fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine(github.com)
200 points by tosh | 70 comments
GitHub repository for fheroes2, an open-source GPL-2.0 C++ recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine.
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29 stories tagged game-engine, newest first.
Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool(github.com)
219 points by maxilevi | 41 comments
GitHub repository for Project Hedra, a low-poly procedurally generated 3D open-world RPG and custom C#/OpenGL engine written by its author starting in high school.
Show HN: Parin – A 2D game engine between raylib and Godot, written in Dlang(github.com)
56 points by Kapendev | 15 comments
GitHub repository for Parin, a simple cross-platform 2D game engine written in the D programming language with WebAssembly support.
LittleJS is 2D and 3D now(frankforce.com)
91 points by dmit | 36 comments
Blog post by Frank Force announcing that LittleJS, a small open source JavaScript web game engine, now supports 3D in addition to 2D.
Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers(nanolathe.gg)
653 points by jttnr | 247 comments
Landing page for Nanolathe, an open-source MIT-licensed 2.5D RTS engine that rebuilds Total Annihilation for modern computers, with a playable demo.
Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser(quake-srp.pages.dev)
196 points by ilreb | 160 comments
A browser-playable port of Quake rewritten in safe Rust, shown loading its engine with fullscreen, sound, and key controls.
Bevy 0.20(bevy.org)
196 points by Philpax | 45 comments
Official Bevy news post announcing the 0.20 release of the open-source Rust game engine, by the Bevy contributors.
We ported the original Doom to SQL(cedardb.com)
293 points by Vaslo | 45 comments
CedarDB blog post describing a port of the original 1993 Doom game logic and renderer to SQL, running inside the database with Python only handling timing and display.
Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editors(github.com)
76 points by kitao | 8 comments
GitHub repository for Pyxel, an MIT-licensed retro game engine for Python implemented in Rust, with built-in pixel art, tilemap, sound, and music editors.
OpenRA(openra.net)
760 points by tosh | 142 comments
Homepage of OpenRA, an open-source project that rebuilds classic Westwood RTS games like Red Alert, Command & Conquer, and Dune 2000 for modern systems.
LÖVE: 2D Game Framework for Lua(github.com)
402 points by cl3misch | 202 comments
GitHub repository for LÖVE, an open-source framework for making 2D games in Lua.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/3/28/ae907b16-1794-497d-8593-904d33ceb250.jpg)
I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video](youtube.com)
439 points by msephton | 79 comments
YouTube video by James Lambert explaining how he built an open-world game engine running on the Nintendo 64.
Fluorite – A console-grade game engine fully integrated with Flutter(fluorite.game)
516 points by bsimpson | 289 comments
Landing page for Fluorite, a console-grade 3D game engine integrated with Flutter that lets developers write game code in Dart and embed scenes via a FluoriteView widget.
Adventure Game Studio: OSS software for creating adventure games(adventuregamestudio.co.uk)
381 points by doener | 80 comments
Homepage of Adventure Game Studio, an open-source tool for creating point-and-click adventure games, with a games catalog and community.
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I'm making a game engine based on dynamic signed distance fields (SDFs) [video](youtube.com)
419 points by imagiro | 68 comments
YouTube video by Mike Turitzin about building a game engine based on dynamic signed distance fields (SDFs).
Show HN: 90s.dev – Game maker that runs on the web(90s.dev)
320 points by 90s_dev | 109 comments
Launch blog post for 90s.dev, a web-based API and environment around a 320x180 canvas for building and sharing game maker tools and games.
Defold: cross-platform game engine(defold.com)
370 points by xd | 154 comments
Homepage of Defold, a free game engine for building high-performance cross-platform games.
Show HN: Tramway SDK – An unholy union between Half-Life and Morrowind engines(racenis.github.io)
623 points by racenis | 219 comments
Project page for Tramway SDK, a free open-source lightweight 3D game engine, explaining why it was made as an alternative to resource-heavy engines like Unity and Godot.
Boardgame.io: an engine for creating turn-based games using JavaScript(github.com)
324 points by freetonik | 64 comments
GitHub repository for boardgame.io, an open-source JavaScript library for state management and multiplayer networking in turn-based games.
FFT-based ocean-wave rendering, implemented in Godot(github.com)
767 points by RafelMri | 95 comments
GitHub repository for GodotOceanWaves, an MIT-licensed FFT-based ocean-wave rendering implementation for the Godot engine.
SurrealEngine: Open-source reimplementation of Unreal Engine with playable UT99(github.com)
338 points by klaussilveira | 125 comments
GitHub repository for SurrealEngine, an open-source reimplementation of the Unreal Tournament (UT99) engine.
Porting my JavaScript game engine to C for no reason(phoboslab.org)
488 points by zichy | 123 comments
Dominic Szablewski's blog post about porting his JavaScript game engine Impact to C as high_impact, a small engine for 2D action games.
I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it(edw.is)
599 points by eliasdaler | 240 comments
Elias Daler's blog post on learning Vulkan and building a small game engine with two demo games in three months, with code on GitHub.
Show HN: Unity like game editor running in pure WASM(raverie-us.github.io)
608 points by TrevorSundberg | 135 comments
Loading screen of the Raverie Engine, a Unity-like game engine and editor compiled to pure WebAssembly that runs in the browser.
OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era(openra.net)
559 points by xbmcuser | 156 comments
Homepage of OpenRA, an open-source project that rebuilds classic RTS games like Red Alert, Command & Conquer, and Dune 2000 for modern systems.
Peredvizhnikov Engine: Lock-free game engine written in C++20(github.com)
343 points by gjvc | 154 comments
GitHub repository for Peredvizhnikov Engine, a fully lock-free game engine written in C++20 and licensed under GPL-3.0.
Godot 4.1(godotengine.org)
449 points by freeCandy | 137 comments
Godot Engine's official announcement of the Godot 4.1 release of its open-source game engine.
OpenMW: Open-source TES3: Morrowind reimplementation(gitlab.com)
326 points by agluszak | 152 comments
GitLab repository for OpenMW, an open-source open-world RPG game engine that reimplements and supports playing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
Minetest: An open source voxel game engine(minetest.net)
394 points by doener | 176 comments
Homepage of Minetest, an open source voxel game engine for playing, modding, and creating games, available on desktop platforms and Android.