RPG Maker is best for turn-based RPGs, Clickteam Fusion for simpler 2D games, and Monogame for experienced programmers. Unreal Engine is surprisingly accessible with Blueprints, while Godot is the ...

This Unity Bundle is built for newcomers and offers a broad look at how the software works. Along the way, you’ll learn the fundamentals needed to program your own 2D game.

Whether Godot is enough for professional game developers who want a Unity alternative was a matter of some debate when it entered the spotlight last year, but Slay the Spire 2 would seem to be ...

Cocos is the custodian of Cocos2d-x, the largest open-source game engine, which devs primarily use to make mobile games. It competes with Unity Technologies Unity 3D engine, which has had a focus ...

In a surprise move Unity has published the engine and editor C# source code on GitHub under a reference-only licence. The technology firm stressed it was not releasing Unity as open source and that ...

GameMaker (formerly Game Maker Studio), a 2D engine that was acquired by browser firm Opera in 2021, has simplified its licensing structure, declaring it "Free for Non-Commercial Use." ...

Starting January 1st, 2024, all games that use the Unity engine will be charged 20 cents (USD) for each game installation, once it hits a threshold of 200,000 downloads and $200,000 in revenue.

Unity aims to greatly simplify the work of creating both 2D and 3D game environments by taking care of a wide range of the graphics work. This includes creating realistic textures, shadows, and ...

Unity is best known as an engine for making 2D and 3D video games, but the company offers a suite of tools that aim to make it a sort of one-stop shop for interactive content development—gaming ...

On Sept. 12, the company announced a pricing policy change that would tie fees to game installs and to instances of the Unity Runtime code booted up on a player’s device.