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nCine VS SFML

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nCine logo nCine

Cross-platform 2D game engine in C++

SFML logo SFML

SFML provides a simple interface to the various components of your PC, to ease the development of games and multimedia applications. It is composed of five modules: system, window, graphics, audio and network.
  • nCine Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-28
  • SFML Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-29

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Coding a Simple SFML Game Framework in C++/ SFML

More videos:

  • Review - A Closer Look at SFML
  • Review - ALLEGRO vs. SDL vs. SFML (Game Programming Q&A)

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to nCine and SFML)

nCine

SFML

Game Engine
40 40%
Game Engine
60% 60
Game Development
40 40%
Game Development
60% 60
3D Game Engine
32 32%
3D Game Engine
68% 68
Development
100 100%
Development
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, nCine should be more popular than SFML. It has been mentiond 4 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.

nCine mentions (4)

  • How are game engines made?
    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
  • SpookyGhost, my open-source procedural animation tool for sprites, comes to Raspberry Pi
    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 comes to Raspberry (my open-source 2D game framework)
    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
  • SpookyGhost, a procedural sprite animation tool, is now free and open source
    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

SFML mentions (1)

  • Open source recreation of the PS Vita game -- Calling all creators
    I would like to recreate the Plastic Memories PS Vita game as a free, open source, cross-platform (any platform SFML runs on*) game for everyone to enjoy. I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to put into it (I don't have much time between school and various other projects of mine) but I can handle the code, coordination, and source code hosting. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nCine and SFML, you can also consider the following products

Blitz3D - Create 2D and 3D Games for Windows.

raylib - Cross-platform, open-source game development library in C.

BlitzPlus - Create 2D Games for Windows.

SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level...

Phaser - Desktop and Mobile HTML5 game framework. A fast, free and fun open source framework for Canvas and WebGL powered browser games.

Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.

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