Monday, July 13, 2020

The state of 2D indie game engines

Overview
Unreal & Unity are the two titans of the industry but a number of other alternatives exist.

Unity

Unity is a AAA capable "free" til your profiting engine with logic in C#. 2d is handled as a projected scene in their 3d engine. Reasonable learning curve.

Unreal

Unity is a AAA capable "free" til your profiting engine in C++. 2d is handled as a projected scene in their 3d engine. Higher learning curve than unit but more potential.

GODOT

GODOT is a engine that supports multiple language including C# and it's own python-like language. 2d is rendered using a traditional 2d engine.

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