irrlicht AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like irrlicht

irrlicht is described as 'The Irrlicht Engine is an open source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++. It is completely cross-platform, using D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderers, and has all of the state-of-the-art features which can be found in commercial 3d engines' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to irrlicht for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best irrlicht alternative is Torque 3D, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like irrlicht are OGRE, HARFANG 3D, Pygame and JMonkeyEngine.

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  1. Torque 3D icon
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    Torque 3D is a easy-to-use game creation platform. Architected from the ground up for maximum flexibility and performance across a wide range of hardware and built upon the Frontline award-winning Torque Game Engine Advanced, Torque 3D comes equipped with a full suite of tools...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. OGRE icon
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    OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine written in C++ designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. HARFANG 3D icon
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    HARFANG®3D is a cross-platform & multi-language solution to integrate with embedded systems, existing environments & combining features to meet the industrial standards of 3D imaging.

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    • Windows
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    • Online
     
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    Comments about HARFANG 3D as an Alternative to irrlicht
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    Modern engine, pbr, screen space GI and refelections, VR, Go support, that makes a viable alternative to Irrlicht.

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    • HARFANG 3D is Free Personal and Open Sourceirrlicht is Free and Open Source
    • HARFANG 3D is Lightweightirrlicht is not according to our users
  4. Pygame icon
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    Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing video games. Pygame adds functionality on top of the excellent SDL library. This allows you to create fully featured games and multimedia programs in the python language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • HP webOS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AmigaOS
     
  5. JMonkeyEngine icon
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    JMonkeyEngine3 it’s a free, open source game engine, made especially for Java game developers who want to create 3D games using modern technology. The software is programmed entirely in Java, intended for wide accessibility and quick deployment.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. The OpenSceneGraph is an open source high performance 3D graphics toolkit, used by application developers in fields such as visual simulation, games, virtual reality, scientific visualization and modelling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. 3DCrafter icon
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    3DCrafter (formerly 3D Canvas) is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that incorporates an intuitive drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  8. Lumix Engine icon
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    Lumix Engine is an open-source 3D game design software and engine. It's written in C++ and supports several scripting languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  9. MOS icon
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    MOS is a lightweight cross platform game engine/library, written in modern C++. Some of the included functionality is: 3D mesh rendering, physically based material model, global illumination, particle rendering, text rendering, collision detection, 3D audio playback and asset...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. The Forge icon
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    The Forge is a cross-platform rendering framework PC, Linux, Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4, Switch and Stadia. Particularly, the graphics layer of The Forge supports cross-platform descriptor management, multi-threaded and asynchronous resource loading, shader...

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    • Mac
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  11. ursina icon
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    Ursina makes it easier to develop games, visualizations and other kinds software. The concise API combined with the power of the Python programming language, makes life easier for the developer so they can focus on what they are making.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Atavism opens up development opportunities of virtual online worlds to everyone regardless of programming knowledge or artistic ability.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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