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What GameMaker's 25-year run tells us about the game engine market

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November 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the company behind Gamemaker, a popular game engine for indies.

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The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)

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The pursuit of platform agnosticism is a way of reclaiming power constantly lost to the game industry's drive to maximize profits.

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What to do about Game Engines with Rez Graham and Bryant Francis: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 42

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On today's podcast, we discuss a few hot topics in game engines: including Unity's bid to rebuilt trust with developers and the case for rolling one's own tech.

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Real reasons (not) to build custom game engines in 2024

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Drawing from Highfleet's experience, this article explains why building your own engine may be a bad idea and when it might be worth considering.

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A comprehensive guide to the Unity Game Engine: Answers to Your Questions

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Are you curious about how to make games with Unity? This guide will teach you everything you need to know when considering Unity as the engine for your next game project.

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Python Game Engines in 2025

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GameFromScratch.com Python Game Engines in 2025 Today we have compiled a list of the best Python game engines, frameworks and language bindings for game development in 2025. This is the first in a series of posts exploring the game engine options available for the most popular programming languages.

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The best free game making tools

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From small and specialized game engines like Bitsy and Ren'Py to the free versions of bigger tools like Unity and Unreal, here are a few of the best tools with the lowest barrier to entry.