Game engines favouring a programming-heavy approach?

1. MonoGame

   1 96 11,882 9.2 C#

   One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

   

   MonoGame

2. CodeRabbit

   coderabbit.ai featured

   CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

   

3. magnum

   2 22 4,911 9.7 C++

   Lightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization

   

   There are code-only engines like Urho3D, Monogame, etc. Unfortunately there aren't a ton of options, though, and in many cases it becomes worth it to just write games without an engine. Libraries like Magnum and EnTT can help reduce the legwork.

4. entt

   3 79 10,737 9.9 C++

   Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more

   

   There are code-only engines like Urho3D, Monogame, etc. Unfortunately there aren't a ton of options, though, and in many cases it becomes worth it to just write games without an engine. Libraries like Magnum and EnTT can help reduce the legwork.

5. Phaser

   4 182 35,792 9.6 JavaScript

   Discontinued Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering. [Moved to: https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser] (by photonstorm)

   

   You might wanna look for something more like a framework than an engine. If you can code in Javascript/Typescript, then have you seen Phaser? You can probably find a framework like this for whatever language you prefer.

6. RG3D

   5 40 3,193 9.8 Rust

   Discontinued 3D and 2D game engine written in Rust [Moved to: https://github.com/FyroxEngine/Fyrox]

   

   Rg3d, written in Rust: https://rg3d.rs

7. olcPixelGameEngine

   6 43 3,919 5.5 C++

   The official distribution of olcPixelGameEngine, a tool used in javidx9's YouTube videos and projects

   

   Checkout olcPixelGameEngine.h by javidx9, a pure c++ single header multi-platform game engine.

8. corona

   7 21 2,603 7.8 C++

   Solar2D Game Engine main repository (ex Corona SDK)

   

   Check out Solar2D. I tend to avoid GUI-heavy engines like Unity as well whenever I can, and Solar2D is my favorite after almost ten years of usage. Other similar ones that I liked include Love2D and MonoGame, however, I consider those frameworks rather than engines. Solar2D has always been the perfect middle-ground for me — unlike typical frameworks it has robust API and many solutions ready out-of-the-box, while also not forcing some GUI-based editor on me like most engines do.

9. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

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

   

Suggest a related project