I want to make a game for Linux. Where do I even start?

1. Panda3D

   1 48 4,766 9.5 C++

   Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU

   

   Panda3D

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. OpenSceneGraph

   2 12 3,372 0.0 C++

   OpenSceneGraph git repository

   

   openscenegraph (mainly focuses on graphics, used by openmw for example)

4. pygame_sdl2

   3 4 337 7.3 Python

   Reimplementation of portions of the pygame API using SDL2.

   

   pygame_sdl2 (SDL bindings for python)

5. PhysicsExamples2D

   4 298 578 4.1 C#

   Examples of various Unity 2D Physics components and features.

   

   And of course there are the non-free engines that support linux like unity3d or unreal

6. RakNet

   5 6 3,029 0.0 HTML

   Discontinued RakNet is a cross platform, open source, C++ networking engine for game programmers.

   

   RakNet (UDP network library)

7. Torque3D

   6 12 3,350 1.8 C++

   MIT Licensed Open Source version of Torque 3D from GarageGames

   

   Torque

8. Godot

   7 2,784 97,169 10.0 C++

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

   

   godot

9. SaaSHub

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10. bgfx

    8 76 15,697 9.1 C++

    Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

    

    If we're going to list graphics libraries then bgfx and irrlicht are probably worth a mention as well.

11. raylib

    9 412 26,324 9.8 C

    A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

    

    I also didn't see the very excellent C library raylib (well, really it's a collection) in the list.

12. GLM

    10 40 9,884 7.7 C++

    OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)

    

    GLM and CGLM should probably be mentioned as well since you'll probably want a good linear algebra library if you are going with just a rendering library instead of a full game engine.

13. Box2D

    11 36 8,797 7.8 C

    Box2D is a 2D physics engine for games

    

    As for physics there's tons of options, but the list gets rather exhaustive when considering 2D and 3D but you have box2d, bullet, and many many more.

14. cglm

    12 12 2,520 9.4 C

    📽 Highly Optimized 2D / 3D Graphics Math (glm) for C

    

    GLM and CGLM should probably be mentioned as well since you'll probably want a good linear algebra library if you are going with just a rendering library instead of a full game engine.

15. Bullet

    13 43 13,347 4.3 C++

    Bullet Physics SDK: real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation for VR, games, visual effects, robotics, machine learning etc.

    

    As for physics there's tons of options, but the list gets rather exhaustive when considering 2D and 3D but you have box2d, bullet, and many many more.

16. love

    14 265 6,588 9.3 C++

    LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

    

17. SaaSHub

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