It has a decently robust sprite making engine built in, an animation system, a level editor, and tiling and mapping features. The first is that outside of audio, the engine can produce an entire game without the need for other programs. GameMaker Studio 2 is the evolution of the original GameMaker, and it hosts some impressive features. GameMaker Studio 2 GMS 2 has everything you need Godot doesn’t have any best selling games made in its environment yet, but that doesn’t stop it from being a very promising engine for new studios. It also has a bit of a learning curve-since the engine does work differently, especially if you’re coming at if from working with a different engine. On the flipside, many people have described it’s tools as restrictive, finding it difficult to achieve the same customization found in other engines. It features quite a few publishing targets: Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5, iOS and Android. It also allows for visual scripting with connectable blocks and scripting in other languages, like C++ and C#. GDScript is similar to Python, so it shouldn’t be a challenge to learn for those with a Python background, or for beginners. It functions a little differently than other engines, and it has its own programming language: GDScript. It’s been praised for being very lightweight and fast, and it’s capable of creating both 3D and 2D games. Godot (pronounced ‘G’dough’) is open source and completely free.
