corona
Solar2D Game Engine main repository (ex Corona SDK) (by coronalabs)
TIC-80
TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games. (by nesbox)
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| corona | TIC-80 | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 134 | |
| 2,419 | 4,759 | |
| 2.2% | - | |
| 7.8 | 9.2 | |
| 3 days ago | about 11 hours ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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.
corona
Posts with mentions or reviews of corona.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-13.
- Solar2D is Lua-based game engine focusing on ease of iterations and usage
- LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua
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Total Noob With a Question.
This is using the Lua language and the Solar2d game framework
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What mobile game engine to choose for a simple multiplateforme gacha game?
- https://solar2d.com/
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10 lesser known engines to make games for fun and relax
I was a big fan of Solar2D (formerly known as CoronaSDK) for many years... I developed several games for the various App Stores. It's still around, free, and is now Open Source.
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Hello everyone!
https://solar2d.com/ Best Lua game engine around and only getting better.
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should i use pygame, lua or gamemaker language for an rpg
Not tailored specifically for an RPG but I'd suggest taking a look at Solar2D.
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What game engine to use for a 2D interface only game
About Solar2D, I'd suggest their Discord channel for better communication.
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Theory vs Practice
Dont follow this path. Computers are nowadays fast enough so you do not need a low level language. Take a different language and use the libraries. I think a while ago Romero recommended LUA with corona sdk, now called solar 2d https://solar2d.com/
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Recommended platform / language for making very basic Mario clone
Solar2D uses Lua, and is quite efficient in 2D games
TIC-80
Posts with mentions or reviews of TIC-80.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.
- Picotron Is a Fantasy Workstation
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Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
Or the more free TIC-80. I have paid for both, but never used either enough to be able to say one or the other has any significant advantages.
https://tic80.com/
- Not only Unity...
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PicoCalc
I wish the community moved to an open source option like TIC-80[0].
0. https://tic80.com/
- Publishing my first game using pico-8
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LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua
Main differences are: 16:9 aspect ratio, no cpu limits and many languages to tinker with: lua, js, squirrel, wren, janet, wasm, ... and just recently - a Python support was added.
https://tic80.com
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Procedural Tree Generator - Free Pixel Art Tool
Included native builds for windows, mac, linux, html, and also TIC-80's .PNG, .TIC and .LUA formats. Try out the web version here - https://tic80.com/play?cart=3424 See the TIC-80 wiki for instructions on exporting https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/wiki
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Procedural Tree Generator
https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/ - TIC-80 website (for running .lua .png or .tic files) as well as TIC-80 documentation.
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Hey, I need advice!😶
Try https://tic80.com/ instead of PICO-8, it's a free open-source alternative and still fun.
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Anybody working on games here?
Tho personally I've come to prefer making my games in https://love2d.org and https://tic80.com
What are some alternatives?
When comparing corona and TIC-80 you can also consider the following projects:
Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
awesome-PICO-8 - A curated list of awesome PICO-8 resources, carts, tools and more
krkrz - Kirikiri Z Project
love - LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.
flame - A Flutter based game engine.
pyxel - A retro game engine for Python
MicroTeX - A dynamic, cross-platform, and embeddable LaTeX rendering library
PixelVision8 - Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame.
hubomat - Github actions for running a HubOMatic deploy
LIKO-12 - LIKO-12 is an open source fantasy computer made using LÖVE.
lovr - Lua Virtual Reality Framework
ruffle - A Flash Player emulator written in Rust