Awesome Game Engines
List of game engines.
List of game engines.
Awesome Game Engine Development
Awesome list of resources for Game Engine Development.
This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.
Game Engines >Awesome Collections
Cool Engines
List of open source graphic & game engines.
Fantasy Consoles
List of available fantasy consoles/computers.
Wikipedia: List of Game Engines
Game engines along with their platforms and licenses.
Game Engines >Popular
Game Engines >AAA
Amazon Lumberyard
AAA engine integrated with AWS and Twitch. Forked from CRYENGINE.
C4 Engine
Modern console engine.
Evergine
High-quality 3D and 2D solutions. Formerly Wave Engine. [Samples]
In 2 lists
Flax Engine
Modern 3D game engine written in C++ and C#.
In 4 listsDetails
Gamebryo
Complete toolset, flexible workflow, rapid prototyping.
Unigine
Real-time 3D engine. Photorealistic graphics, large virtual worlds, C++ and C# API.
In 2 lists
Game Engines >Commercial
AppGameKit
Easy and quick game making by TheGameCreators.
Buildbox
Create 3D & 2D video games without coding.
Cave Engine
Fast and easy Python game engine for 3D.
Construct
Drag and drop game builder. [Awesome]
In 3 lists
Corgi Engine
2D/2.5D platformer engine built on top of Unity.
Defold
Open sourced game engine by King. [Website]
In 2 lists
Felgo
Build cross-platform 2D games in days, built with Qt.
GameGuru
Game builder, 3D, no coding required by TheGameCreators.
GameMaker
Popular 2D game development environment by YoYo Games.
GameSalad
Sophisticated visual programming interface.
In 2 lists
Luxe
2D first engine, with a 2D/3D renderer.
MANU
Unique animation system helps you create games without coding.
NeoAxis
Versatile real-time platform for making games and apps.
In 3 lists
Phaser Editor 2D
Commercial, web-based editor for Phaser. [GitHub]
In 2 lists
PlayCanvas
Popular (Flappy Bird) WebGL game engine. [Awesome | GitHub]
In 9 listsDetails
Roblox
Create immersive 3D experiences with Lua scripting.
Simulation Starter Kit
Create interactive 3D apps across a range of platforms.
Stencyl
Quick and easy game making with visual scripting.
In 2 lists
Titan Engine
Cross-platform engine, started in 2000. Formerly Esenthel Engine.
Game Engines >Specialty
3dSen
Emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D. [Website]
Adventure Game Studio
Open source engine for point-and-click adventure games. [Website]
In 2 lists
DopeFish
Doom / Heretic map loading system for GameMaker.
GB Studio
Retro adventure game creator for Game Boy.
In 2 lists
HARFANG 3D
3D visualization library for industry professionals, usable in C++, Python, Lua, Go.
In 4 listsDetails
Platforming Engine
Everything you need to create your own platformer in GameMaker.
RPG in a Box
Turn your stories and ideas into games, built with Godot.
RPG Maker
Create an original role-playing game without any specialized knowledge.
In 2 lists
Twine
Tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
Unbound
SDF‑powered game engine. Intuitively sculpt & script 3D games.
In 2 lists
Learning >Computer Graphics
Awesome Demoscene
Underground computer art culture exploring computer graphics and sound.
Awesome Graphics Libraries
Curated list of 3D graphics libraries and resources.
In 2 lists
Comparison of Modern Graphics APIs
Modern graphics APIs vs older APIs.
GPU Performance for Game Artists
Common art-related performance issues.
In 2 lists
GPU Gems
Programming techniques, tips, and tricks for real-time graphics.
In 3 lists
GPU Gems 2
Programming techniques for high-performance graphics.
In 2 lists
GPU Gems 3
Collection of state-of-the-art GPU programming examples hosted by NVIDIA.
In 2 lists
Interactive Computer Graphics
Top-down approach to computer graphics.
Physically-Based Rendering
From the Academy Award winning authority on PBR.
Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition
Complete reference on 3D interactive computer graphics.
In 2 lists
Game Art Tricks
Articles exploring different graphics techniques.
Graphics Codex
Essential digital reference and learning resource for computer graphics.
Lighthouse3d.com
Collection of tutorials on OpenGL, GLSL and other graphics topics.
Paper Bug
Indexed compendium of graphics programming papers.
In 2 lists
Scratchapixel
In depth coverage of computer graphics topics.
In 4 lists
DirectX
Microsoft API used to create 2D/3D games and apps. [Blog | Samples]
DirectXTutorial.com
Older resource with lots of tutorials on DirectX versions 9 & 11.
Glide
Developed by 3dfx Interactive for their Voodoo Graphics in the 1990's.
Glide Open Source Project
Glide open source project.
Mantle
Developed by AMD as an alternative to Direct3D and OpenGL.
Metal
API for developing 3D apps on Apple platforms. [Samples]
In 2 lists
Metal Tutorial
Learn how to get started with Metal at RayWenderlich.com.
Learn OpenGL
🔥 - Incredible! In depth tutorials for modern graphics programming.
In 4 lists
Mesa 3D
Open source implementations of OpenGL.
In 2 lists
OpenGL
The industry's foundation for high-performance graphics.
In 3 lists
OpenGL Tutorial
Collection of OpenGL tutorials with source code examples.
In 2 lists
Vulkan
Modern, cross-platform graphics API. [Samples]
In 3 lists
Vulkan Tutorial
Teaches the basics of using Vulkan graphics and compute API.
In 2 lists
WebGL
Open web standard 3D graphics API. [GitHub]
WebGL Fundamentals
🔥 - Full understanding of what WebGL really is and how it works.
In 4 lists
WebGL 2 Fundamentals
Updated to use the WebGL2 standard.
In 3 lists
WebGL 2 Samples
Short and easy to understand samples demonstrating WebGL 2 features.
WebGL Tutorial
How to use the canvas element to draw WebGL graphics.
Learn WebGPU
WebGPU graphics API walk-through.
In 3 lists
WebGPU
Next generation web 3D graphics API. [GitHub]
In 2 lists
WebGPU Demos
Collection of simple WebGPU examples by Apple.
WebGPU Fundamentals
Set of articles to help learn WebGPU.
In 3 lists
CUDA
Developed by NVIDIA for parallel computing and programming.
In 2 lists
DirectCompute
Developed by Microsoft for using compute shaders with DirectX 10 & 11.
OpenCL
For writing programs that execute across CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.
In 3 lists
RB Whitaker's Wiki
Tutorials on C#, MonoGame, XNA, and more.
Riemer's MonoGame Tutorials
Everything you need to start programming with MonoGame.
In 2 lists
Learning >Engine Development
How to Become a Game Engine Developer
Starting point on game engine development.
Data-Oriented Design
Practical methodology that reduces complexity, improves performance.
In 2 lists
Game Engine Architecture
Theory and practice of game engine development.
In 3 lists
Game Engine Black Book: DOOM
History, engineering, and development of the Doom engine.
Activision Research
Blog posts, articles and presentations from research within Activision.
EA Technology
Research on game tech including info on the Frostbite engine.
tri-Ace Research
Publications from the Research and Development Department at tri-Ace Inc.
Ubisoft Technology
Learn about in-house tech including the Anvil and Snowdrop engines.
Bits, Pixels, Cycles and More
Graphics, optimization and low-level engine programming.
In 2 lists
Bitsquid Development Blog
Archived engine architecture, rendering and tools articles.
cybereality
Custom 3D engine development, graphics and game technology.
Digital Grove
Low-level programming, tools, UI, debugging and game engines.
Harold Serrano
Engine architecture, graphics and building the Untold Engine.
Our Machinery Blog Archive
Engine architecture, rendering, ECS and tooling.
The Danger Zone
Real-time rendering, GPU programming and graphics APIs.
In 2 lists
The ryg blog
Low-level programming, graphics, compression and computer architecture.
In 3 lists
Wicked Engine Devblog
Rendering, graphics and engine development in Wicked Engine.
3D Game Engine Programming
Articles on graphics, physics, AI, I/O and more.
In 3 lists
Learning >Game Development
Awesome Gamedev
Collection of free resources for making games.
In 7 listsDetails
GameDev-Resources
Wonderful list of game development resources.
In 5 listsDetails
Magic Tools
List of game development resources to make magic happen.
In 5 listsDetails
Web Game Dev
Resources on techniques and tools around JavaScript game development.
Art of Game Design
Teaches game design in an accessible manner.
Game Programming Patterns
Patterns found in games that make code easier to understand.
In 3 lists
Game Developer
Industry blogs, events, jobs, updates and more. Formerly Gamasutra.
In 2 lists
GameDev.net
Game dev forums, tutorials, blogs, projects, portfolios, and news.
In 2 lists
GameFromScratch.com
Game dev news, tutorials and much more.
In 2 lists
Lazy Foo' Tutorials
Beginning game programming with SDL.
Learning >Graphical User Interface
List of Widget Toolkits
Gui frameworks across all platforms and languages.
Learning >Programming
Big-O Cheat Sheet
Big-O complexities of algorithms used in computer science.
In 2 lists
Deadlock Empire
Interactive tutorial to master threads and concurrency.
In 3 lists
Every Programmer Should Know
Technical things every developer should know.
In 2 lists
Games of Coding
Games that teach you a programming language.
Geeks for Geeks
Tutorials, articles, courses, coding competitions, jobs and more.
In 4 lists
Learn to Program
Educational resources to learn to program.
In 3 listsDetails
TIOBE Index
Popularity of programming languages, updated monthly.
Libraries >BASIC
Awesome Basic
List of awesome BASIC dialects, IDEs, and tutorials.
Basic for Qt
BASIC language and environment built with Qt. Formerly Q7Basic.
QB64
Modern BASIC+OpenGL language, retains QBasic / QB4.5 compatibility.
Visual Basic
Object-oriented language for Windows by Microsoft.
Dark Basic
BASIC programming language for creating apps and games. [Website]
Libraries >C
Awesome C
List of awesome C frameworks, libraries, resources and other shiny things.
Learn C Programming
Excellent tutorials that will guide you to learn C programming.
In 2 lists
MiniFB
Creates a cross-platform frame buffer for drawing pixels.
SDL
🔥 - Low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware.
In 4 listsDetails
Sokol
🔥 - Single-file libraries for graphics, windowing, file handling, audio and more.
In 4 lists
SDL_mixer
Audio mixer that supports various file formats for SDL.
Cosmopolitan
Build-once run-anywhere C library.
In 4 listsDetails
Flecs
Fast and lightweight entity component system in C99.
In 3 lists
cgltf
Single-file glTF 2.0 loader and writer in C99.
In 2 lists
Miniz
Single-file drop-in replacement for zlib's most used APIs (libpng and libzip).
In 5 listsDetails
OBJ GL Loader v2
Quite fast wavefront OBJ loader for OpenGL.
PL_MPEG
Single-file library for decoding MPEG1 Video and MP2 Audio.
In 2 lists
stb_vorbis
Ogg Vorbis audio decoder.
In 8 listsDetails
HexEmbed
Small utility to help embed files in C/C++ programs in an easy, cross-platform way.
PhysicsFS
Portable, flexible file I/O abstraction. Provides access to various archives.
Where Am I
Locates the current path on the local file system.
In 2 lists
Font Stash
Lightweight library that uses stb_truetype to render fonts to a texture atlas.
IconFontCppHeaders
C/C++ headers and C# classes for icon fonts.
In 3 lists
Vertext
Generates vertices for rendering text, requires stb_truetype.
AVA
Tiny, minimalistic 3D game engine.
TIC-80
Virtual computer for making & sharing tiny games. [Website]
In 2 lists
CGL
Single-header file, lots of graphics & utility functions.
In 2 lists
DOME
Melds SDL2 and the Wren scripting language. [Website]
Entrypoint
Lightweight entry point for games.
FWK
3D game framework.
Gunslinger
Header-only C99 framework for multimedia apps.
Blob
Single-header implementation of a contour tracing algorithm.
Marching Squares
Convert images into triangles. [Info]
In 3 lists
Tilengine
2D graphics with raster effects for retro style game development.
Sokol Graphics Painter
2D graphics painter implemented with Sokol.
wgpu-native
Native WebGPU implementation based on wgpu-core.
In 2 lists
cImgui
Thin C wrapper generated for Dear ImGui.
lvgl
🔥 - Embedded gui library, many widgets and advanced visual effects.
In 3 lists
NAppGUI
Professional, well documented SDK to build desktop apps.
In 2 lists
Native File Dialog
Portably invoke native file open / save dialogs.
libGamepad
Cross-platform library for gamepad input.
Clay
High performance 2D UI layout library.
In 2 lists
Cute Headers
Single-file libraries primarily used for games, by Randy Gaul.
In 3 lists
Libs
Single-file public domain libraries for C/C++, by Mattias Gustavsson.
In 3 lists
Pico Headers
Single-file, cross-platform libraries for game development.
Single-file Libs
Amazing collection of single-file C/C++ libraries compiled from many authors.
In 2 lists
Light Mapper
Single-file library for lightmap baking by using your existing OpenGL renderer.
In 4 listsDetails
Handmade Math
🔥 - Simple, public domain math library for games and computer graphics.
Kazmath
Math library targeted at games.
In 3 lists
ENet
Simple, lightweight and reliable UDP networking library.
In 2 lists
librg
Middleware between networking / file-streaming libraries and app logic.
In 4 lists
netcode
Secure client/server protocol for multiplayer games built on top of UDP.
In 2 lists
Duktape
Embeddable JavaScript engine with a focus on portability and compact footprint.
In 4 listsDetails
JerryScript
Ultra-lightweight JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things.
In 3 lists
Lua
Powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
In 4 lists
QuickJS
Small and embeddable JavaScript engine.
In 2 lists
Libraries >C++
Awesome C++
List of awesome C++ frameworks, libraries, and resources.
In 8 listsDetails
Awesome C++ Game Dev
List of awesome C++ things for Game Development.
Awesome Hpp
List of awesome header-only C++ libraries.
In 2 listsDetails
C++ Papyrus
Basic to advanced topics with modern C++ examples.
cppreference.com
Online reference for C, C++, and the STL.
Learn C++
🔥 - Walks you through all the steps to write, compile, and debug C++.
In 4 lists
Modern Cpp Features
Cheatsheet of modern C++ language and library features.
In 2 lists
Cinder
App / graphics library for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS. [Website]
In 3 lists
Cross Window
Platform library for managing windows and other OS tasks.
Ozz-Animation
Skeletal animation library and toolset.
In 2 lists
Tweeny
Inbetweening library for complex animations for games / apps.
In 2 lists
Amplitude Audio SDK
Cross-platform audio engine designed for the needs of games.
In 3 lists
irrKlang
High level 2D/3D sound engine and audio library.
Juce
The leading framework for multi-platform audio apps.
In 2 lists
OpenAL Soft
Software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API.
PortAudio
Cross-platform audio library.
In 2 lists
Steam Audio
Cross-platform spatial audio SDK for games and VR.
emscripten
The C/C++ to JavaScript (as WebAssembly) compiler. [Website]
In 3 lists
EntityX
Fast, type-safe C++ entity component system.
In 2 lists
HarfBuzz
Text shaping library. Formatted and positioned glyph output.
In 3 lists
msdfgen
Multi-channel signed distance field generator.
In 3 lists
Slug
High-quality, resolution-independent text and vector graphics for 3D apps.
slughorn
Library for shoehorning the Slug text/graphics GPU rendering library into projects.
In 2 lists
Jpeg-Compressor
Single-file library that writes baseline JPEG compressed images.
TinyDNG
Header-only DNG / TIFF loader and writer.
In 2 lists
TinyEXR
Tiny OpenEXR image loader / saver library.
TinyOBJLoader
Tiny but powerful single-file wavefront obj loader.
In 3 lists
Imgui-Filebrowser
Header-only file browser implementation for Dear ImGui in C++17.
AnKi 3D Engine
Vulkan backend, modern renderer, scripting, physics and more.
In 2 lists
Crown Engine
Data-driven 3D and 2D game engine.
In 4 listsDetails
Crystal Engine
Vulkan backend with PBR and styled GUI (CrystalWidgets).
Doriax
Cross-platform for 2D/3D projects. Formerly Supernova.
In 2 lists
Drop Creator
No code, 2.5D game engine built with Qt, OpenGL and Chipmunk Physics.
Echo
Cross-platform 2D/3D game engine.
Enigma
GameMaker compatible 2D engine.
Esoterica Engine
High-performance game engine with editor and AAA quality animation graph.
In 2 lists
FIFE
Multi-platform isometric game engine.
G3D Innovation Engine
Used for R&D throughout academia and industry. [Website].
Irrlicht
Cross-platform 3D engine worked on for over 2 decades. [Website]
Limon Engine
3D FPS game engine with full dynamic lighting and shadows.
Lina Engine
Modular game engine, aimed to develop 3D desktop games.
In 3 lists
Lumos
Cross-platform 2D/3D game engine, supports both OpenGL and Vulkan.
In 3 lists
Lumix Engine
3D game engine with Dear ImGui based editor.
In 5 listsDetails
MxEngine
Modern-C++ general-purpose 3D game engine.
In 3 lists
neoGFX
Cross-platform app and game engine.
In 2 lists
ÖbEngine
2D engine with Lua scripting built with SFML.
In 2 lists
Overload
Well documented 3D game engine inspired by industry standards.
In 3 lists
Razix Engine
High-performance research engine for production pipeline.
In 2 lists
Rootex
Advanced C++ 3D game engine powering an in-production game.
Skylicht
Upgraded features including audio, physics and particles. Built on Irrlicht.
In 3 lists
Spartan Engine
Emphasis on quality and performance.
In 3 lists
Torque 3D
High-performance 3D engine built on The Forge.
In 3 lists
UPBGE
Blender Game Engine, originally forked from Blender.
In 2 lists
Acid
Modern C++17 and structured to be fast, simple, and modular.
In 2 lists
blah
Small 2D game framework.
In 2 lists
Cute Framework
Simple and consise framework for making 2D games.
In 3 lists
Fireworks Engine
Lightweight OpenGL framework for quick prototyping.
is::Engine
2D framework built on SDL2 and SFML.
JNGL
2D framework. Develop anywhere, deploy everywhere.
In 3 lists
KlayGE
Cross-platform game framework with plugin-based architecture.
In 2 lists
Koala Engine
Framework with an ECS architecture, aka Kengine.
In 2 lists
Lumino
Framework for building real-time graphics apps.
Nazara Engine
Custom shaders, ECS, 2D/3D, networking and more.
Octave
3D game engine for GameCube, Wii, 3DS, and more.
ORX
2.5D data-driven game development framework.
In 3 lists
Oryol
Small, 3D, portable and extensible coding framework.
In 2 lists
Ouzel
Public domain, targeted for development of 2D games.
In 2 lists
Polycode
Cross-platform engine for creative code.
In 2 lists
Solar2D
Focus on ease of iterations and usage. Formerly Corona.
In 2 lists
Thunder
Cross-platform 2D/3D with module architecture.
Two
Toolkit for rapid development of live graphical apps and games.
In 2 lists
Valve Source SDK
The 2013 edition of the Source SDK by Valve Software. [Info | Wiki]
In 3 lists
CinoLib
Header-only library for processing polygonal and polyhedral meshes.
In 2 lists
Delabella
Super stable 2D delaunay triangulation.
Delaunator-Cpp
Really fast library for Delaunay triangulation of 2D points.
Easy3D
Easy-to-use library for 3D modeling, geometry processing, and rendering.
In 4 lists
Extrude
Converts 2D images into 3D extruded meshes.
Generator
Procedural geometry generation library for C++11.
Geometric Tools
Mathematics, geometry, graphics, image analysis and physics in C++14.
In 4 listsDetails
GeometronLib
Meshes for 3D shapes (cube, sphere, etc.) and ray / geometry intersection.
MeshOptimizer
Mesh optimization library that makes meshes smaller and faster to render.
In 3 lists
Polygon Mesh Processing Library
Processing / visualizing polygon surface meshes.
PolyPartition
2D polygon partitioning and triangulation.
RamerDouglasPeucker
Reduces number of points along a 2D line.
Recast & Detour
Navigation-mesh toolset for games.
In 8 listsDetails
Seam-aware Decimater
Simplifies mesh while preserving UVs.
Spheres
Four methods to create a sphere mesh.
Trimesh2
Utilities for input, output, and manipulation of 3D triangle meshes.
V-HACD
Decomposes a 3D surface into a set of "near" convex parts.
Blend2D
High-performance 2D vector graphics engine. [Website]
In 3 lists
C++ Bitmap Library
Featured bitmap loading and manipulation library.
In 2 lists
QNanoPainter
OpenGL accelerated vector drawing library for Qt, powered by NanoVG.
Skia
Complete 2D graphics library used in Chrome by Google. [Website]
In 3 lists
vg-renderer
2D vector graphics renderer for Bgfx, based on ideas from NanoVG.
Dawn
Underlying engine that powers WebGPU in Chromium. [GitHub]
In 2 lists
Diligent Engine
Modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction library.
In 7 listsDetails
Ember
Graphics framework using SDL2 and OpenGL.
Filament
Mobile-first, real-time physically-based renderer by Google.
In 3 lists
Forge
🔥 - Cross-platform rendering framework supporting all major platforms and consoles.
In 3 lists
Intermediate Graphics Library (IGL)
Cross-platform abstraction layer by Facebook.
In 2 lists
Magnum Engine
Modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and apps.
In 6 listsDetails
NVRHI
NVIDIA abstraction layer over multiple graphics APIs.
Ogre
Scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine.
In 3 lists
OSRE
Just another "Open Source Render Engine".
StratusGFX
Realtime 3D rendering engine implementing modern graphics techniques.
In 2 lists
Threepp
Cross-platform C++17 port of the popular 3D JavaScript library Three.js (r129).
trinity
Rendering engine for the Carbon Game Engine.
Wicked Engine
Engine focusing on performance & modern rendering techniques.
In 5 listsDetails
Crazy Eddie's GUI
Versatile, multi-platform gui library.
Dear ImGui
🔥 - Bloat-free immediate mode gui library. Ported to many other languages.
In 11 listsDetails
FLTK
Fast Light Toolkit, cross-platform gui. [Website]
GTK
GIMP Toolkit, a multi-platform toolkit for creating guis.
List of C++ UI Libraries
List of C++ gui libraries, with pictures and descriptions.
In 2 lists
Litehtml
Lightweight HTML / CSS rendering engine.
Nana
Cross-platform gui library in modern C++.
In 3 lists
Portable File Dialogs
Single-header C++11 native dialogs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
In 2 lists
Qt
Industry standard gui library. [Awesome | Website]
In 3 lists
RmlUi
Turns HTML / CSS source files into vertices and draw commands. [Docs]
In 3 lists
Turbo Badger
Gui library for hardware accelerated apps & games. [Oryol Example]
Wt
Web gui library in modern C++. [Website]
In 2 lists
wxWidgets
Cross-platform gui using native controls. [Website]
In 2 lists
Gainput
Easy to use input library.
OIS
Object-oriented input system. Compatiable with many operating systems.
Yoga
Cross-platform flexbox layout engine by Facebook. [Website]
In 2 lists
Boost Libraries
Wide range of C++ libraries, many end up as part of the STL. [Website]
In 3 lists
cyCodeBase
Compact foundation library with math, geometry, image & graphics utilities.
Gamedev Libraries
Collection of open source C/C++ libraries for game development.
In 3 lists
Inqlude
List of libraries for developers of Qt-based apps.
In 3 lists
List of Open Source C++ Libraries
Comprehensive list of open source C++ libraries.
In 2 lists
NVIDIA GameWorks
NVIDIA technologies for game & app developers.
Thekla Atlas
Atlas generation tool.
In 2 lists
UVAtlas
DirectX library for creating and packing texture atlases.
In 2 lists
OpenGL Mathematics
Header-only math library for graphics software.
In 5 listsDetails
Cpp-HttpLib
Single-header file HTTP server and client library in C++11.
In 4 listsDetails
GameNetworkingSockets
Messages over UDP, P2P networking, encryption.
In 5 listsDetails
Box2D
Battle tested 2D physics for games. [Docs | Fixed Time-Step | Tutorials]
In 3 lists
Box3D
3D physics engine for games by the maker of Box2D.
In 3 lists
Bullet Physics
Popular 3D physics libary.
In 5 listsDetails
Chrono
High-performance multiphysics and multibody dynamics simulations. [Gallery]
In 3 lists
Edyn
Multi-threaded, networked physics engine. Supports large dynamic worlds. [Testbed]
Jolt Physics
Multi-core friendly rigid body 3D physics and collision detection.
In 6 listsDetails
Liquid Fun
Extension of Box2D, adds particle-based fluid and soft bodies. [Demos]
In 3 lists
Newton Dynamics
Real-time simulation of 3D environments.
In 3 lists
ODE
Open Dynamics Engine, 3D rigid body physics. [Wikipedia]
Qu3e
Fast 3D physics engine, created to be used in games.
In 3 lists
ReactPhysics3D
3D physics engine.
In 2 lists
Slingshot
Constraint-based physics engine for 3D rigid body dynamics.
Boost.PFR
Basic reflection C++14 library, part of the Boost Libraries.
Magic Enum
Header-only C++17, provides static reflection for enums.
In 5 listsDetails
Ponder
Expose C++17 classes and objects so they can used as data.
In 2 lists
Reflect
Small, flexible, single-header library for runtime reflection and meta data in C++11.
AngelScript
Cross-platform scripting library, follows the widely known syntax of C/C++.
ArkScript
Small, fast, functional and scripting language.
ChaiScript
Embedded scripting language designed from to directly target C++17.
In 4 listsDetails
GameMonkey Script
Embedded scripting language for apps, tools and games.
v8
High-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine by Google.
In 4 lists
Cap'n Proto
Fast data interchange format and capability-based RPC system.
In 5 listsDetails
FlatBuffers
Efficient cross-platform serialization library by Google.
In 9 listsDetails
JSON for Modern C++
JSON support for Modern C++.
In 7 listsDetails
RapidJSON
Fast JSON parser / generator.
In 4 lists
Terra Forge 3D
Procedural 3D terrain generation and texturing tool.
Any-Lite
Header-only 'any' type for C++98 and above.
faker-cxx
C++20 Faker library for generating fake (but realistic) data for testing and development.
In 2 lists
Parallel Hashmap
Header-only, fast and memory-friendly hashmap and binary tree containers.
In 4 listsDetails
Tiny-Process-Library
Making it simple to create and stop new processes.
TinyXML-2
XML parser that can be easily integrated into other programs.
In 3 lists
NodeEditor
Graph-controlled data processing, built with Qt.
In 4 lists
QuickQanava
Display graphs and relational content in a QtQuick-based app, in C++14.
In 2 lists
Visual Script Engine
Visual scripting engine designed for embedding.
Libraries >C#
Awesome C-Sharp
List of awesome C-Sharp frameworks, libraries and software.
Awesome .NET
Collection of awesome .NET libraries, tools, frameworks and software.
In 5 listsDetails
Dot Net Perls
Reference for the C# language.
In 2 lists
ATF
Components for making tools on Windows, started in 2005.
NAudio
Audio and MIDI library for .NET.
h5
Next generation C# to JavaScript compiler.
Mono
Open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework.
In 2 lists
Arch
High-performance ECS with optional multithreading.
In 2 lists
DefaultEcs
ECS framework designed for game development.
friflo ECS
High-performance C# ECS.
In 5 listsDetails
LeoECS
ECS framework powered by C# with optional integration to Unity.
In 3 lists
Duality
Modular 2D engine, editor built with OpenTK.
In 2 lists
Flat Red Ball
2D game engine & design tools, built with MonoGame. [Website]
In 3 lists
Murder
Pixel-art, ECS game engine built on MonoGame. [Docs]
In 3 lists
Prowl
3D game engine inspired by Unity.
In 2 lists
Stride
Game engine for realistic rendering and VR. Formerly Xenko. [Website]
In 2 lists
Unity
Biggest name in game engines, industry standard.
FNA
Reimplementation of the Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 libraries.
In 3 lists
Monofoxe
Game engine designed to simplify working with MonoGame.
Nez
Feature-rich 2D framework built on MonoGame.
In 2 lists
Protogame
Cross-platform 2D/3D game engine built on MonoGame.
In 2 lists
DotRecast
A port of Recast & Detour, navigation mesh toolset for games, Unity3D, servers, C#.
In 6 listsDetails
ImageSharp
Modern, cross-platform, 2D graphics library for .NET.
In 3 lists
OpenTK
Open Toolkit, C# bindings for OpenGL. [LearnOpenTK]
Veldrid
Cross-platform, graphics API-agnostic rendering and compute library for .NET.
In 4 lists
Apos.Gui
UI library for MonoGame.
In 2 lists
Avalonia
Cross-platform gui framework for .NET. [Website]
In 4 lists
GeonBit.UI
Gui for MonoGame projects.
In 2 lists
MGUI
UI framework for the MonoGame game framework.
MonoGame.Forms
MonoGame render window for Windows Forms.
Myra
Gui library for MonoGame, FNA, and Stride.
In 2 lists
Squid
C# Realtime GUI System.
Uno
Mobile, desktop and WebAssembly gui library. [Website]
In 3 lists
VellumUI
Lightweight immediate-mode GUI library with font rendering.
Gum
Flexible layout tool for creating UI on any platform.
In 2 lists
Aether Physics
2D physics library with continuous collision detection.
In 2 lists
Jitter Physics 2
Fast, simple, and dependency-free physics engine.
In 2 lists
Velcro Physics
C# port of Box2D. Formerly Farseer Physics.
In 2 lists
Facepunch.Steamworks
Steamworks implementation.
In 3 lists
Monogame.Extended
Extensions to make MonoGame more awesome.
Libraries >Dart
Awesome Dart
Curated list of awesome Dart frameworks, libraries, and software.
In 2 lists
Dart
Client-optimized language for fast apps on any platform. [GitHub]
image
Library for decoding / encoding image formats and image processing.
In 2 lists
Libraries >F#
Awesome F#
Curated list of frameworks, libraries, software and resources.
In 2 lists
F#
Functional-first language for .NET, prioritizing expressive code and parallelism.
FSound
Sound processing library.
Garnet
Game composition library with ECS and actor-like messaging features.
In 2 lists
Nu Game Engine
Cross-platform game engine built in the functional style.
In 2 lists
Fabulous
Declarative UI framework for cross-platform apps.
In 2 lists
Libraries >Go
Awesome Go
Awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software.
In 9 listsDetails
Beep
Playback and audio-processing.
In 2 lists
Ebitengine
Dead simple 2D game library.
In 6 listsDetails
Engo
A 2D game framework.
In 3 lists
Pixel
Hand-crafted 2D game library. [Examples]
In 2 lists
3D Mesh Simplification
3D mesh simplification.
Libraries >Haxe
Awesome Haxe
Awesome curated list of useful Haxe links.
Awesome Haxe Game Dev
Awesome list of game dev resources for Haxe.
In 2 lists
Haxe
Produce cross-platform native code. [GitHub]
In 2 lists
Haxe Blog: Game Engine
"How I wrote my own 3D game engine and shipped a game in 20 months".
In 2 lists
Haxe Blog: OpenFL
"Flash is dead, long live OpenFL".
Actuate
Flexible, fast tween library.
In 2 lists
DragonBones
Runtime support for DragonBones skeletal animation.
Spine-Hx
Spine runtime for Haxe.
In 2 lists
Lime
Flexible, lightweight layer for Haxe cross-platform developers.
nme
Cross-platform native backend for Haxe projects.
In 2 lists
HashLink
Virtual machine for Haxe.
Ecx
Entity component system framework for Haxe.
In 2 lists
GASM
Framework agnostic entity component system for Haxe.
Armory
3D game engine with full Blender integration.
In 3 lists
Away3D
Real-time 3D engine for OpenFL. [Website]
In 2 lists
Flixel-Studio
Embeddable, in-game editor for HaxeFlixel.
In 2 lists
Hide
Extensible IDE for the Heaps 3D graphic engine.
LDtk
🔥 - Modern, lightweight and efficient 2D level editor. [Website]
Starling
Popular (Angry Birds) 2D game engine built on OpenFL. [Editor | Website]
In 2 lists
Ceramic
Cross-platform 2D framework. [Examples]
In 2 lists
Citrus
ActionScript 3 based 2D/3D framework. [Website]
Clay
Cross-platform 2D game framework.
gameBase
Base structure for Haxe games, using Heaps graphics framework. [Tutorial]
HaxeFlixel
Cross-platform 2D game framework powered by OpenFL. [Website]
In 3 lists
OpenFL
Open source implementation of the Adobe Flash API. [Website]
In 2 lists
Heaps
🔥 - Cross-platform 2D/3D engine (by creators of Haxe). [Website]
In 2 lists
Kha
Ultra-portable, high-performance multimedia framework.
In 2 lists
Sparkler
Modular macro-powered particle system.
HaxeUI
Cross-platform set of styleable gui components.
Zui
Immediate mode user interface, used in ArmorPaint.
HaxeLibs
List of every library uploaded to the Haxe website.
HaxeTink
Various addon libraries for Haxe.
Snowkit
Collective of Haxe developers.
Haxe Bullet
Bullet 3D physics bindings for Haxe.
In 2 lists
HeapsIO/bullet
Bullet 3D physics for Heaps (Haxe's native low-level game framework).
Jelly Physics
Soft body 2D physics engine.
Nape
Fast, friendly 2D rigid body physics engine. [Demos]
In 2 lists
CastleDB
Structured database with a local web service to edit it.
In 2 lists
Format
Various files formats support for Haxe.
HxBit
Binary serialization and network synchronization library.
hexMachina
Powerful modular MVC framework. [Website]
In 2 lists
HxColorToolkit
Library for color conversion and color scheme generation.
HxMath
Game-oriented math library for the Haxe language.
In 2 lists
SteamWrap
Haxe native extension for the Steam API.
In 2 lists
Haxe-Blockly
Haxe wrapper for Blockly
Libraries >Lua
Awesome Lua
Awesome Lua packages and resources.
In 3 listsDetails
3DreamEngine
3D engine on top of LÖVE.
In 2 lists
Gideros
2D/3D cross-platform games with Lua. [Website]
INSTEAD
Simple Text Adventure Interpreter.
Vectarine
A cross-platform game engine for fast prototyping with Lua and Luau [Website]
Libraries >Java
Awesome Java
Awesome frameworks, libraries and software for Java.
In 4 listsDetails
Java
General-purpose language, runs on Java virtual machines. [GitHub]
Learn Java
Official docs and tutorials.
OpenGL & GLSL Tutorials
OpenGL / GLSL tutorials for LWJGL and libGDX.
In 2 lists
Alice 3
Block-based 3D engine to teach programming and animation, by Carnegie Mellon.
jMonkeyEngine
Modern 3D game development suite.
In 4 listsDetails
LWJGL
Graphics, audio, parallel computing, XR and more. [Website]
In 3 lists
VisUI
A libGDX UI toolkit.
In 2 lists
Libraries >JavaScript
Awesome JavaScript
Collection of browser-side JavaScript libraries and resources.
In 5 listsDetails
Eloquent JavaScript
Modern JavaScript programming, with examples.
In 6 listsDetails
MDN
Mozilla Developer Network, excellent learning resource.
W3 Schools
Learn to code with the world's largest web developer site.
Animate.css
Ready-to-use, pure CSS animations. [Examples]
D3.js
Data-Driven Documents. Bring data to life with SVG, canvas and HTML. [Examples | Website]
In 5 listsDetails
GreenSock
Robust animation toolset. [Website]
In 3 lists
Ossos
Web-based character animation system.
In 3 lists
React-Spring
Spring physics based React animation library.
In 3 lists
Scene.js
JavaScript & CSS timeline-based animation library.
Theatre
Motion design editor for the web.
In 2 lists
Tween.js
Tweening engine for easy animations using Robert Penner's equations.
In 2 lists
TweenJS
Tweening / animation library, part of the CreateJS suite.
In 3 lists
Howler.js
Audio made easy and reliable across all platforms.
In 4 lists
PixiJS Sound
Audio library with filters, built on PixiJS. [Examples]
SoundJS
Simple API and powerful features, part of the CreateJS suite.
In 3 lists
Sonant-X
Small JavaScript synthesizer library. [Online Composer]
In 2 lists
SpessaSynth
MIDI player and synthesizer.
Tone.js
WebAudio framework for creating interactive music in the browser.
In 2 lists
tuna
Audio effects library for the WebAudio API.
In 2 lists
Waveform Playlist
Multitrack web audio editor and player with canvas waveform preview.
In 3 lists
Apache Cordova
Mobile apps (iOS / Android) with with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Electron Alternatives
Cross-platform gui app development options.
Ejecta
JavaScript canvas & audio implementation for iOS. App store compatible.
nx.js
JavaScript runtime for Nintendo Switch homebrew applications.
Progressive Web Apps
Using web tech in a way that feels like platform-specific apps.
React Native
Framework for building native apps using React. [Website]
In 8 listsDetails
Ultralight
Supports modern HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Based on WebKit.
In 2 lists
WebView2
Microsoft Edge control allows you to embed web in native apps. [Docs]
Window.js
JavaScript runtime for desktop graphics programming. [Docs]
Dock Spawn TS
Maintained, TypeScript version of Dock Spawn, a JavaScript docking framework.
FlexLayout
Multi-tab layout manager.
Golden Layout
Multi-window layout manager for web apps.
In 2 lists
PhosphorJS
High-performance, pluggable, desktop-style web apps.
React Mosaic
React tiling window manager.
RC-Dock
Dock layout component for React.
wcDocker
Window layout system with a responsive and interactive design.
Becsy
Multithreaded ECS for TypeScript and JavaScript.
bitECS
Functional, minimal, data-oriented, ultra-high performance ECS library.
Ecsy
Experimental ECS aiming to be lightweight, easy to use.
Miniplex
Entity management system for games.
JSMpeg
MPEG1 Video Decoder in JavaScript.
In 3 lists
Aurelia
Modern, front-end framework for browser, mobile, and desktop apps.
React
Declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
In 8 listsDetails
Svelte
Takes your declarative components and converts them into efficient JavaScript.
In 5 listsDetails
JavaScript Game Engines
GitHub Collection of JavaScript / HTML5 game engines.
JavaScript Wiki: Game Engines
JavaScript / HTML5 game engines and frameworks.
In 2 lists
A-Frame
Web framework for building VR experiences. [Website]
In 4 lists
Carrots
Open-source 2D/3D game engine forked from GDevelop.
Cocos Creator
Cross-Platform 2D/3D game creation. [Website]
ct.js
Desktop 2D game engine, built on PixiJS.
Egret
Mobile game engine. [Editor]
In 3 lists
Impact
Game engine for desktop and mobile browsers. [2D Level Editor]
In 2 lists
Infinite Reality Engine
3D toolkit for the social spatial web. Formerly Ethereal Engine.
Isogenic
Engine with advanced multiplayer, based on Valve's multiplayer system.
microStudio
Online game engine. Learn and practice programming.
Pixelbox.js
Sandbox to fast-prototype 2D tile-based games. [Download]
QICI Engine
Toolset for making games.
In 2 lists
Superpowers
Both 2D & 3D game making for indies.
In 2 lists
Taro
Multiplayer engine with Box2D physics, aka Moddio. [Website]
Excalibur
Friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web.
In 2 lists
Galacean
Web/Mobile-first engine built on WebGL and glTF.
In 2 lists
Kaboom
Simple 2D framework.
LittleJS
Lightweight 2D framework with WebGL rendering.
In 3 lists
Meep
ECS game framework.
Oasis
WebGL framework by AntGroup. 2D/3D, animation, physics.
WhitestormJS
Framework for 3D apps / games, built on Three.js.
Convexhull.js
High-performance JavaScript 2D convex hull library.
Delaunator
Incredibly fast JavaScript library for Delaunay triangulation of 2D points.
Earcut
The fastest and smallest JavaScript polygon triangulation library for your WebGL apps.
Poly-Decomp.js
Decompose 2D polygons into convex pieces.
Skia
Complete 2D graphics library used in Chrome by Google. [Website]
In 3 lists
Escher.js
Interactive 2D graphics canvas framework.
Fabric.js
Powerful and simple JavaScript canvas library.
In 3 lists
Konva
Canvas interactivity framework for desktop and mobile apps.
In 3 lists
Pencil.js
Modular interactive 2D drawing library. [Examples]
In 2 lists
Pts
Library for visualization and creative coding. [Examples]
In 3 lists
PuzzleScript
Puzzle game engine, by the maker of bfxr. [Awesome]
In 2 lists
Scrawl-canvas
Library for working with the canvas element.
Stage.js
2D rendering engine for game development. [Examples]
In 3 lists
ZIM
Creative canvas framework. [Website]
Babylon.js
🔥 - Powerful web rendering engine. [Extensions | Website]
In 8 listsDetails
ClayGL
WebGL library for scalable Web3D applications.
CopperLicht
A 3D library for WebGL. [CopperCube Editor]
In 3 lists
Filament
Mobile-first, real-time physically-based renderer by Google.
In 3 lists
Four
Minimal three.js alternative.
Hilo3d
WebGL 3D rendering engine by Alibaba.
In 2 lists
Litescene.js
WebGL 3D engine library, used by WebGLStudio.
LUME
Simplifies the creation of interactive 2D/3D experiences.
In 2 lists
OGL
🔥 - Fast, powerful, minimal WebGL library. [Examples]
PicoGL.js
Minimal WebGL 2 rendering library. [Examples]
Pixi3D
3D renderer for PixiJS, seamless integration with 2D apps. [Examples]
RedGL
JavaScript 3D WebGL library.
Regl
Fast functional WebGL.
In 2 lists
SwissGL
Minimalistic wrapper on top of WebGL2.
ThingJS
Lightweight, extendable 3D library, aka t3d.
TWGL
Tiny WebGL helper Library. [Examples]
WebGL Frameworks
List of WebGL frameworks on Wikipedia.
WebGL / WebGPU Frameworks
List of WebGL and WebGPU frameworks and libraries.
x3dom
Integrate 3D content seamlessly into your webpage.
Discover Three.js
Create stunning 3D web apps using Three.js.
In 2 lists
SBcode Three.js Tutorials
Fantastic examples with code and explanations of topics.
Sketch Three.js
Interactive sketches made with Three.js.
Sketchbook
3D playground built on Three.js and Cannon.js.
In 2 lists
Stemkoski Three.js Examples
Excellent set of instructive examples.
Three.js Bookshelf
Nice collection of resources.
Three.js Discourse Examples
Yearly collection of all examples posted on the Three.js forum.
Three.js Journey
Course teaching WebGL from beginner to advanced.
In 2 lists
Three.js Manual
Fantastic articles and explanations. Formerly ThreeJsFundamentals.
In 2 lists
THREEx
Nice collection of open source game extensions.
Custom Shader Material
Extend Three.js materials with your own shaders.
irregular-grid
Examples of generating and using irregular grids. [Demos]
Lamina
Extensible, layered shader material for Three.js.
screen-space-reflections
Screen space reflections in Three.js.
three-billboard-reflection
Performant plane reflections in Three.js.
three-mesh-bvh
Speed up raycasting and enable spatial queries on Meshes.
In 2 lists
three-mesh-ui
VR user interfaces for Three.js.
three-nebula
WebGL particle system for Three.js.
three-projected-material
Texture projection in Three.js.
three.ik
Inverse kinematics for Three.js.
Troika JS - Derived Material
Extend existing Three.js materials. [Docs]
voxelizer
Voxelization of 3D models.
drei
Useful helpers for react-three-fiber.
In 3 lists
gltfjsx
Turns GLTFs into JSX components.
react-three-fiber
React renderer for Three.js.
In 6 listsDetails
Threlte
3D framework and ecosystem for Svelte and Three.js. [Website]
In 2 lists
dat.GUI
Lightweight gui for changing variables in JavaScript.
In 3 lists
Dojo
Gui widgets for web apps.
In 2 lists
Guify
Simple gui for changing JavaScript variables. [Demo]
GuiGui
Gui for tweaking stuff in JavaScript. [Demo]
Inferno
React-like library for building high-performance user interfaces.
In 3 lists
jQuery UI
The official gui library for jQuery.
In 3 lists
Leva
React-first components gui.
Magic Circle
Multi-functional gui. Inspired by dat.GUI, Unity and Framer.
PCUI
UI component library for the web by PlayCanvas.
In 2 lists
Tweakpane
Compact gui for fine-tuning values.
uil
Simple JavaScript gui.
w2ui
Gui widgets for modern web apps.
Zebkit
Canvas rendered UI component libary.
Joycon.js
JavaScript controller functionality.
Mesekai
Real-time motion tracking.
use-gesture
Utility for mouse / touch gestures in React and JavaScript.
WebAR.rocks.faceDepth
Insert your face from your camera into a 3D scene.
Complete Guide to Flexbox
Comprehensive guide to CSS flexbox layout.
In 4 lists
Complete Guide to Grid
Comprehensive guide to CSS grid.
In 3 lists
WebRTC
Supports video, voice, and generic data to be sent between peers.
In 3 lists
Box2d.js
Box2D to ported as WebAssembly.
In 2 lists
box3d-wasm
Box3D to ported as WebAssembly.
Cannon-es
Maintained fork of Cannon.js 3D physics engine. [Demos]
In 2 lists
Goblin Physics
3D physics engine written from the ground up in JavaScript.
JoltPhysics.js
Port of Jolt Physics to JavaScript (as WebAssembly). [Demos]
Particulate.js
Particle physics library designed to be simple, fast and stable.
Planck.js
JavaScript rewrite of the Box2D physics engine. [Demos]
In 4 lists
Physijs
Physics plugin for Three.js
Rapier
Rust 2D/3D physics libary focused on performance, ported as WebAssembly.
Verly.js
Easy to integrate verlet physics engine. [Demos]
Clipboard.js
Small, modern copy to clipboard.
In 4 lists
jQuery
Fast and feature-rich JavaScript library. [Website]
In 3 lists
PreloadJS
Preloading assets w/progress events.
In 2 lists
Struct Vec
JavaScript array-like containers for multithreading.
Frame.js
JavaScript sequence editor.
Neo
Timeline for JavaScript. [Demo]
Remotion
Create videos programmatically in React. [Website]
In 4 lists
Butterfly
Diagramming library concentrated on flow and field layout by Alibaba.
In 4 lists
Flow
Node-graph library.
Litegraph.js
Create graphs in the browser similar to Unreal Blueprints. [Demo]
In 4 listsDetails
Nodl
Framework for computational node graphs.
In 2 lists
Rete.js
Framework for visual programming and node editors. [Demo]
In 3 lists
Libraries >Kotlin
Awesome Kotlin
List of awesome Kotlin related stuff.
In 3 lists
Kotlin
General-purpose language, interoperates with Java. [GitHub]
In 3 lists
KorGE
Multi-platform 2D game engine for Kotlin. [Website]
FXGL
Game library for 2D, experimental 3D.
In 3 lists
Kool
Multi-platform 3D Vulkan / OpenGL graphics engine. [Examples]
KTX
Kotlin extensions for the libGDX game framework.
In 2 lists
Libraries >Pascal
Awesome Pascal
Curated list of Delphi / Pascal resources.
In 2 lists
Delphi
Pascal dialect and popular IDE with cross-platform support.
Free Pascal
Mature, open source Pascal compiler.
Pascal Tutorials
Simple and easy Pascal tutorials.
Castle
Cross-platform 2D/3D game engine and editor. [Website]
In 2 lists
Apus
Cross-platform library for making 2D games.
In 2 lists
Kraft
Object Pascal 3D physics engine.
In 3 lists
Libraries >Python
Awesome Python
List of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and more.
In 15 listsDetails
Python.org
Programming language that lets you work quickly. [Docs]
In 8 listsDetails
Pyglet
Windowing and multimedia library intended for game development.
In 2 lists
Anvil
Full-stack web apps with nothing but Python.
Brython
Python 3 running in the browser.
In 2 lists
Cave Engine
Fast and easy Python game engine for 3D.
ursina
Game engine powered by Python and Panda3D.
Arcade
Easy to use library for creating 2D arcade games.
In 2 lists
Pygame
Game & multimedia app framework, built on SDL.
In 3 lists
Pygcurse
Curses-like library for text adventures / roguelikes. [Website]
CustomTkinter
Modern, customizable UI-library based on Tkinter.
In 3 lists
NiceGUI
Create web-based user interfaces with Python.
In 3 lists
PySide
Official Python bindings for Qt.
PyQt
Python bindings for Qt.
tkinter
Standard Python interface to the Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit.
In 3 lists
Libraries >Ruby
Awesome Ruby
Collection of awesome Ruby libraries, tools, frameworks and software.
In 7 listsDetails
Ruby
Dynamic programming language, focused on simplicity / productivity. [GitHub]
Ruby on Rails
Web app framework. [Website]
In 8 listsDetails
Ruby 2D
Make cross-platform 2D apps.
In 2 lists
Mittsu
3D graphics library based heavily on Three.js.
In 2 lists
Glimmer
Gui library and DSL (domain specific language) framework.
In 3 lists
Shoes
Cross-platform gui library. [Website]
Libraries >Rust
Awesome Rust
Curated list of Rust code and resources.
In 5 listsDetails
Rust
Empowering everyone to build quality software. [Docs | GitHub]
In 2 lists
Makepad
Software development platform and native-rendering gui framework. [Editor]
In 3 lists
Tao
Cross-platform windowing. [Docs]
Kira
Create expressive audio for games.
egui_dock
Docking support for egui.
egui_tiles
Tiling layout engine for egui.
Fyrox
2D/3D game engine with editor. Formerly Rg3d. [Website]
In 3 lists
Renzora Engine
3D game engine and visual editor built on Bevy.
Ambient
Multiplayer game engine.
In 3 lists
Amethyst
Data-driven 2D/3D game engine aiming to be fast and configurable.
In 2 lists
Bevy
🔥 - Refreshingly simple data-driven 2D/3D game engine. [Website]
In 3 lists
Macroquad
Easy to use game library, heavily inspired by RayLib.
In 2 lists
Ash
Vulkan bindgins for Rust.
Glium
Safe wrapper arount the OpenGL API.
In 3 lists
Kiss3D
Keep it simple, stupid 3D graphics engine.
Miniquad
Cross-platform rendering.
three-d
2D/3D renderer, makes it simple to draw stuff across platforms.
wgpu
Cross-platform graphics API, powers WebGPU in Firefox.
In 3 lists
Azul
Desktop gui framework.
In 2 lists
Dioxus
Cross-platform, React-like gui library.
In 3 lists
Druid
Data-first gui design toolkit.
egui
Easy to use immediate mode gui. Runs on web and native. [Demo]
In 2 lists
Slint
Gui toolkit for embedded / desktop. Formerly SixtyFPS. [Website]
In 3 lists
Rapier
2D/3D physics engines focused on performance. [Docs]
In 2 lists
Libraries >Swift
Awesome Swift
Collaborative list of awesome Swift libraries and resources.
In 4 listsDetails
Swift
Created by Apple to build apps for iOS, Mac, and other Apple devices.
UntoldEngine
For high-performance spatial visualization apps.
GateEngine
Cross-platform game engine that allows you to build 2D and 3D games.
Imagine Engine
Fast 2D game engine for Apple's platforms.
In 2 lists
Iris
Minimal 2D game engine in Swift.
OctopusKit
2D ECS game engine for iOS, macOS, tvOS.
In 2 lists
SwiftUI
Apple's modern, flagship GUI framework used to build across all Apple platforms.
JelloSwift
Swift soft body physics engine.
SpriteKit Physics
Getting started with physics.
Libraries >Zig
Awesome Zig
Curated list of Zig code and resources.
In 2 lists
Zig
General-purpose language and toolchain. [Docs | GitHub]
In 3 lists
Ziglings
Learn the Zig programming language by fixing tiny broken programs.
Upaya
Framework for creating game tools and helper apps.
In 2 lists
Known Folders
Provides access to well-known folders across several operating systems.
In 4 lists
Mach
Game engine & graphics toolkit. [Examples]
In 4 lists
Zig-Gamedev Project
Sample apps and libraries using DirectX 12.
In 4 listsDetails
Mini Pixel
Tiny pixel art editor. [Download]
In 2 lists
Pixi
Pixel art editor.
In 2 lists
Cyber
Fast, efficient, and concurrent scripting language.
In 4 lists
Open Source Games >Awesome Collections
Open Source Games
Collection of games that have the source code available on GitHub.
In 4 listsDetails
Quake Engines
List of repositories of idTech engines, it's derivatives and sourceports.
Open Source Games >C
Doom
The original 1993 3D masterpiece by id Software.
In 3 lists
Gish
Open Source version of the award-winning physics platformer. [Steam]
In 2 lists
Handmade Hero
Videos on making a game from start to finish, source code for $15.
In 4 lists
Wolfenstein 3D
The original open source release of Wolfenstein 3D.
In 2 lists
Open Source Games >C++
Doom 3
Doom 3 GPL source release.
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
Classic roguelike adventure. [Play]
In 4 lists
Etheral Legends
Indie Action RPG built with Unreal Engine 4. [Steam]
GemRB
Open source implementation of Bioware's Infinity Engine.
In 3 lists
zDoom
Modern, feature centric port for all Doom engine games.
In 2 lists
Open Source Games >Java
Pixel Dungeon
Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface.
In 4 lists
Specialty Topics >Asset Pipeline / Formats
glTF
Runtime 3D asset delivery format for scenes, meshes, materials, animations, data.
KTX-Software
Khronos texture container tools and library for KTX/KTX2 workflow.
MikkTSpace
Standard for tangent space used in baking tools to produce normal maps.
Specialty Topics >Color Manipulation
How to Choose Colors Procedurally
Procedural palettes and how to generate them.
Red, Yellow, and Blue
Convert colors from the paint color wheel to RGB space. [Source]
Specialty Topics >Enemies / Pathfinding
Intro to AI
Intro to Enemy AI Programming for Games at RayWenderlich.com.
Beginner's Guide to Game AI
Intro to concepts used in Enemy AI for games.
Specialty Topics >Entity Component Systems
A Simple Entity Component System
Basis for an ECS in C++.
Evolve Your Hierarchy
Overview of ECSs and why to use them, at Cowboy Programming.
Intro to Component-Based Architecture in Games
Component-based architecture.
Nomad Game Engine
Articles building an ECS from the ground up in C++. [Source]
What's an Entity System
Overview of ECSs, how they are used in game development.
In 2 lists
Specialty Topics >Fluid / Smoke
Fluid Simulation on the GPU
GPU Gems Chapter 38 - Fast, stable fluid simulation on the GPU.
Fluids-2D
Real-time fluid dynamics on the GPU with the help of WebGL and Three.js.
GPU Fluid Experiments
Cross-platform GPU fluid simulation. [Source]
WebGL Fluid Simulation
Play with fluids in your browser (even on mobile). [Source]
Specialty Topics >Geometry
Constructive Solid Geometry
Technique using boolean operations to combine primitive objects.
csg.js
JavaScript library implementing CSG. [Examples]
three-bvh-csg
Fast and dynamic CSG on top of three-mesh-bvh.
In 2 lists
three-csgmesh
Conversion of the csg.js library for use with Three.js.
Geometry, Surfaces, Curves, Polyhedra
Geometry topics including meshes, shapes, textures.
Mesh Transforms
Apple's private API for manipulation of UIView meshes. [Source]
Laplacian Smoothing
Draft notes with C++ code for laplacian smoothing of meshes.
Subdivision at Matt's Webcorner
Smoothing with subdivision surfaces.
Subdivision Surfaces
Explanations of different schemes used in subdivision surfaces.
Specialty Topics >Hair
Fuzzy Meshes
Simulating fur with cones and gravity. [Source]
Specialty Topics >Lighting / Shadows
What Every Coder Should Know About Gamma
Light emission vs perceptual brightness.
Gleaner Heights: 2D Lighting
Simple intro to 2D lighting in a game with GLSL.
Basic Lighting
3D lighting article by LearnOpenGL.
Forward Rendering vs. Deferred Rendering
Techniques for handling many lights.
Forward+ Rendering / Tiled Forward Shading
Forward rendering with tiled light culling.
OpenGL & GLSL Tutorials
OpenGL / GLSL tutorials for LWJGL and libGDX.
In 2 lists
2D Visibility
Excellent interactive tutorial on 2D visibility.
Fast 2D shadows in Unity
Adapting 3D rendering techniques to achieve fast 2D shadows.
Sight & Light
How to create 2D visibility / shadow effects for your game. [Source]
Symmetric Shadowcasting
Common technique for calculating field of view.
Efficient Soft-Edged Shadows
GPU Gems 2 Chapter 17.
Shadow Mapping
Shadow mapping and the techniques used to acheive it.
Threex Volumetric Spotlight
Great example of volumetric lighting with Three.js. [Source]
Specialty Topics >Network
Source Multiplayer Networking
Valve's Source Engine multiplayer system.
In 3 lists
Specialty Topics >Particles
Particles
Article by LearnOpenGL.
Soft Particles
Implementing soft particles in WebGL.
Specialty Topics >Physics
Fix Your Timestep!
🔥 - How to keep physics stable with variable fps.
Game Physics from Scratch
Starting resource for game physics.
Intro to Physics
Part I: Intro to Rigid Body Dynamics.
In 2 lists
Open Source Physics Engines
List of open source physics engines.
2D Physics Games
Using Box2D for water, ropes, gravity, lines, vehicles, etc.
Basic 2D Platformer Physics
How to create a physics system for a platformer.
Draw SVG rope using JavaScript
SVG path vector rope drawing.
Ropes in Contraption Maker
Implementing the physics of ropes in Contraption Maker.
Matter.js: Chains
Chains demo using Matter.js. [Source]
Blob Physics
Using verlet physics to simulate 2D blobs.
Oryol: Bullet Cloth
Bullet 3D physics cloth using the Oryol game framework. [Source]
Three.js: Ammo Volume
3D soft body volumes using Ammo.js and Three.js. [Source]
Making a Verlet Physics Engine
Under the hood of a 2D physics engine in JavaScript.
2D Water
Modeling 2D water with springs.
Specialty Topics >Rendering
GPU Driven Rendering
Calculating rendering on the GPU in compute shaders.
In 2 lists
Model Batching
Drawing many different models in a single draw call.
Specialty Topics >Scripting
Adding Languages to Game Engines
Story of adding scripting to a game.
Implementing a Scripting Engine
Writting a scripting engine from scratch.
Embedded Scripting Languages
Scripting languages and engines available as libraries.
List of Embedded Scripting Languages
Scripting languages to use in your app / game.
In 2 lists
Scriptorium
Game scripting languages benchmarked.
Specialty Topics >Shaders
3D Game Shaders For Beginners
🔥 - Shaders to improve your games. [Source]
In 2 lists
Book of Shaders
🔥 - Step-by-step guide through Fragment Shaders. [Source]
In 6 listsDetails
CrossShader
Cross-compiling shaders between GLSL, HLSL, Metal, and more.
In 2 lists
Geeks3D Shader Library
Postprocessing, lighting, utlities and many more.
Review of Shader Languages
Differences between HLSL, GLSL, MSL, and WGSL.
Ronja Tutorials
Tutorials covering many shader techniques.
In 2 lists
Shader Park
Shader programming in JavaScript.
Shader Survival Guide
Intro to the world of shaders and VFX using Unity Shader Graph.
SHADERed
Shader IDE, written in C++.
In 4 lists
LearnOpenGL Tutorial
Techniques used for bloom lighting, presented in OpenGL.
Three.js: Bloom Example
WebGL bloom postprocessing using Three.js. [Source]
Unity Tutorial
How to add support for a bloom effect.
Dithering on the GPU
Ordered dithering in glsl using 8x8 Bayer Dithering.
Fire Shader in GLSL
Fire intro shader using noise textures and masking.
Simplex 3D Noise
Simplex noise fire simulation shader at ShaderToy.
Drawing Lines
Techniques for 2D/3D line rendering.
Book of Shaders: Noise
Excellent GLSL noise article by Book of Shaders.
Color Banding
Using noise / dithering to improve drawing gradients.
Psrdnoise
Tiling simplex flow noise in 2D/3D.
In 2 lists
Understanding Perlin Noise
Analysis of Perlin Noise, written in C#. [Source]
WebGL Noise
Maintained branch of the original Ashima Arts 2D, 3D and 4D noise functions.
Fast Solid 2D Outline
Drawing an outline on the alpha channel of a 2D image.
Let it glow!
Article with shader code on dynamically adding outlines to characters.
Outline Shader
Nice outline shader. [Source]
Outlines w/Surface IDs
Technique combining depth, normals and surface IDs. [Source]
Sketchy Outling
Article on producing a sketchy outline look.
Pixel Art Shaders
Useful GLSL postprocessing shaders for pixel art games.
Three.js: Pixelation Example
WebGL pixelation postprocessing using Three.js. [Source]
Image Editor Effects
WebGL image filters / effects shaders.
How do I perform an xBR or hqx filter in XNA?
Upscaling shader code.
hqx
Wikipedia article about the hqx pixel art upscaling algorithm developed by Maxim Stepin.
2D Water Shader
GLSL fragment shader to simulate 2D water surface in libGDX.
Flat and Wireframe Shading
Flat shading / wireframes using Barycentric Coordinates.
Specialty Topics >Signed Distance Fields
2D SDFs
Signed distance functions for basic 2D primitives.
3D SDFs
Signed distance functions for basic 3D primitives.
CSG w/SDFs
Using circular SDFs to build 3D objects with CSG. [Source]
In 2 lists
Bezier Strokes
Blog post on rendering bezier strokes with SDFs.
Signed Distance Field Resources
Tutorials, papers, software, demos, discussions, etc.
In 2 lists
SDF Mesh Generation
Python API to generate 3D meshes with SDFs.
Specialty Topics >Tiling
Auto-Tile
How to use tile bitmasking to auto-tile your level layouts.
List of Eucliden Uniform Tilings
Wikipedia article on uniform tiling, space-filling polygons.
Space-Filling Polyhedron
Polyhedra, 3D polygons that fill space. [5 Space-Filling Polyhedra]
Specialty Topics >Transparency
Depth Peeling
Method for order-independent transparency.
Intro to Order-Independent Transparency
Article by LearnOpenGL.
Weighted, Blended
Method for order-independent transparency.
Tools / Software >Awesome Collections
Itch.io Tools
Huge collection of game dev tools on Itch.io.
Tiny Tools
Tools that might be useful in building your game.
In 3 lists
Tools / Software >Animation Software
Cascadeur
3D animation software for physics-based character animation.
In 4 lists
DragonBones
Open source 2D game skeletal animation solution. [Source]
FaceFX
Leading provider of audio-based facial animation.
Spine
2D animation for games.
In 3 lists
Tools / Software >Audio Tools
Bosca Ceoil
Easy to use tool for creating music.
In 2 lists
Cakewalk
Complete music production package.
In 3 lists
FamiStudio
Music editor targeted at chiptune artists and NES homebrewers. [Source]
fmod
Popular (Hades, Celeste, Untitled Goose Game) audio software for games.
In 2 lists
KiraStudio
Lightweight music studio built for clarity, automation, and sound creation.
Sound Box
Compose synthetic music in your browser, good for small demos.
ZzFXM
Music generator for use in tiny JavaScript apps. [Source]
Bfxr
Classic. For making simple sound effects for games. [Source]
In 3 lists
ChipTone
Tool for generating sound effects.
sfxia
Tiny sound generator.
sfxr
The original tiny sound effects tool.
ZzFX
Tiny JavaScript sound FX system / Zuper Zmall Zound Zynth. [Source]
Tools / Software >Color / Palettes
Colormind
Color scheme generator, can learn color styles from photographs, art, etc.
In 2 lists
COLOURlovers
Share colors, palettes and patterns.
In 4 lists
Huemint
Uses machine learning to generate colors for graphic design.
In 2 lists
Lospec
Database of palettes for pixel art.
In 3 lists
Palette Extractor
Extract the palette from any sprite or image, export to GPL, ASE or hex. [Source]
In 2 lists
Paletton
Explore complementary colors on the color wheel.
In 4 lists
Tools / Software >Debugging / Profiling
Nsight
Debug, profile, and export frames built with Direct3D, Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenXR.
PIX
Debugging and profiling for game developers using Direct3D 12.
RenderDoc
Stand-alone graphics debugging tool.
In 4 lists
Tracy Profiler
Frame profiler.
In 7 listsDetails
Tools / Software >Image Editors
Tools / Software >Level Editors
Crocotile 3D
Tool for creating 3D scenes with 2D tiles.
Cygon
Fast and easy game environment prototyping.
Radiant
Cross-platform level editor for idTech games. [Source]
TrenchBroom
Level editor for Quake-Engine games. [Source]
In 2 lists
Tools / Software >Materials / Textures
Filter Forge
Photo effects, realistic textures, and visual editor.
In 3 lists
JSplacement
Cross-platform pseudo-random displacement map generator.
Material Maker
Procedural physically-based rendering material maker. [Source]
In 2 lists
Materialize
Tool for creating materials from images to be used in games. [Source]
In 3 lists
PixPlant
Tool to allow simple creation of tiling 3D materials.
SPARTAN
Generate a wide variety of different background types that are tileable.
TexaTool
Online tool to generate tileable textures by moving sliders.
Texgen.js
JavaScript texture generator tool. [Source]
Tools / Software >Modeling Tools
3DS Max
Classic software for 3D modeling and rendering.
ArmorPaint
Physically-based texture painting, drop in your 3D models and paint. [Source]
In 4 lists
Asset Forge
Create 3D models and 2D sprites using building blocks.
Meshroom
3D reconstruction, built with the AliceVision framework. [Source]
In 3 lists
ZBrush
Simple and easy to use 3D sculpting tool.
Tools / Software >Particle Tools
Particle Designer
Powerful particle effects editor designed for macOS.
TimelineFX
Create amazing particle effects for your games, apps and webpages.
Tools / Software >Pixel Art
Ditherdragon
Resample art, sketches and images into pixel-art.
Fluid FX
Uses fluid simulation to achieve animations like explosions, blood, smoke, etc.
Juice FX
Add style to your sprites and animations with ease.
Piskel
Online editor for animated sprites & pixel art. [Source]
In 3 lists
PixaTool
Create pixel art by converting your images, sprites or videos.
Pixel FX
Create pixel art particle effects and render them to sprite sheets.
Pixelorama
Open source pixel art multitool. [Web Version]
In 3 lists
Smear FX
Make your 2D animations juicy by adding some smearing to them.
Sprite Illuminator
Create stunning light effects with 2D sprites in your game engine.
In 2 lists
Texture Packer
Create sprite sheets and optimize your game graphics.
In 3 lists
Tools / Software >Tilemap Editors
Ogmo Editor
Free, open source, project oriented tile map editor.
Sprite Fusion
Free, web-based 2D tilemap editor with export to Unity, Godot, and more.
In 3 lists
Tools / Software >Vector Editors
Tools / Software >Voxel
Ken Shape
Draw in 2D, set the depth for each pixel and generate 3D models!
IsoVoxel
Generates isometric pixel art from MagicaVoxel .vox files.
MagicaVoxel
Lightweight voxel art editor.
In 5 listsDetails
Qubicle
Popular (Crossy Road, Pacman 256) voxel editor, easy creation of 3D models.
Video Game Assets >Audio Assets
BandLab Sounds
High-quality loops and packs used for music creation.
Bensound
Original music tracks, free with attribution. Perfect for games.
Incompetech
Nice collection of game tracks. Buy or attribution required.
Melody Loops
Nice mix of free and affordable music loops.
Soundimage
Looping music tracks for videogames. Buy or attribution required.
Freesound
Community-based archive of free sound effects.
In 2 lists
Free Sound Effects
Large collection of sound effects.
Soundsnap
Subscription-based professional sound effects library.
Video Game Assets >Graphic Assets
Kenny
🔥 - 2D/3D CC0 1.0 game graphics and other assets.
In 2 lists
Open Game Art
Portal for free / public domain game art online.
In 7 listsDetails
Top Free Game Assets
Top free game assets listed on Itch.io.
In 2 lists
Video Game Assets >Material Assets
Pmndrs Materials
Collection of public domain materials.
Video Game Assets >Model Assets
Pmndrs Market
Collection of public domain models.
Poly Pizza
Build something beautiful with thousands of free low poly models.
In 5 listsDetails
Quaternius
Collection of CC0 1.0 3D models.
In 3 lists
Retro3DGraphicsCollection
No attribution, retro (PS1 style) 3D graphics assets.
In 2 lists
Legend
Public Domain License
(CC0, BOLA, WTFPL, Unlicense, etc.)
Permissive License
(MIT/Expat, BSD, ZLIB/LIBPNG, ISC, Apache, Boost etc.)
Copyleft License
(CC, GPL, LGPL, MPL, etc.)
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