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10,819 | 4,378 | |
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MonoGame
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The MonoGame Foundation launch
To highlight this shift, we are introducing a new website which is now fully automated with Github. The paint is still fresh, but we hope to expand it with more information about the MonoGame Foundation, like how it operates, and how to join it or contribute.
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Not only Unity...
https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame /
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MonoGame VS kni - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 10 Oct 2023
- MonoGame: An Open-Source, Cross-Platform Game Development Framework
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OSS Game Engines are increasing their stars on GitHub due to Unity's missteps
Yes, it is possible, but you need to use a game framework not a game engine.
Example of a game framework: http://www.monogame.net.
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Unity's Trap
Monogame, though it doesn't do much hand-holding: https://github.com/MonoGame/MonoGame
Webassembly support is spotty, though in progress AFAICT.
Used by a few 2D games like Stsrdew Valley and Celeste.
- MonoGame
- Zune was a gaming platform for about 5 minutes; I miss XNA.
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Which tools should I use to create my game ?
Some that I am aware of and that support at least Windows and Android are (Monogame)[https://www.monogame.net/], (Cocos2D)[https://www.cocos.com/en/cocos2d-x], (LÖVE)[https://love2d.org/]. But there are likely many more. Even more basic ones which are just another abstraction layer on top of SDL (like (Oxygine)[https://oxygine.org/]).
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What mobile game engine to choose for a simple multiplateforme gacha game?
- https://www.monogame.net/
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Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
I've built a few games with my son over the years. The fun part for us was all about fast iteration, and then laughing at the bugs together.
There are some other recommendations here for how to approach 3d, and he is specifically asking for 3d -- but I want to put in one more pitch for 2d: the fun-to-tedium ratio can be much higher.
I wonder if you could spend some time prototyping some of his ideas in LÖVE https://love2d.org/ -- if you show him the smallest sketch of something working, he might have an idea about what to add next.
Many years ago, on a flight, we went from 0 to game before we landed (with no experience).
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Show HN: A variant of Conway's Game of Life in color you can run on your phone
* When a cell is born it randomly takes on the color of one of its (3) parents.
To try it out:
1. Install LÖVE for your device from https://love2d.org (~5MB and open source). (iOS requires building from source on a Mac, or installing the third-party Love2D Studio: https://love2d-studio.marknoteapp.com)
2. Install my Lua Carousel from https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel (~100KB). It includes all its source code and can be edited live on a computer as it runs.
3. Copy the ~100 lines of code from the bottom of https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel/devlog/651711/new-version-after-9-days and paste them into Lua Carousel.
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Gearing up for Lua
Probably the most important piece of software we'll be playing around with is a game engine called LÖVE. Lua is well known around developer circles as being a good scripting language when it comes to making games, and this engine is one of the more popular. I'll be going through installation at the end of this post.
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Original Sling'n'shoot Worms Game
I got it – these are the steps I took:
1. Download Love from https://love2d.org/
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Can't make my mind about which engine to use
libGDX is great, but I can understand if it's not for some people. This also applies to love2d, raylib and Monogame
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How Do I Compile/Install Love 0.10.2 on Linux?
You don't need to use git if you don't want to. Try downloading the 0.10.2 source directly here (the file you want is love-0.10.2-linux-src.tar.gz); I see you've tried this already but try again just to see what happens. Extract it to a directory (e.g. love-0.10.2-linux-src) and then run:
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Not only Unity...
Love2d (MIT/C++/Lua) https://github.com/love2d/love
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Ask HN: Released games built on FOSS engines?
- Löve (doesn't have a separate page, but showcases a few games at the bottom of the page): https://love2d.org
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How to have the coolest booth at a tech conference 🕹👾
The game, Wasp Escape, was built using the open-source Löve 2D game library for Lua.
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I want to make a game but I'm scared...
love2d (lua) is a productive, fun, good docs, and most importantly proven / field-tested 2d game library, with easy to learn fast to compile and fast to run language - lua. while lua might not have a lot of features as python, the big bonus is that its much more focused language, which is important because otherwise you can get easily distracted on bells and whistles that other programming languages provide, i know that from experience
What are some alternatives?
Raylib-cs - C# bindings for raylib, a simple and easy-to-use library to learn videogames programming
raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
FNA - FNA - Accuracy-focused XNA4 reimplementation for open platforms
Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
Stride Game Engine - Stride Game Engine (formerly Xenko)
Godot Card Game Framework - A framework which comes with prepared scenes and classes to kickstart your card game, as well as a powerful scripting engine to use to provide full rules enforcement.
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
Nez - Nez is a free 2D focused framework that works with MonoGame and FNA
bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
SkiaSharp - SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images.
Phaser - Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering. [Moved to: https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser]