go3d vs go-sdl2

go3d

A performance oriented 2D/3D math package for Go (by ungerik)

Game development

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go-sdl2

SDL2 binding for Go (by veandco)

Game development Go Binding Sdl2 maintainer-wanted

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go3d		go-sdl2
	Project
-	Mentions	3
288	Stars	2,126
-	Growth	1.4%
0.0	Activity	6.9
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Go	Language	C
MIT License	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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go3d

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go-sdl2

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C Port of Ken Thompson's Space Travel
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2023
"Dr. Kobushi’s Labyrinthine Laboratory" powered by Ebitengine has been released on Steam
2 projects | /r/golang | 15 Sep 2022

An even simpler option (not a full engine) is using SDL2 bindings.
3D graphics library
10 projects | /r/golang | 28 Aug 2022

Fair enough! There are Go bindings for sdl here, and bindings for RayLib here. Beyond that, everything go game-related that I know of is a game engine.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go3d and go-sdl2 you can also consider the following projects:

gonet - A Game Server Skeleton in golang.

raylib-go - Go bindings for raylib, a simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming.

engo - Engo is an open-source 2D game engine written in Go.

Ebiten - Ebitengine - A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

g3n - Go 3D Game Engine (http://g3n.rocks)

Pixel - A hand-crafted 2D game library in Go

canvas2d

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.

fantasyname - RinkWorks fantasy name generator for golang

d3d9 - Direct3D9 wrapper for Go.

go-collada - Go package for working with the Collada file format.