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guillaumechereau/goxel

Goxel: Free and Open Source 3D Voxel Editor

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#voxel-editors #voxels

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-05
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 129 open

3,158

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Forks: 269
Commits: 2,620 commits
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id-Software/wolf3d

The original open source release of Wolfenstein 3D

Updated: 2012-02-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-06
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

2,511

stars

Forks: 510
Commits: 3 commits
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Rajawali/Rajawali

Android OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0 Engine

Stack

Java Android Gradle

Updated: 2023-04-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-07
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 190 open

2,415

stars

Forks: 702
Commits: 2,268 commits
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FakeFishGames/Barotrauma

A 2D online multiplayer game taking place in a submarine travelling through the icy depths of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Stack

C# CMake .NET SDK Maven

GitHub topics

#game #monogame #multiplayer-game

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-24
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 203 open

2,173

stars

Forks: 464
Commits: 4,702 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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milkytracker/MilkyTracker

A Fasttracker II compatible music editor

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#audio #chiptune-tracker #multiplatform #music #tracker-music

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-01-05
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 86 open

2,078

stars

Forks: 184
Commits: 1,083 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BleuBleu/FamiStudio

FamiStudio NES Music Editor

Stack

C# .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-31
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 36 open

1,913

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Forks: 137
Commits: 6,477 commits
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ColleagueRiley/RGFW

A lightweight single-header cross-platform library for general windowing

Stack

GitHub topics

#c99 #cocoa #cross-platform #graphics #hedgehogsoft #library

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-22
History: 3 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 9 open

1,841

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Forks: 84
Commits: 3,745 commits
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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: 3 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,775

stars

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

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ericjohnson/canabalt-ios

Open source release of Canabalt for iOS

Stack

Objective-C

Updated: 2011-08-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-12-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

1,586

stars

Forks: 290
Commits: 4 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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axmolengine/axmol

Axmol Engine – A Multi-platform Engine for Desktop, XBOX (UWP), WebAssembly and Mobile games. (a fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0)

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#axmol #axmolengine #cocos2d-x #cpp20 #cppwinrt #d3d

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-23
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

1,424

stars

Forks: 295
Commits: 5,246 commits
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Ttanasart-pt/Pixel-Composer

Node base VFX editor for pixel art.

Stack

Game Maker Language .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-13
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 65 open

1,333

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Forks: 81
Commits: 4,444 commits
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SimHacker/micropolis

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/micropolis

Stack

C .NET SDK pip

Updated: 2026-02-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-01-26
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 73 open

1,087

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Forks: 190
Commits: 893 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Pixen/Pixen

Pixel art editor for macOS and iOS

GitHub topics

#graphics #pixel #pixel-art #pixelart #playdate

Updated: 2016-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-09-06
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

931

stars

Forks: 127
Commits: 2 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-07-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-03-14
History: 3 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 18 open

920

stars

Forks: 123
Commits: 1,120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 124 open

863

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: 2026-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-19
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

852

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 1,104 commits
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UnderwaterApps/overlap2d

Overlap2D Game development toolkit for UI and Level design

Stack

Java Gradle

Updated: 2021-11-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-10-14
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 145 open

792

stars

Forks: 217
Commits: 1,223 commits
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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: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

750

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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Genbox/VelcroPhysics

High performance 2D collision detection system with realistic physics responses.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#physics-2d #physics-engine

Updated: 2021-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-09-19
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

741

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 2,216 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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bladecoder/bladecoder-adventure-engine

Classic point and click adventure game engine and editor

Stack

Java Android Gradle

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-21
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 18 open

642

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 1,829 commits
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los-cocos/cocos

graphic library for games and multimedia, for python language on PC-like hardware

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

Updated: 2023-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-02-21
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 52 open

636

stars

Forks: 147
Commits: 1,306 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Dn-Programming-Core-Management/Dn-FamiTracker

modifications and improvements for 0CC-FamiTracker (based on j0CC-FamiTracker 0.6.3)

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#0cc-famitracker #chiptune #chiptune-tracker #famicom #famitracker #nes

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-26
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 138 open

521

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 2,040 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cocoatoucher/Glide

Game engine for making 2d games on iOS, macOS and tvOS, with practical examples and tutorials

Stack

Swift Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #apple #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #gameplaykit

Updated: 2024-12-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-05
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

507

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 96 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sbiermanlytle/iioEngine

iio Engine: A JavaScript game engine for HTML5 Canvas

Stack

JavaScript npm

Updated: 2018-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-10
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

458

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 495 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Circular-Studios/Dash

A free and open 3D game engine written in D.

Stack

GitHub topics

#3d #d #engine

Updated: 2020-12-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 32 open

424

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 1,371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ashleydavis/Fluent-Behaviour-Tree

C# behaviour tree library with a fluent API

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game-development

Updated: 2018-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-16
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

397

stars

Forks: 109
Commits: 39 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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ajhager/engi

A multi-platform 2D game library for Go.

Stack

Updated: 2016-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-05
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 0 open

393

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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dem-net/DEM.Net

Digital Elevation model library in C#. 3D terrain models, line/point Elevations, intervisibility reports

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#dataset #dem #dem-querying #digital-elevation-model #dtm #elevation

Updated: 2026-04-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-01-09
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 18 open

354

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 1,151 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

attackgoat/vk-graph

High-performance Vulkan driver with automated resource management and execution

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-04
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 7 open

340

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 490 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

jhasse/jngl

Easy to use cross-platform 2D game library for C++

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #cross-platform #game-engine #game-engine-2d #gamedev #ios

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-08-01
History: 3 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 11 open

318

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 3,206 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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