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Ask HN: Free Isometric (2.5D) Game Engine Recommendations
I have some ideas and would like to realize them in a small game. I know nothing about 3D and have some experience in 2D game development so I think the ideal case for me would be a 2.5D game engine (like in Diablo 2 or Fallout 1/2). I'm looking something in C or maybe C++, multi-platform (Windows/Linux/BSD/MAC).
Can you please recommend anything?
- haidrali 12y agohttp://www.isogenicengine.com/ http://www.isogenicengine.com/ is isometic gaming engine i have used it a long while ago ... look at it
- jason_slack 12y agoCocos2d-x (http://cocos2d-x.org http://cocos2d-x.org) free, open-sourced, C++. Also can handle any 3D needs if you have them in the future. It can handle anything that you throw at it.
- mannewalis 12y agocheckout out Cocos2d-x and Tilemaps. http://www.cocos2d-x.org http://www.cocos2d-x.org and http://www.cocos2d-x.org/hub/23 http://www.cocos2d-x.org/hub/23
- joeld42 12y agoWrite it yourself. ISO games tend to have a lot of little difference and it's hard to find an exact fit, plus most of them are just hacked up versions of regular 2d tile maps. You'll end up customizing it enough that you might as well write it from scratch. If I was in your shoes I'd use SDL.