Game Engine to Rival Unity for Indie Games

[Tutorial Doctor]

I have been testing a FREE and Open Sourced game engine called Godot (MIT license). 

 

I have to say that it is turning out to be a potential rival for Unity. I started using Unity before it became popular. This engine gives me the same feeling I had when I started using Unity. Of course, Unity has grown since, but this engine is already showing lots of promise:

 

Website:

http://www.godotengine.org/wp/

 

Overview:

Develop games using your favorite operating system:

• Godot works on Windows, OSX and Linux.
• Editor runs in 32 and 64 bits, in all platforms.
• Small download (around 20mb), and you are ready to go.
• Easy to compile yourself (no dependency helps).

Develop games for your favorite platforms:

• Mobile Platforms: iOS, Android
• Desktop Platforms: Windows, OSX, Linux
• Web Platforms: PNaCL
• Consoles: Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita (only with license from Sony)
• Upcoming (not stable yet): HTML5 and Windows Phone.
• One Click Deploy & Export to most platforms. Easy to create custom builds too.

2D and 3D

 

Built in UI Designer

 

Uses Custom Scripting langague (but you can use C++)

 

Screenshot:

 

 

 

Edited May 31, 2015 by Tutorial Doctor