Based on our record, LÖVR should be more popular than nCine. It has been mentiond 22 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I have been coding mine for many years now. Fortunately it is still small enough that can be easily understood by one person. Have a look here: https://ncine.github.io/. Source: over 2 years ago
It uses my 2D framework nCine, which I recently ported to Raspberry Pi. That's why there are so many supported platforms. ;). Source: over 2 years ago
nCine is a cross-platform 2D framework written in C++11 and scriptable with Lua that can be used for games, tools, or prototypes. I have been working on it in my spare time for more than ten years and it now works out-of-the-box on the latest version or Raspberry Pi OS! Source: over 2 years ago
I created this tool for game artists a while ago, with the hope of selling it and start an independent company about game development, tools, and game technology. Unfortunately, it sold pretty much nothing so I'm back to the game industry as an employee while I decided to make it FOSS. :D It is written in C++ using my game framework nCine (https://ncine.github.io/) and ImGui, and it supports multiple platforms,... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago
Also do not forget the VR/3D version, LÖVR: https://lovr.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
I haven't used many engines, but I've been programming some simple games with LÖVE [0] and (to a lesser extent) LÖVR [1] and like them both. But maybe not real game engines, as you need to do quite a bit of work by yourself. I guess it depends what your definition is of a game engine. --- [0]: https://love2d.org [1]: https://lovr.org. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
Not to mention there's LÖVR as well if you want to 3D. Source: about 1 year ago
As for your question - yes, it's possible to develop for the Quest. The website has information on how to do that. Source: about 1 year ago
I'll add LOVR (https://lovr.org/), the 3D analog to LOVE. Haven't used it personally so ymmv. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
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