FNA VS raylib

FNA Reviews

raylib Reviews

1. Diliup Gabadamudalige    

   Partner at EMorphusGames | over 2 years ago
   Raylib, a hidden Powerhouse

   I got to know Raylib just a few days ago taking a course on learning C++ to start using Unreal Engine. I have a background with assembler(a long time ago), Python/Pygame, C#/Monogame, and Unity/C#. Within the few days I used it, I am simply blown away by the simplicity but yet extremely powerful Raylib library. The routines and functions are very clear and access is very simple. Everything is well documented. I am yet to go in-depth with the library but I never had such an experience in the past building games, which is my main interest. If you stumbled upon this by chance stop and give it a go. You'll never regret it. Right now I am thinking of the many ways I can use this with the languages I know.

   🏁 Competitors: MonoGame, Pygame

FNA mentions (16)

• EU antitrust regulators clear $69B Microsoft, Activision deal

  Emulating "dead" consoles and unchanging APIs is usually sustainable. We'll all be able to play Sega MD/Genesis games and XNA games until the end of time, with whatever hardware, platform, controllers, and video outputs we need. Source: 12 months ago

• FNA 22.10 is out

  Https://fna-xna.github.io/ this explains it better. Source: over 1 year ago

• MonoGame 3.8.1 is now available for all!

  MonoGame is an open-source framework, a thin layer of abstraction over input, sound, and graphics APIs. MonoGame lets game developers write cross platform code that will run on desktop, mobile, and console devices. Many commercially successful indie games have been shipped using MonoGame, and it's similar frameworks XNA and FNA, since 2007. MonoGame is ideal for developers who don't want an engine to dictate their... Source: almost 2 years ago

• XNA / AI Programming - AI Development for Beginners

  FWIW while this tutorial series looks very old and XNA has indeed been officially discontinued, FNA is a 100% compatible (or at least as 100% as it can be :-P) XNA reimplementation that can be used instead of XNA and is still under active development (last release 11 days ago) while it has been used by a bunch of games already. Because of that most XNA resources should apply to FNA too. Source: almost 2 years ago

• ContentPipe & ResourceCache - a couple of open-source .NET game content framework I've been working on in my spare time

  So a little bit of context here: I'm a huge fan of the FNA game framework. It's an open source replacement for the discontinued XNA 4.0 framework. I think it's fantastic for small scale indie projects, it's such a nice blank canvas "only the things you need" approach. Source: almost 2 years ago

raylib mentions (6)

• Are there any game engines that support 3D that are more code orientated?

  It sounds like you're maybe asking for code frameworks/libraries instead of engines? Something like https://raylib.com/ might be better suited? Source: about 1 year ago

• How can I make graphics games using cpp?

  I would recommend SFML or Raylib, they're both excellent and fairly easy to set up, plus have really good documentation. And if you decide to really dig into them you'll eventually be able to create any game you want. Source: over 1 year ago

• Best C++ libraries for 2D game development

  I'd also recommend raylib as an option. Check out its website: http://raylib.com/. It is beginner friendly enough with good cheatsheet and examples. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Question about graphic/game libraries

  Finally, you can use raylib.com , a C library but it has a great interface and multiple examples. Howeve, it is not wide-spread like SDL. Source: over 2 years ago

• confused new dev

  The easiest option is C# and Unity, even though I think at some point (if you want to experience real programming) you'd better off using a framework. Source: almost 3 years ago