FlaxEngine
Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine (by FlaxEngine)
Spring RTS game engine
A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/ (by spring)
| FlaxEngine | Spring RTS game engine | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 44 | |
| 5,461 | 3,464 | |
| 1.8% | 0.8% | |
| 9.9 | 4.6 | |
| 4 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
| C# | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
FlaxEngine
Posts with mentions or reviews of FlaxEngine.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.
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Not only Unity...
Flax (MIT/C++) https://github.com/FlaxEngine/FlaxEngine
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I would say to Unity developers, don't use Godot.
For 3D games, check out the engine: Stride Engine or Flax Engine.
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Alternative Game Engines for Marooned Unity Developers
Flax Engine: C# and C++, Global Illumination system, Visual scripting, Full Source Code Available, 4% royalties after $250,000 (threshold is per quarter, not all time). The engine honestly looks really good, so it could be worth taking a closer look, but does lack tutorials.
- List of Unity alternatives
- Unity: We Have Heard You
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What features would you like to see that are not available in leading game engines
It sounds like you're asking them to just remake https://flaxengine.com. (Minus ECS)
- Why is there a lack of cool repos?
- Flax Game Engine – A true game changer
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What are people's thoughts on Flax Engine?
As the title says, what are people's thoughts on Flax Engine. (Link for anyone who hasn't heard of it)
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Unity Face Mass Protest After CEO Purchases Malware Company, Lays Off Hundreds, & Calls Devs Idiots
Flax (4% royalty after 100k revenue) looks to be the most Unity-like, and seems to be pretty polished, if also new and lacking features. That's all I know about it so far. Its pricing model is similar to Unreal's and, like Unreal, it's source-available (but not truly open-source).
Spring RTS game engine
Posts with mentions or reviews of Spring RTS game engine.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-19.
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Zero-k: A libre sci-fi RTS game, with an economy based on metal and energy
Seems the support would be a realistic feature, though, because it's based on https://springrts.com/ that does support MacOS X.
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Alternative Game Engines for Marooned Unity Developers
springrts: Designed for 3D rts games. May be worth looking into if that's what you're making. The site is kind of lack luster so I didn't do too much digging around.
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OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era
...or Total Annihilation Spring, nowadays known as Spring RTS: https://springrts.com/
- Here’s how a train conductors’ view looks at night
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What is your favorite open source Linux game? Mine is Wideland (Best way to describe is the way Settlers 3 should have been)
My current favorite is Beyond All Reason. Before BAR, my favorite was Zero-K. Both BAR and zk use the same game engine, SpringRTS. BAR and zk are very similar to one another, and they're successors for Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander.
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Permafrost engine – An OpenGL RTS game engine written in C
Obligatory mention of another open source RTS engine (lineage tracing back to the original Total Annihilation): https://springrts.com/
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Troubles Installing Spring Engine. This is what downloads when I try. This folder leads to nothing. Any ideas?
Non-OSS Engine?
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What older video game holds a special place in your heart?
Total Annihilation for sure, the spiritual successor Supreme Commander is great but a bit too different for me. There's an open source recreation that's a bit rough to learn at first, but it's my favorite game of all time called Spring RTS. https://springrts.com/
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Game Engine Development.
The other thing is that if you're going to make an engine focused on rts games, you should probably study an existing RTS-focused engine. For example, here's the source code for Spring. Learn what it does, why, and how. You might decide this is good enough for what you want to do. You might decide this is pretty close, and you'll only want to extend it rather than start from scratch. You might decide to still start from scratch, but at least you learned something about requirements/ methods/ etc.
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Looking for a RTS game like Zero-K
Pretty much any game on the Spring Engine (which Zero-K is on) will work on Linux.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FlaxEngine and Spring RTS game engine you can also consider the following projects:
Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
o3de - Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Grit - Grit Game Engine
filament - Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, and WebGL2
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.
bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
openage - Free (as in freedom) open source clone of the Age of Empires II engine :rocket:
gemrb - GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine.
Panda3D - Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU
The-Forge - The Forge Cross-Platform Rendering Framework PC Windows, Steamdeck (native), Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, PS5, Switch, Quest 2
Allegro - The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!
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Spring RTS game engine vs openage
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FlaxEngine vs The-Forge
Spring RTS game engine vs Allegro