LÖVE Alternatives

LÖVE is described as 'Hi there! LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS' and is a popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to LÖVE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best LÖVE alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LÖVE are GDevelop, Wick Editor, Candlestick and Ren'Py.

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  1. Glide Engine icon
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    Glide is a SpriteKit and GameplayKit based engine for building 2d games easily, with a focus on side scrollers. Glide is developed with Swift and works on iOS, macOS and tvOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
     
  2. Drag[en]gine icon
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    A free software game engine focusing on developing games faster, more modular and stable with true -1 day portability support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Haiku
     
  3. A modular game engine written in Rust, built for performance, ergonomics and cross platform development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Nirvana 3D icon
     1 like

    A game engine written in Python, extending support across multiple GPU devices with 3D rendering, PBR Renderer and much more.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  5. Verge 3 icon
     2 likes

    VERGE is a Game Creation Engine: A progam that exists to help you make games in 16bits like super nintendo.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. LunarEngine icon
     1 like

    LunarEngine (formerly Librebox) is an open-source game engine powered by Luau. It delivers a sandbox-style API and development model inspired by popular sandbox engines, so existing Luau code runs with minimal changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Alice icon
     13 likes

    Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Whitestorm.js icon
     3 likes

    Whitestorm.js is a framework for 3D web apps built with Three.js technology. It implements a core for fast development of a 3D scene with physics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. PaletAI icon
     1 like

    App to create, play, and share AI-generated mobile games, no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  10. Rogue Engine icon
     2 likes

    Rogue Engine is a full featured environment for game development using WebGL. Create projects in an intuitive and familiar 3D environment using configurable components made with TypeScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. TyranoBuilder icon
     4 likes

    Start making your own multi-platform video games right NOW, even if you know nothing about game programming or scripting! TyranoBuilder’s suite of intuitive drag-and-drop tools allows you to create high quality visual novels with speed and ease, and bring your creativity visions...

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Steam
     
  12. HGE icon
     3 likes

    HGE is an easy to use yet powerful hardware accelerated 2D game engine. It is a full featured middleware for all who want to develop commercial quality 2D games rapidly and easily. It covers all imaginable 2D game genres: you could create everything from a simple puzzle to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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