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Defold Engine vs SDL Game Engine

A side-by-side look at Defold Engine and SDL Game Engine. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Defold Engine

Defold Engine

Games

Defold is a free, open source game engine designed for 2D game development. It uses the Lua programming language and offers a full editor for building and debugging games. Defold is focused on cross-platform publishing and offers native deployment to iOS, Android, HTML5, Windows, macOS and Linux.

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SDL Game Engine

SDL Game Engine

Games

The SDL Game Engine is a free, open source game development library that provides low-level access to graphics, audio, input, and other hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. It is written in C and works across many platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android.

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