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Game Bytes #3

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Date Published
Author
Lee Reilly
Word Count
470
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Summary

GitHub hosts a variety of open-source projects that are valuable for game developers, introducing tools like Torque 3D, Flixel, Three.js, Spring, and Cocos2D. Torque 3D, recently open-sourced by Garage Games, offers a robust world-editing suite for creating 3D games on multiple platforms, while Flixel, developed by Adam Saltsman, is a versatile library for 2D games written in ActionScript. Three.js is a JavaScript library that facilitates 3D rendering in web-based environments using HTML5's canvas, SVG, and WebGL, supported by many tutorials and examples. Spring, a 3D RTS game engine, aims to recreate the experience of Total Annihilation in 3D, while Cocos2D provides frameworks for developing 2D games on various platforms, including iOS and HTML5. Each project is well-documented and suitable for both personal and commercial use, offering extensive customization and learning resources for developers at different levels.