GamePlay vs Crypto++

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GamePlay		Crypto++
	Project
2	Mentions	6
4,354	Stars	4,547
0.7%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	8.0
2 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
C++	Language	C++
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

GamePlay

Posts with mentions or reviews of GamePlay. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-22.

Alternative Game Engines for Marooned Unity Developers
8 projects | /r/gamedev | 22 Sep 2023

Gameplay: Another promising MIT licensed engine for both 2D and 3D. Doesn't seem like there is much in the way of learning material though.
Libraries
14 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 7 Dec 2021

GamePlay

Crypto++

Posts with mentions or reviews of Crypto++. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-06.

And the Earn It act is back in the US. Third times the charm to crush privacy?
1 project | /r/linux | 6 May 2023

I'm one of the maintainers of Crypto++, https://cryptopp.com/.
How to use a static library in g++
2 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 6 Sep 2022

Hello, Im new to c++ and wanted to make a project from scratch, so far I understand how to compile multiple .cpp files using g++ (and visual studio code). The only thing that gives me a headache is trying to include open source libraries into my project, basically i want to use Cryptopp library (https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp).
Information and learning resources for cryptography newcomers
11 projects | /r/cryptography | 31 Jan 2022
Libraries
14 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 7 Dec 2021

cryptopp
Crypto++ 8.6
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Nov 2021
C++: library for encryption and decryption with AES algorithm
1 project | /r/cpp_questions | 7 Oct 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GamePlay and Crypto++ you can also consider the following projects:

flixel - Free, cross-platform 2D game engine powered by Haxe and OpenFL

OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

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

Botan - Cryptography Toolkit

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.

libsodium - A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library.

ClanLib - ClanLib is a cross platform C++ toolkit library.

Bcrypt - Modern(-ish) password hashing for your software and your servers

nCine - A cross-platform 2D game engine

LibTomCrypt - LibTomCrypt is a fairly comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit that provides developers with a vast array of well known published block ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes, pseudo-random number generators, public key cryptography and a plethora of other routines.

Polycode - Polycode is a cross-platform framework for creative code.

mbedTLS - An open source, portable, easy to use, readable and flexible TLS library, and reference implementation of the PSA Cryptography API. Releases are on a varying cadence, typically around 3 - 6 months between releases.