Game Engines: Guide to pick the right!

How to develop a game step 1: take the right engine for your development

Arnold Abraham
10 min readDec 19, 2020
Made by the author Arnold Abraham

Picking the right game engine can be confusing. Even therefore, it is essential to inform yourself about the options beforehand. Developing a game takes time. If you waste your time with the wrong game engine, you probably won’t even start the game or in the long run, won’t be able to finish it. I made this mistake myself. I didn’t inform myself, and when I decided to develop a game, I couldn’t even code. Luckily, I picked the right engine and released some projects later on. But the very first game development I made is still unreleased, not even finished up to 30% yet.

To give you the chance to make it better, here is my line up of 5 game engines you might choose one from. [1]

Unity — Mobile’s best choice

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Many games were developed with unity. Especially mobile games. I did too and have plans for more. This one is more like a universal tool because it addresses designers, artists, and coders. They support all relevant hardware platforms. MacOs/Windows/Linux, PS4/Xbox One, and also Android/IOS. I…

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Arnold Abraham
Arnold Abraham

Written by Arnold Abraham

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