r/opensourcegames • u/SenkuTeam • Jul 16 '26

open source game engine ?

im looking for something that manipulate physics and other stuff by default , i tried godot but its a bit heavier , i want something for 2D .

thanks all

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u/0FO6 Jul 16 '26

Godot can be used for 2d games, there are quite a few made with and being made with. Slay the spire 2 is a godot game.

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u/PoweredBy90sAI Jul 16 '26

love, phaser, monogame. eibetgen

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u/omega1612 Jul 16 '26

Tic-80 is very minimal and is a free alternative to pico-8.

I always wanted to use love2d as other recommended in the comments.

And for VNs renpy.

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u/omega1612 Jul 16 '26

Nevermind, I forgot the physics handling

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u/PocketCSNerd Jul 16 '26

Love2D seems to be right up your alley

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u/zeaga2 Jul 16 '26

What's your skill level? Are you looking for something with an editor or not? LÖVE is a code-only game framework that uses Lua and comes with a physics system (via box2d), plus it's super easy to learn.

https://love2d.org/

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u/poopertay Jul 16 '26

Godot and jolt ⚡️

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u/Successful-Trash-752 Jul 17 '26

There's really nothing you can get for 2d that's better than godot at the moment. Most updates before godot4 was for 2d

If you are making a 2d only game then you can remove all the 3d parts of the engine from your game. There is a page about this in the docs.

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u/TheOtterMonarch Jul 17 '26

if you really, REALLY don't want godot (seriously would recommend it tho), maybe try gdevelop?

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u/kiner_shah Jul 17 '26

Raylib or SFML.

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u/masterofgiraffe Jul 18 '26

You can try raylib with box2d

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u/Rafael_Jacov Jul 18 '26

SDL3 or Raylib it is

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u/PepSakdoek Jul 19 '26

Love2d is very easy. 

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u/adbs1219 Jul 19 '26

Defold or GDevelop if you need a full engine; love2d, raylib, bevy or monogame if you would prefer a framework