I'm going to clue you in on two of the most popular game engines that people use in the industry, Unity and Unreal Engine.

GameMaker is a specialist 2D game engine that has been in the public domain for nearly 25 years. This makes it one of the longest-running engines on the market at the moment.

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." ...

As an example, a new document on Apple's developer website describes using Python (one of Ars' favorite scripting languages) to interface with Apple's Quartz display engine.

YoYo Games launched GameMaker Studio 2 on macOS this week, bringing the popular multiplatform 2D game development engine to the Mac for the first time.