Shark 3-D is a versatile software program and game engine launched by Spinor to create interactive virtual 3D worlds. This game engine uses Python and C++ programming languages for its development. This incredible software program is used for the development of Video Games and the creation of films, broadcasting graphics, animated series, and 3D industry applications.
REDengine carried The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 to glory, then CD Projekt Red retired it for Unreal Engine 5. The full story of a landmark engine.
Real Virtuality is one of the leading game engines developed in C++. One of the most interesting facts about the Real Virtuality gaming engine is licensed for use in the software for military training such as VBS1, VBS2 as well as VBS3 by Bohemia.
C# ships the most games, C++ earns the most money, and GDScript is rising fast. The 2026 guide to choosing your game development language.
qfusion no longer means one repository — it means three, and they have diverged. Here’s the upstream, Warsow’s fork and Warfork’s, when each was last touched, and which one to build from.
Wildfire Games’ Pyrogenesis engine powers 0 A.D. Here’s how its C++ core and JavaScript game logic work, what Release 28 changed in 2026, and where it runs.
PLIB is a set of multi-platform and open source libraries for the development of games. It is written by Steve Baker in 1997. PLIB is written in C++. It supports Windows, Linux, UNIX and MacOS. PLIB is licensed under Library GNU Public License (LGPL 2.0). The latest and the stable version of PLIB is v.1.8.5 that was released in October, 2006.
PhyreEngine quietly powered Journey, Gravity Rush, and Falcom’s RPGs. How Sony’s free engine worked, who used it, and where it stands today.
The engine behind Toontown Online is still free, BSD-licensed and maintained. Here’s how Panda3D’s C++ core and Python layer work, with a tested example and the games built on it.
ORX is a cross platform, open source, portable, 2D oriented game engine developed by ORX Projects. This game engine is written in C/C++. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and IOS. Most stable version of ORX is released In May 10, 2020. ORX is published under a free software license called ZLIB license.
OpenClonk is a multi-platform, open source game engine, developed by OpenClonk Developers in 2010. OpenClonk is not just a flexible 2D scene game engine but it is also a game. OpenClonk engine is licensed under ISC License and the game content is licensed under the CC BY-SA, CC BY and CCO. OpenClonk is written in C++. It developed games for multiple operating systems which are Windows, Linux and OS X.
OGRE draws things. Physics, audio and gameplay are your problem — which is exactly why it shows up inside other people’s engines and in robotics. Here’s the OGRE 1.x versus OGRE-Next split, and which to pick.
