(Software is Art)


June 21, 2024

(re-published, originally published on April 22, 2022)

Big List of Open Source Game Development Tools

Welcome to the big list (eventually it will be) of always updating bucket of Open Source Game Development Tools. Here you find not only Game Engines but other open source tools and utilities that will help you in developing your dream game/prototypes. 

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Tool Name Type Graphics Supported Link Development OS
Audacity Music Editor N/A https://www.audacityteam.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Babylon.js Game Engine 3D https://www.babylonjs.com/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Bevy Game Engine 2D, 3D https://bevyengine.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Blender 3D Graphics Editor 3D https://www.blender.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Ct.JS Game Engine 2D https://ctjs.rocks/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Defold Game Engine 2D https://defold.com/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Dome Engine Game Framework 2D https://domeengine.com/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Ebitengine Game Engine 2D https://ebitengine.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Flame Game Engine 2D https://flame-engine.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Gdevelop Game Engine 2D, 3D* https://gdevelop.io/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Gideros Game Engine 2D & 3D http://giderosmobile.com/ Windows, Mac OS
Gimp Raster Graphics Editor 2D https://www.gimp.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Godot Game Engine 2D & 3D https://godotengine.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
HaxeFlixel Game Framework 2D https://haxeflixel.com/ Windows,Linux, Mac OS
Heaps Game Framework 2D & 3D https://heaps.io/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
ink Interactive Fiction N/A https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Inkscape Vector Grapics Editor 2D https://inkscape.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
klystracker Chiptune Tracker N/A https://kometbomb.github.io/klystrack/ Windows
Krita Raster Graphics Editor 2D https://krita.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
LDtk Level Designer 2D https://ldtk.io/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
LibreSprite Sprite Editor 2D https://libresprite.github.io/ Windows, Linux
LMMS Music & Audio (DAW) N/A https://lmms.io/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
LÖVE 2D Game Framework 2D https://love2d.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
microStudio Game Engine 2D & 3D https://microstudio.dev/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Monogame Game Framework 2D & 3D https://www.monogame.net/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Ogmo Editor Level Designer 2D https://ogmoeditor.itch.io/editor Windows, Linux, Mac OS
OpenMPT Chiptune Tracker N/A https://openmpt.org/ Windows
Panda 3D Game Engine 3D https://www.panda3d.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Phaser Game Library 2D https://phaser.io/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Piskel Sprite Editor 2D https://www.piskelapp.com/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
pixi.js Graphics Library 2D https://pixijs.com/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Pixel Composer 2D VFX 2D https://makham.itch.io/pixel-composer Windows
Pixel Vision 8 Fantasy Console 2D https://pixelvision8.github.io/Website/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Pygame Game Framework 2D https://www.pygame.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
RenPy Game Framework 2D https://www.renpy.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
SDL Library 2D/3D? https://www.libsdl.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
SFML Library 2D https://www.sfml-dev.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Solar2D Game Engine 2D https://solar2d.com/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Solarus Game Engine 2D https://www.solarus-games.org/ Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Mac OS
Tads3 Interactive Fiction N/A https://www.tads.org/tads3.htm Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Tiled Level Designer 2D https://www.mapeditor.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS
Twine Interactive Fiction N/A https://twinery.org/ Windows, Linux, Mac OS