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I was over-engineering my game

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  1. A JavaScript 3D library which makes WebGL simpler.
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    • Open Source
    Three.js - https://threejs.org/ : Less experience with this one again, but from looking at the documentation it doesn't look too complex. From my knowledge it also builds on top of webGL, making it fantastic for performance intensive 3D games that require access to the GPU. Not to mention you've got the opportunity to make a 3D engine without worrying about things like View Matrices, similar to Raylib in that manner.

    #Javascript UI Libraries #Flowcharts #Org Charts 230 social mentions

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    Desktop and Mobile HTML5 game framework. A fast, free and fun open source framework for Canvas and WebGL powered browser games.
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    • Open Source
    Phaser - https://phaser.io/ : A fantastic JS library for making 2D games. If I was to make a web game now I'd 100% user Phaser.js again over any game engine. It's lighter weight which makes it fantastic for web games. I've used it for 2 projects now, one for a client, and the projects have turned out fantastic, and I'd honestly say it was easier than using Unity in some aspects, since it was designed for 2D web games. Would highly recommend!

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 120 social mentions

  3. Hi there! LÖVE is an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua.
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    • Open Source
    Love2D and Groverburger's 3D Engine - https://love2d.org/ : Want to use Lua? By all means do so, it's not my cup of tea but from using this library a bit previously it was very fun to use and I would highly recommend! I don't know the state of the 3D engine but a screenshot of a minecraft clone can be seen here from google images: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Flove2d.org%2Fforums%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D86350&psig=AOvVaw0yaXWd36nXlB7pFCRamvV5&ust=1653679328205000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCIDc5tnx_fcCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD.

    #Game Development #Game Engine #2D Game Engine 181 social mentions

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