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bkaradzic/bgfx

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

Stack

GitHub topics

#d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx-11 #directx-12 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-04
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 289 open

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Forks: 2,108
Commits: 9,348 commits
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pygame/pygame

🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL.

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C Conan pip

GitHub topics

#game-dev #game-development #gamedev #pygame #python #sdl

Updated: 2025-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-11-08
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 782 open

8,840

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Forks: 4,145
Commits: 9,371 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

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Forks: 516
Commits: 8,486 commits
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SuperTux/supertux

SuperTux source code

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #games #hacktoberfest #opengl #sdl

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-09
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 366 open

3,093

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Forks: 588
Commits: 14,591 commits
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OpenXcom/OpenXcom

Open-source clone of the original X-Com 👽

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #openxcom-game #sdl #strategy-game-engine #turn-based-combat

Updated: 2026-06-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-01-25
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 81 open

2,196

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Forks: 566
Commits: 8,414 commits
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taisei-project/taisei

A free and open-source Touhou Project fangame

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#c #danmaku #game #glsl #opengl #sdl

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-12
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 31 open

1,578

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Forks: 123
Commits: 4,611 commits
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bradharding/doomretro

The classic, refined DOOM source port. For Windows PC.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#boom #c #doom #doom2 #fps #free-software

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-21
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 92 open

760

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Forks: 93
Commits: 20,699 commits
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libSDL2pp/libSDL2pp

C++ bindings/wrapper for SDL2

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #gamedev #graphics #sdl #sdl-image #sdl-mixer

Updated: 2025-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-05
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

600

stars

Forks: 92
Commits: 820 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ivanperez-keera/Yampa

Functional Reactive Programming domain-specific language for efficient hybrid systems

Stack

Haskell

GitHub topics

#android #frp #functional-reactive-programming #game #haskell #ios

Updated: 2026-05-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-31
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

486

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 1,642 commits
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ikskuh/SDL.zig

A shallow wrapper around SDL that provides object API and error handling

Stack

GitHub topics

#gamedev #sdl #sdl2 #zig #zig-package #ziglang

Updated: 2025-11-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-02
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

448

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 394 commits
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daniel5151/ANESE

Another NES Emulator - written for fun & learning - first implementation of wideNES

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #apu #assembly #cmake #cross-platform #emulation

Updated: 2022-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-13
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

404

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 204 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GlPortal/glPortal

:video_game: Open Source teleportation based first person puzzle-platformer

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d #game #hacktoberfest #opengl #physics #sdl

Updated: 2024-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-07
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 17 open

379

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 2,079 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Is-Daouda/is-Engine

C++, SDL 2 and SFML game engine that allows to create games on Nintendo Switch, Web (HTML 5), Mobile and PC.

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #android-studio #box-2d #code-blocks #cplusplus #cpp

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-29
History: 2 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 2 open

232

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 190 commits
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ikskuh/zero-graphics

Application framework based on OpenGL ES 2.0. Runs on desktop machines, Android phones and the web

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#android #android-sdk #desktop-linux #game-development #graphics #sdl

Updated: 2023-02-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-16
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

180

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 243 commits
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kenamick/savagewheels

:checkered_flag: 2D car crashing game armageddon

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#car #car-crashes #cpp #destruction #game #sdl

Updated: 2022-04-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-04-16
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 306 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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tiehuis/zig-sdl2

SDL2 bindings for Zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#sdl #zig

Updated: 2019-05-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-17
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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deckarep/dungeon-rush

👾🐍 A zig port of Dungeon Rush. An open-source game inspired by snake, written in pure Zig with SDL2.

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#c #dungeon-crawler #game #port #rogue-like #sdl

Updated: 2024-11-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-11
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 199 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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omdxp/chip8

Chip8 Emulator in Zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#chip-8 #chip8 #chip8-emulator #sdl #sdl2 #zig

Updated: 2025-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-15
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 0
Commits: 16 commits
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