GameMaker is a specialist 2D game engine that has been in the public domain for nearly 25 years. This makes it one of the longest-running engines on the market at the moment.

Want to take a crack at making your own 2D game? These are the best tools for the job, even if you're a beginner.

Both game engines are particularly good at 2D game development, although Godot does have tools for making 3D games. If you're looking to develop games specifically in 2D, then you've come to the ...

Cocos has had great success with PC and mobile games with its 2D game engine. Now it is adding 3D to its open-source Cocos Creator 3.0.

It works well with 2D projects and has an approachable drag-and-drop interface, along with its own scripting language that can be used to build more advanced titles.

Unity, the popular "build once, deploy anywhere" 3D game engine, is going 2D. At the company's UNITE conference in Vancouver this morning, CEO David Helgason announced three things: official ...

GameMaker throws shade at Unity, makes its 2D engine free or $100 for most For most games, a license is either free or the cost of a medium-nice dinner.

YoYo Games launched GameMaker Studio 2 on macOS this week, bringing the popular multiplatform 2D game development engine to the Mac for the first time.

BANGALORE, India, March 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Game Engines Market is Segmented by Type (3D Game Engines, 2.5D Game Engines, 2D Game Engines), by Application (Computer Games, Mobile Games). The ...

Cocos Technology said it has raised $50 million to fuel the growth of its open source Cocos Creator game engine. Cocos has been around for a long time as a foundation for making 2D games for ...