SFML VS irrlicht

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.

irrlicht

This caused the Irrlicht homepage and forum to work badly. Over the last days most things started working again – except the forum continues to be broken. Old posts can be read but everything else is currently not working.

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2018-09-29

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2021-09-19

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

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to SFML and irrlicht)

SFML

irrlicht

Game Engine

69 69%

Game Engine

31% 31

Game Development

67 67%

Game Development

33% 33

3D Game Engine

66 66%

3D Game Engine

34% 34

Tool

100 100%

Tool

0% 0

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, irrlicht should be more popular than SFML. It has been mentiond 6 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.

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

irrlicht mentions (6)

was there a game engine in the early 2000's called: Jet3D?
The Irrlicht Engine seams like a better idea then. https://irrlicht.sourceforge.io/ it is supported and has a small community. Source: almost 2 years ago
My PC is really old ( 2007ish ) , So what Game engine/Framework that isn't simple but can work with that PC in mind ?
I'd recommend Irrlicht Engine. It was very popular during mid-to-late 2000's , and it to my knowledge it still supports OpenGL 1.x as well as its' own software renderer. I once had a PC similar to your specs in 2008, and Irrlicht ran decently alongside ODE physics engine. Source: over 2 years ago
I want to make a game for Linux. Where do I even start?
If we're going to list graphics libraries then bgfx and irrlicht are probably worth a mention as well. Source: over 2 years ago
Why do I only see tutorials on basic stuff?
The make or break moment for me was working on an indie game dev team when I was a teenager. I joined a team and was immediately mentored in a way that made programming and code make sense. We developed using open source engines like Irrlichtand Ogre3D, where my mentor was able to detail what came with the different available libraries, and how to utilize them to create a game. He would assign us to create... Source: over 2 years ago
Hot loading C++ game code
Although primarily intended for games, Irrlicht is a relatively simple library (compared to a full game engine). https://irrlicht.sourceforge.io/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago