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1.Unity
Multi-platform development for games is seen as a bugbear of the industry because the differences between platforms often mean different programming languages, separate APIs, and different behaviors. To ease this problem, multi-platform game engines have become the go-to tool. One such game engine that is most popular among Android developers is Unity.
Game engine also supports application development languages such as C#, unity script (in the form of JavaScript), and can be integrated with Boo-script Python language. Games developed in Unity will be able to support multiple formats including iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry 10, Mac, Windows, Linux, Web Player, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U.
Some famous games built on Unity Engine are Dead Trigger, Bad Piggies, Temple Run 2, Eyes on Dragon, and many more. Unity 4 is free, while Unity Pro (plus optional iOS, Android, BlackBerry add-on) priced from $750 onward.
2. Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine is a game engine for PC and consoles created by the company Epic Games. Initially implemented in the first person shooter Unreal in 1998, the engine being used by games such as Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Turok, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas, America’s Army, Red Steel, Gears of War, Bio-shock, Bio-shock 2, Bio-shock Infinite, Star Wars Republic Commando, Batman: Arkham Asylum and mass Effect.
Unreal Engine technology provides a tried and tested high-quality development environment for mobile development. Teams using Unreal are equipped with tools that help them produce the quality necessary for standout titles to compete in the crowded mobile app space.
The latest Unreal Engine 4 ensures a high quality to the title from the point of view of the visual impact and is integrated with Unreal Editor Suite, using C++ source code. The company also offers free edition of Unreal Engine 3, the Unreal Development Kit, which has had more than 2.25 million installations till date. The Unreal Engine 3 also applies in areas not related to video games such as simulation buildings, driving simulators, preview movies and terrain generation.
3.Project Anarchy
Until now, to make a 3D game on Android without having a huge studio, the simplest solution remained Unity 3D game engine. But Unity can be very expensive as most of the key features are only available in the pro version for $1,500.
The open source 3D engine Project Anarchy is a new 3D game engine tool and freely distributed by Havoc. This end-to-end mobile game engine allows you to ship games for free on iOS, Android and Tizen. Project Anarchy is really about offering power and versatility to mobile developers.
4.Corona SDK
Corona SDK is an excellent choice for all types of mobile developers from beginner to advanced. Corona is a tool for quick and easy creation of apps and games for iPhone, iPad and Android development. The interesting thing about this SDK is that it has a very advanced physics engine and allows developers to create games with a few lines of code.
This SDK allows developers to create fast, powerful, cross-platform applications that can access APIs of other frameworks hook into hardware components such as camera, GPS and accelerator. Corona is also optimized to take advantage of hardware acceleration features, resulting in high performance in games and applications.
Corona uses the Lua programming language to create applications.
The license costs $199 per year and allows developers to develop only for iPhone or Android and $349 a year in the version that allows to work with both platforms.
5.AUTODESK MAYA
Autodesk Maya is a 3D computer graphics program that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple Macintosh. And it is one of the best tools for developing 3D games for Android–if not one of the best 3D tools on the market. Many acclaimed games have assets created using Autodesk Maya, which include NASCAR Thunder Madden NFL 2004, and Halo 2.
Unlike many of the tools listed here, Maya is not a game engine or development platform, instead it would primarily be used in the creation of 3D assets and animations for use in a game.
Maya provides 3D animation software, modeling, simulation, rendering and Maya composition offers a complete set of features for 3D computer animation, modeling, simulation and rendering on a production platform with high scalability.
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