ClanLib VS Cocos2d

Compare ClanLib vs Cocos2d and see what are their differences.

ClanLib

ClanLib is a cross platform C++ toolkit library. (by sphair)

Cocos2d

Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x. (by cocos2d)
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ClanLib Cocos2d
1 7
333 17,840
- 0.5%
2.3 2.9
5 months ago 8 days ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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ClanLib

Posts with mentions or reviews of ClanLib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.

Cocos2d

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cocos2d. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.
  • Not only Unity...
    53 projects | /r/opensourcegames | 11 Nov 2023
  • Decrypt key and signature
    3 projects | /r/AskReverseEngineering | 12 Apr 2023
    That's all I can really tell you from what you've posted. The original version without the Blowfish encryption is open source (eg. https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/blob/v4/cocos/scripting/lua-bindings/manual/CCLuaStack.cpp) , and I don't really understand how why you have so much symbol information available if what you're trying to disassemble isn't also probably open source
    3 projects | /r/AskReverseEngineering | 12 Apr 2023
  • How does writing shader source code work for OpenGL ES?
    2 projects | /r/opengl | 14 Mar 2022
    As others have pointed out, the biggest difference you're seeing is likely due to the _version_ of OpenGL (and hence GLSL) version. That said, there are still important differences. I'd recommend looking at a comparison between the same shader in a project that supports both OpenGL & OpenGLES. For example, here's a shader from cocos2d-x https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/blob/v4/cocos/renderer/shaders/positionColor.vert. Note the only difference in this case is the additional precision qualifier (lowp) for v_fragmentColor. Note too how cocos uses preprocessor macros to handle this, so they don't have to maintain separate shader sources. Depending on your goals, you might be interested in tools like Nvidia cg or nvFX that allow for creating shaders in a dialect agnostic way, but ymmv.
  • Im learning C++ and want to make a small game with it. What do you suggest me for graphics?
    6 projects | /r/gamedev | 20 Nov 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ClanLib and Cocos2d you can also consider the following projects:

Pygame - 🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL.

Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

Panda3D - Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU

Arcade - Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.

libGDX - Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine

Oxygine - Oxygine is C++ engine and framework for 2D games on iOS, Android, Windows, Linux and Mac

Spring RTS game engine - A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/

PySDL2

Allegro - The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

Torque2D - A completely free, open-source, 2D game engine built on proven torque technology.

GamePlay - Open-source, cross-platform, C++ game engine for creating 2D/3D games.