12 Gamedev Engines and Platforms (And the Best Ways to Learn Each of Them)

Learning a new language, engine, or platform for game development can be overwhelming; either there are too many books and tutorials out there, or it's hard to find any that suit you!

In these guides, we've picked a dozen gamedev platforms and engines, and asked experienced developers to introduce you to each, explain their capabilities, and share their recommended tutorials, plugins, and suggestions to get you started developing games with them.

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  How to Learn Unity

  

  MSFX

  18 Oct 2012
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  How to Learn LÖVE (Love2D)

  

  Agam More

  21 Feb 2013
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  How to Learn GameMaker: Studio

  

  Jacob Ford

  07 Sep 2013
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  How to Learn the Phaser HTML5 Game Engine

  

  Richard Davey

  12 Dec 2013
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  How to Learn CryEngine 3 SDK

  

  Jake Brennan

  03 Aug 2013
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  How to Learn jMonkeyEngine 3

  

  Nicholas Mamo

  10 Aug 2013
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  How to Learn Three.js for Game Development

  

  Lee Stemkoski

  12 Oct 2013
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  How to Learn Pygame

  

  Aditya Keerthi
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  How to Learn Haxe and NME

  

  Porter
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  How to Learn LÖVE (Love2D)

  

  Agam More

  21 Feb 2013
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  How to Learn UDK (the Unreal Development Kit)

  

  David Silverman

  28 Nov 2012
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  How to Learn Flash and AS3 for Game Development

  

  Michael James Williams

  19 Sep 2012

References

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