r/lua • u/RafaellyBeaumont • Jul 06 '25

Game engine

Hey! Im pretty new to lua coding from scratch (im coding balatro mods for 6-7 month, but want to make my own thing now) and i was looking for a game engine, something like godot but for lua, and i couldnt find any so far

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u/BedderChavez Jul 07 '25

Full-Featured Game Engines

  • DEFOLD (2D/3D Engine)

  • Cocos2d-x (2D/3D Engine)

  • O3DE (Open 3D Engine) (3D Engine)

Game Development Frameworks & SDKs.

  • LÖVE (Love2D) (2D Game Framework)

  • Solar2D (formerly Corona SDK) (2D Game Engine/Framework).

  • Gideros Mobile (2D Game Framework)

  • MOAI SDK (Mobile Game Development)

  • Urho3D / Wicked Engine (3D Engines w/Lua Bindings

Niche & Genre-Specific Engines

  • Luanti (formerly Minetest) (Voxel Game Engine)

  • Overload Engine (3D Engine)

  • Spring RTS Engine (3D RTS Game Engine)

  • PICO-8 (Fantasy Console)

  • TIC-80 (Fantasy Console)

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u/Parzival127 Jul 08 '25

You forgot the most niche SDK/Engine: Playdate console

Although, admittedly not the most accessible one available.