Libraries and Frameworks

For when you want a code-first view of your game.

• DragonRuby
• Kivy
• Pygame
• pyglet
• Python Arcade
• Raylib
• Gosu: 2D game development library for Ruby and C++
  • Hello • Gosu

Engines

A lot of overlap with libraries, but the idea is that these focus more on the tools than the code.

• Defold
• Godot
• Harfang
• microStudio
• Wicked Engine
• Flax Engine
• Falco Engine

No-code Engines

• Microsoft Make Code Arcade
  • learning
• GDevelop Engine

Tools

Applications dedicated to a particular aspect of the game dev workflow.

• Tilesetter - Tileset generator & map editor tool
• Tiled | Flexible level editor

Assets

• Home · Kenney: “Thousands of completely free game assets for you to use”

Related

• “I Need Practice Programming”: 49 Ideas for Game Clones to Code - The Invent with Python Blog
  • also relevant to Self-guided Learning Projects
• GitHub - Calinou/awesome-gamedev: A collection of free software and free culture resources for making amazing games. (mirror)