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MovingBlocks/Terasology

Terasology - open source voxel world

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-04-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-04
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 481 open

3,872

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Forks: 1,371
Commits: 12,097 commits
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godot-rust/gdnative

Rust bindings for Godot 3

Archived

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#game-development #gamedev #godot #rust

Updated: 2025-12-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-11
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

3,625

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Forks: 208
Commits: 1,414 commits
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OpenXRay/xray-16

Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #arm64 #cmake #cplusplus #cpp17 #d3d11

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 281 open

3,519

stars

Forks: 516
Commits: 8,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP

AI Skills, MCP Tools, and CLI for Unity Engine. Full AI develop and test loop. Use cli for quick setup. Efficient token usage, advanced tools. Any C# method may be turned into a tool by a single line. Works with Claude Code, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor and any other absolutely for free.

AI dev

Stack

C# Vite npm

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-integration #anthropic #claude #claude-code #claude-desktop

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-02
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 45 open

3,497

stars

Forks: 314
Commits: 2,956 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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avianphysics/avian

ECS-driven 2D and 3D physics engine for the Bevy game engine.

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #bevy #game-development #gamedev #physics

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-29
History: 25 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 195 open

3,069

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 1,161 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +12 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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zig-gamedev/zig-gamedev

Dev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #d3d12 #demos #directx12 #game-development #gamedev

Updated: 2026-03-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-16
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

2,846

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 4,878 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Overload-Technologies/Overload

3D game engine with lua scripting

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #3d-graphics #c-plus-plus #cpp #game-editor #game-engine

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-13
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 88 open

2,454

stars

Forks: 289
Commits: 609 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bevy-cheatbook/bevy-cheatbook

Unofficial Reference Book for the Bevy Game Engine

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #book #documentation #game-development #gamedev #mdbook

Updated: 2025-12-03
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-20
History: 24 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 119 open

2,353

stars

Forks: 136
Commits: 504 commits
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pyglet/pyglet

pyglet is a cross-platform windowing and multimedia library for Python, for developing games and other visually rich applications.

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#gamedev #opengl #pyglet #python #scientific-visualization

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-09-01
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 52 open

2,204

stars

Forks: 334
Commits: 6,673 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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evennia/evennia

Python MUD/MUX/MUSH/MU* development system

AI dev

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework Jupyter Tornado PEP 517 pip uv

GitHub topics

#based #django #engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-11-20
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 121 open

2,074

stars

Forks: 766
Commits: 10,485 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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PixelVision8/PixelVision8

Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game-engine #8-bit #csharp #fantasy-console #game-development

Updated: 2023-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-22
History: 2 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,774

stars

Forks: 119
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gbdev/rgbds

Rednex Game Boy Development System - An assembly toolchain for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#asm #assembly #assembly-language #assembly-sm83 #cplusplus #game-boy

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-11
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 73 open

1,625

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 3,548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TeamHypersomnia/Hypersomnia

Multiplayer top-down shooter made from scratch in C++. Web version: https://play.hypersomnia.io Made in 🇵🇱

AI dev

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d-game #2d-shooter #browser-game #cpp #editor #free-software

Updated: 2026-06-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-12
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,598

stars

Forks: 97
Commits: 10,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

fubark/cyber

Fast and concurrent scripting.

Stack

Zig npm

GitHub topics

#apps #embedded #gamedev #scripting #virtual-machine #wasm

Updated: 2025-12-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-10-31
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 35 open

1,449

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 1,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

AdamsLair/duality

a 2D Game Development Framework

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #csharp #dotnet #duality #framework #game-development

Updated: 2025-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-21
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

1,425

stars

Forks: 287
Commits: 3,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ikemen-engine/Ikemen-GO

An open-source fighting game engine that supports MUGEN resources.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#game-engine #gamedev #go #golang

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-21
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 116 open

1,420

stars

Forks: 217
Commits: 6,223 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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djeedai/bevy_hanabi

🎆 Hanabi — a GPU particle system plugin for the Bevy game engine.

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #bevy-plugin #effects #gamedev #gpu-particles #particle

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-27
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 44 open

1,366

stars

Forks: 119
Commits: 417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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asc-community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 2 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,230

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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BobbyAnguelov/Esoterica

Esoterica Engine

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#animation #ecs #game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2025-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-15
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,201

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cBournhonesque/lightyear

A networking library to make multiplayer games for the Bevy game engine

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #gamedev #multiplayer #networking #rust

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-04
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 89 open

1,066

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 2,086 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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increpare/bfxr

Flash + AIR sound effects generator. Based on Sfxr.

Stack

ActionScript

GitHub topics

#game-development #gamedev #sfx #sound-effects #sound-synthesis-processes

Updated: 2025-04-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-24
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 10 open

1,027

stars

Forks: 91
Commits: 107 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lucaspoffo/renet

Server/Client network library for multiplayer games with authentication and connection management made with Rust

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#gamedev #network #rust

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-06
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 22 open

931

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 528 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ikpil/DotRecast

DotRecast - a C# port of Recast & Detour, Industry-standard navigation mesh toolset for .NET, Unity3D, games, servers

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#ai #crowd-simulation #csharp #detour #game #game-development

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-14
History: 2 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 18 open

911

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 1,117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

inanevin/LinaEngine

Lina Engine is an open-source , modular, tiny and fast C++ game engine, aimed to develop 3D desktop games.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Conan Gradle

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #3d-graphics-engine #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-development #gamedev

Updated: 2025-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-30
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

900

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 2,724 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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janhohenheim/foxtrot

A 3D reference project and tech demo for the Bevy Engine

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #bevy #game-development #gamedev #rust #template

Updated: 2026-02-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-04-13
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

869

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 2,021 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ObEngine/ObEngine

2D Game Engine with Lua Scripting made on top of SFML !

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-framework #2d-game-engine #2d-game-framework #cmake #collider

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-28
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 124 open

864

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 1,561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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FosterFramework/Foster

A small C# game framework

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-19
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

844

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 1,090 commits
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kaosat-dev/Blenvy

Bevy Code & Blender addon for a simple workflow to add & edit Bevy components in Blender

Stack

Python Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy-engine #blender #gamedev

Updated: 2026-03-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-25
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 49 open

835

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 98 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K

Open source RTS game running on the Spring/Recoil engine

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #game #gamedev #lua #modding #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-06
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,248 open

814

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 20,679 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Planimeter/game-engine-2d

Planimeter Game Engine 2D - LÖVE-based game engine for Lua

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #grid-sdk #love2d

Updated: 2022-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-10
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

751

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 379 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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