Free high-performance cross-platform game engine

1. defold

   1 10 6,076 9.9 C++

   Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, mobile and web games.

   

   I've had a soft spot for defold, partly because they're unique in the gamedev space. For example, the GUI editor that is built-in is done in Clojure! https://github.com/defold/defold/tree/dev/editor (cljfx for the GUI, I am rooting for seesaw though :))

   From what I understand it emerged from a gamedev studio from Sweden (King or something?) so there's commercial release pedigree there. I believe their console platform build/release tooling does cost money for game devs because the platform SDKs themselves impose restrictions. But I get the impression that defold as org does seem to put in earnest effort to be fair to game devs with licensing, etc. like others mentioned here.

2. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. tl

   2 65 2,762 9.2 Lua

   The compiler for Teal, a typed dialect of Lua

   

4. love

   3 274 8,395 8.4 C++

   LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

   

   How does it compare to Löve 2D, other than shipping with a IDE? Looks like Defold supports more platforms, but I guess there are some strings attached since packaging games for various consoles usually come with very non-open dependencies.

   https://love2d.org/

5. nixpkgs

   4 1,076 25,000 10.0 Nix

   Nix Packages collection & NixOS

   

   Noticed it wasn't on Nixpkgs, so... https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/399843

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