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janhohenheim/foxtrot

A 3D reference project and tech demo for the Bevy Engine

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #bevy #game-development #gamedev #rust #template

Updated: 2026-02-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-04-13
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

874

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 2,021 commits
Star growth, 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: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 124 open

865

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 1,561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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kaosat-dev/Blenvy

Bevy Code & Blender addon for a simple workflow to add & edit Bevy components in Blender

Stack

Python Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy-engine #blender #gamedev

Updated: 2026-03-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-25
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 50 open

849

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 98 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K

Open source RTS game running on the Spring/Recoil engine

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #game #gamedev #lua #modding #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-06
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,265 open

827

stars

Forks: 253
Commits: 20,763 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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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: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

751

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 379 commits
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libSDL2pp/libSDL2pp

C++ bindings/wrapper for SDL2

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #gamedev #graphics #sdl #sdl-image #sdl-mixer

Updated: 2025-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-05
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

599

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 820 commits
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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: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

505

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 96 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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TheBevyFlock/bevy_new_2d

This template is a great way to get started on a new 2D Bevy game!

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #gamedev #template

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-02
History: 117 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 48 open

491

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 400 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +3 +0.6%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ikskuh/SDL.zig

A shallow wrapper around SDL that provides object API and error handling

Stack

GitHub topics

#gamedev #sdl #sdl2 #zig #zig-package #ziglang

Updated: 2025-11-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-02
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

447

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 394 commits
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DigitalExtinction/Game

A 3D RTS game implemented in Rust.

Archived

Stack

Rust Actix Web Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-game #bevy #bevy-engine #game #game-development

Updated: 2024-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-05
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 153 open

395

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 1,044 commits
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Jack-Ji/jok

A minimal 2d/3d game framework for @ziglang.

Archived

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#gamedev #linux #macos #sdl2 #webassembly #windows

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

381

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 1,278 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ManevilleF/hexx

Hexagonal tools lib in rust

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#coordinates #game-development #gamedev #geometry #mathematics #rust

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-22
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 5 open

372

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-04
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 4 open

342

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 500 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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urholaukkarinen/transform-gizmo

3d transformation gizmo

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #bevy #egui #gamedev #gizmo #rust

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-10-07
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 9 open

336

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 336 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kooparse/zalgebra

Linear algebra library for games and real-time graphics.

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#gamedev #graphics #linear-algebra #mat4 #math #matrix

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-10-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

331

stars

Forks: 47
Commits: 260 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-08-01
History: 5 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 10 open

321

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 3,302 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

foxnne/aftersun

Top-down 2D RPG

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#2d #gamedev #rpg #topdown #zig

Updated: 2024-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

306

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 314 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fabioarnold/nanovg-zig

A small anti-aliased hardware-accelerated vector graphics library

Stack

GitHub topics

#2d #gamedev #graphics #opengl #vector #vector-graphics

Updated: 2026-01-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-04-03
History: 6 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 1 open

249

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 117 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pygamelib/pygamelib

A (not so) small python library for console (as in terminal) game development. It is developed as a framework to help learn development and python in an entertaining way.

Stack

Python pip Pipenv

GitHub topics

#game-development #gamedev #kids-coding #python #python3 #roguelike-library

Updated: 2026-05-19
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2019-03-15
History: 42 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

247

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 1,498 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

akien-mga/dynadungeons

Bomberman clone using Godot Engine - Not actively developed since 2015.

Stack

GDScript

GitHub topics

#bomberman #foss #free-software #game-clone #gamedev #gdscript

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

243

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 151 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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idanarye/bevy-yoleck

Your Own Level Editor Creation Kit

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #gamedev #level-editor

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-04-25
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 18 open

230

stars

Forks: 13
Commits: 482 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nidorx/ecs-lib

Tiny and easy to use ECS (Entity Component System) library for game programming

Stack

TypeScript Express React npm

GitHub topics

#data-oriented-design #ecs #ecs-framework #entity-component #entity-component-architecture #entity-component-system

Updated: 2023-03-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

216

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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iShape-Rust/iOverlay

Boolean Operations for 2D Polygons: Supports intersection, union, difference, xor, and self-intersections for all polygon varieties.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#boolean-operation #cad #computational-geometry #gamedev #geometry-processing #gis

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-08-22
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

214

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 958 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

papercraftgames/folded-paper-engine

A custom Blender-to-Godot addon that makes level and gameplay creation as easy as a few clicks!

AI dev

Stack

GDScript Astro React Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#blender #engine #game-engine #gamedev #games #godot

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-23
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

175

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

iShape-Rust/iTriangle

A fast, efficient and extremely stable 2d triangulation library for rust.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#cad #computational-geometry #delaunay #gamedev #gis #mesh-generation

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-10-21
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3 open

162

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Noxmore/bevy_trenchbroom

TrenchBroom integration, .map, and .bsp loading for Bevy

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d #bevy #bevy-plugin #game-development #gamedev #mapping-tools

Updated: 2026-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-04
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 12 open

156

stars

Forks: 22
Commits: 1,107 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vanyle/vectarine

A free cross-platform game engine focusing on fast prototyping and having fun with Luau scripting

Stack

Rust Astro React Vite Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#game-engine #gamedev #lua #luau #luau-lang #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-07
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

136

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 515 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

RJ/bevy_behave

Behaviour trees for bevy, with on-demand entity spawning for task nodes.

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#gamedev

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-03
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 10 open

131

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 86 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ikskuh/zig-opengl

OpenGL binding generator based on the opengl registry

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#gamedev #opengl #opengl-es #opengl-loader #zig #zig-package

Updated: 2025-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-11-29
History: 6 history points
License: EUPL-1.2
Issues: 3 open

125

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 56 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Jondolf/bevy_transform_interpolation

Transform interpolation for fixed timesteps for the Bevy game engine.

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #easing #gamedev #interpolation #rust

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-08-11
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 10 open

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 48 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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