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Solar2D – Free 2D game engine with focus on ease of iterations and usage

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Solar2D (successor of Corona SDK)is a free and open-source game engine for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, originated from the popular and widely utilized Corona SDK game engine, which is no longer receiving commercial support. It utilizes the Lua programming language, and is designed to prioritize simplicity and efficiency in the game development process.

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Defold – Free game engine for high-performance cross-platform games

Defold is a free and open-source game development framework for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. It’s renowned for its intuitive design, powerful features, and extensive community support. Its focus on rapid iteration and collaboration makes it an ideal choice for teams of all sizes, from solo developers to large studios.

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[v3.54] Magic Particles 3D – Create 2D/3D special effects easily and quickly

Magic Particles 3D is an advanced software solution designed for FX editing, developed by Astralax from Russia. It enables users to craft professional-grade, high-quality special effects including but not limited to fireworks, explosions, and various other particle-based phenomena.

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[v2023.x.x, v3.x.x] Unity – Currently most popular multi-platform game engine

Unity (AKA: Unity3D/Unity2D, U3D for short) is currently the most popular multi-platform free game engine developed by Unity Technologies from Denmark (mainly written in C, C++ and C#, and first released in 2005). Users with C# and JavaScript programming experience can get started more quickly.

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[v1.9.8] PlayMaker – Very popular visual scripting tool for Unity

PlayMaker is a very popular visual scripting tool (based on finite-state machine, FSM for short), also a hierarchical logic framework for Unity, developed by Hutong Games from China. Game designers and programmers can use PlayMaker to conduct interactive development with Unity, and quickly complete prototyping of games. Therefore, it is suitable for both independent developers and team collaboration, greatly improving the game development efficiency.

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rFXGen – Simple and tiny fx sounds generator

rFXGen is a simple, user-friendly, free and open-source fx sounds generator based on the amazing sfxr made by Dr.Petter, developed by raysan5 from Spain. It allows users to generate realistic sound effects for video games, videos, animations, and other multimedia projects with one click.

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Gideros – Create amazing games for many platforms with Lua

Gideros is a free, open-source and cross-platform game engine, developed by Gideros Mobile from Turkey in 2011. It allows developers to quickly and easily create various types of applications and games for both mobile and desktop platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.

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