The Best 15 Mobile Game Engines / Development Platforms & Tools in 2020

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Unity

Among the top Mobile Development engines we find Unity – a cross-platform tool launched by Unity Technologies. This platform helps you to create your own game using amazing 2D and 3D development features and work together with your team. Unity allows you to import assets from many 3D applications as Maya or Blender for example and it offers you a wide range of assets that can be purchased straight from their own store. What is more, if it’s the first time that you are developing a game don’t worry because Unity, one of the most used development platforms, provides you with help material as tutorials and guides. It is one of the most famous game creation software among developers.

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Unreal Engine

If you are not an expert developer or you are a beginner Unreal Engine is the platform for you because you don’t need to have any programming skills thanks to its user-friendly features. This platform allows you to make changes and modify your game with no need of programming or changing codes. Another advantages are the easy to work with interface and the possibility of testing your game inside the platform. Use Unreal Engine software to design impressive 3D graphics and get your users hooked to your game!

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Corona SDK

Corona SDK “The 2D Game Engine” is a cross-platform that uses the Lua scripting language which is pretty easy to learn and code with. You can make use of its 2D features and find many plugins in the Corona Market place. Corona is famous for their clear documentation and their supportive and active community. It also brings a real-time simulation that will help you to see how your app will look like after changes.

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Apple has launched its own game engine to create 2D games: SpriteKit. This platform supports both Swift and Objective-C languages and it offers developers a wide range of features that will help them in creating high-performance 2D titles. If you are thinking of developing a game for Apple this is the platform for you. Take note: if it’s supported by Apple it means that you don’t need to download extra libraries or external sources and you can be 100% sure that it would perfectly match and suit in all Apple’s new products.

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Marmalade

Marmalade SDK allows you to build native games for mobiles and desktop what it makes this platform famous among the top developers. It works with C++ code language and it permits you to create both 2D and 3D titles. You can use different libraries, codes and tools to help yourself with programming and testing.

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BuildBox

With Buildbox you can create your own games in a really short time and in a really easy way. You don’t need to code – select images, import them, assign them a role (character, object, decoration, power up, etc) and your game will get started. In addition you can make changes and check them in real time. If you are not a tech expert this platform is for you.

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AppGameKit

AppGameKit is great but it’s not C++ like. I would say it’s BASIC kinda language. But it’s not the exact BASIC that you know from Visual Basic, still quite familiar. New(ish) AppGameKit Studio has great features and fully backwards compatible with AppGameKit Classic.

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Construct 2

Construct 2 is a HTML5 platform for creating 2D games. It is very easy to use as coding is not required and it has many features that will help you in developing visually appealing games in a short time. It also allows for multiplatform export so your project will be ready to be launched in different devices at once.

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Fusion

If you are thinking of creating an event-based game Fusion is the platform for you. Fusion has an easy-to-use interface and you don’t need to be an expert in programming as you won’t need to do it. They have a library full of graphics that you can use for your title. This platform can also be used to design 2D games although it’s better if you use Fusion to create static ones.

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GameMaker Studio

Yoyo Games have launched their own platform for creating 2D games: GameMaker Studio 2. Their amazing “Drag and Drop” feature together with their easy-to-learn language give you the chance to design your game in a very short time. Another advantage is that you don’t need to spend a large amount of money to get started.

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Cocoon.io.io

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MonoGame

MonoGame is also a multi-platform game engine that uses class architecture and works with C and Net languages. You can find many tutorials in their website helping you in creating your product.

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Amazon Lumberyard

Amazon Lumberyard is the game creator engine launched by Amazon. Make use of its free tools and create your game – it can be released in different devices thanks to its cross-platform functionality. Engage your users with visually rich content through the Lumberyard’s Twitch integration.

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Cocos2d-x

Cocos2D-x is a package of 2D game development tools. released by Facebook. One of its best features is that Cocos 2D-x allows you to create very small size games: 1.5 MB. It comes with detailed documentation and it has a large support community. Read and learn how to use it.

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Haxe

Haxe is a programming language that resembles Java, C++, PHP or AS3 languages. It also includes a library from which you can select frameworks and choose between a wide range of functions and procedures (APIs) to develop your mobile game.

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Gideros

With Gideros is an open sourced and free platform. You can create amazing games and launch them in different platforms with no need to make additional changes thanks to its cross-platform functionality. Gideros uses the same scripting language as Corona: Lua. You can also test your game on a real device and in real time, isn’t it exciting? Try this tool and tell us in the comments.

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