AMamarsahinovic·Mar 8, 2015
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godotengine / godot
godot
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
100Distinct people
116Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
120.1KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
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Where it is used
- Material Maker — Material Maker uses Godot to build its open-source application for creating materials and textures. It is a shipped app showcased by the Godot project. Source
- Cassette Beasts — Cassette Beasts uses the Godot Engine as the game’s engine. The developers describe choosing and settling on Godot for the project. Source
What people are saying
I've been building a game part-time in Godot[0] and I contribute to the code on occasion. For the most part it has been a pleasant experience[1]. It currently does not have the…
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Also in these discussions
- atomicgameengine/atomicgameengine · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- gdzig/gdzig · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- godotengine/godot-proposals · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 9:28:18 AM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year116 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2014-02-10 05:36:11 UTC to 2026-07-23 17:08:42 UTC.
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Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 18 | 2 | 16 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 1 | 10 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesJust this past year GoDot went open source. Haven't delved too deep into it, but it looks professional, scriptable, and "actually open source" (i.e. they accept pull requests)
https://github.com/okamstudio/godot
In In the age of free AAA game engines, are we still relevant?This is actually one of my goals too. If I can recommend, the godot engine[https://github.com/okamstudio/godot] is my main source of inspiration and learning.
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