Hey iam pretty new to the android platform and wondering what the best open source game engine is and ples link some tutorials.
i just want to make something like a simple 2d platformer
ThX =)
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You need to tell first what your objectives are, what type of games you want to build, as for some simple games, some engines are overkill. – SpeedBirdNine Oct 09 '11 at 15:20
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I'm going to have to plug Andengine - http://www.andengine.org/
It's free, it's open (source included) and it offers extensions for Box2D Physics, Live Wallpapers, Aug. Reality (Camera games) and allsorts of other stuff - LOADS of game in the market using it already (no royalties)
Downside is that the documentation is patchy (it's basically a lot of examples) and the author now works for Zynga and has been awfully quiet since he got a proper job :(
You can do amazing things with it tho - and it's easier than most of it's alternatives.
Unity - lovely idea but Unity-based Android Apps are horribly bloated.
If you already 'speak' Open/GL and/or you like the idea of developing/deploying on PC as well as Android, there's libgdx too - http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/ Andengine sort of sits on-top of that anyway - it's harder-work to learn but obviously being able to test/deploy on PC as well as Android has it's benefits.
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libgdx is now moved to github - https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/ – Aniket Thakur Dec 31 '15 at 06:45
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Here is a list.
Many people recommend Cocos-2d
I mostly recommend Unity3d as it is simply awesome! It has a great documentation and many resources and tutorials. But for Android development, it is not free. Here is the price details and comparison of features.
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1The first link connects to something completely unrelated to the topic. – vharron Sep 17 '13 at 21:06
