more likely you will use it to make a porn/fetish game. Allows for customization if you know Javascript.
• https://unity.com/: Widely known, uses C#.
• https://www.unrealengine.com/: AAA game engine, uses C++.