Upbge
Godot Engine
Unity
Solar 2D
FlatRedBall
Adventure Game Studio
Unreal Engine
TIC-80
LÖVR
TIC-80
Godot Engine
GDevelop
LOVE 2D
Unity
Solar 2D
FlatRedBall
Based on our record, LÖVR should be more popular than Upbge. 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.
Starting with 2d games is very good advice however if the child is mostly interested in 3d, well not the most helpful advice. Some people here forget that children are way more tolerant of not understanding things than adults are. They just want to get a quick taste not necessary dedicate their life to the study of game development. I think something like RPG in a Box https://rpginabox.com/ is nice if the child... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months 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
UPBGE which was formerly part of Blender is the only modern 3D engine I know of that supports Python for game development. Source: about 1 year ago
Another would be https://upbge.org/ 3D game engine forked from the old Blender Game Engine and deployed with Blender itself. Source: over 1 year ago
There still is a fork of the old one https://upbge.org/. Source: over 1 year 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
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer where you can make, play and share tiny games.
Unity - The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Solar 2D - Solar 2D is an open-source game engine written in Lua with a major emphasis on ease of usage and iteration.
GDevelop - GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
FlatRedBall - Cross-platofrm 2D game engine using C#, focused on developer productivity, transparency, scalability, and ease of use.