Based on our record, GDevelop seems to be a lot more popular than Solar 2D. While we know about 75 links to GDevelop, we've tracked only 3 mentions of Solar 2D. 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.
Solar2D[0] (formerly Corona SDK) is also based on Love2D. I got into programming via Corona SDK inspired by Bubble ball[1] made by a 14 y.o boy. [0]https://solar2d.com/ [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Ball. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
This is using the Lua language and the Solar2d game framework. Source: 10 months ago
I was a big fan of Solar2D (formerly known as CoronaSDK) for many years... I developed several games for the various App Stores. It's still around, free, and is now Open Source. Source: about 1 year ago
It's not as monolithic as you'd think. There are lots of engines out there but their communities aren't very vocal compared to Unity, Unreal, and especially Godot's community. Take a look at: https://itch.io/game-development/engines/most-projects And https://www.gamedeveloper.com/blogs/the-generous-space-of-alternative-game-engines-a-curation- If you look at both of these you'll see just how many engines there are... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
I'm not really a game maker, but would like to give a shout out to the fabulous https://gdevelop.io/ It has everything you need, is free and its VISUAL PROGRAMMING is fab... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
Another engine that you can consider is GDevelop https://gdevelop.io. Source: 11 months ago
If you’re down for a 2D project checkout GDevelop. It’s designed with a visual workflow in mind and programs with predefined actions and triggers, so if you’re comfortable laying out 2D assets if very easy to make them interactive, without knowing any code. Source: 11 months ago
GDevelop is a free, no-code game engine that uses drag-and-drop functionality and menus to build games. It supports Javascript to impliment more complex code. To find out more go to – How to get started making a video game: GDevelop 5 (part one). Source: 11 months ago
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
FlatRedBall - Cross-platofrm 2D game engine using C#, focused on developer productivity, transparency, scalability, and ease of use.
Unity - The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Upbge - A game-engine fully integrated in Blender
Unreal Engine - Unreal Engine 4 is a suite of integrated tools for game developers to design and build games, simulations, and visualizations.
LÖVR - Virtual Reality for Lua