Godot
More info
- Creator
- Juan Linietsky, Ariel Manzur
- Released
- Type
- Game engine
- License
- MIT
- Website
- godotengine.org
- Source
- github.com/godotengine/godot
Open-source game engine — explosive growth after the 2023 Unity pricing scandal. Own scripting language GDScript (Python-like).
Node + Scene architecture (composition over inheritance). Also supports C#, C++ (GDExtension), Rust via bindings. Tiny download (~50 MB), exports to all platforms including the web (HTML5). 4.0 (March 2023) introduced the Vulkan renderer. Backed by the Godot Foundation + community + companies like W4 Games (commercial support). Games: Brotato, Cassette Beasts, Halls of Torment.