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Amethyst vs Phaser: What are the differences?

What is Amethyst? Data-oriented and data-driven game engine written in Rust. Uses gfx-rs to render graphics with OpenGL, and soon Vulkan and Metal. It is meant to be used for 2D and 3D, with various utilities for both types of games.

What is Phaser? Desktop and Mobile HTML5 game framework. It is a free open source HTML5 game framework. It uses Pixi.js for WebGL and Canvas rendering across desktop and mobile web browsers. Games can be compiled to iOS and Android apps via 3rd party tools.

Amethyst and Phaser belong to "Game Development" category of the tech stack.

Phaser is an open source tool with 25.3K GitHub stars and 5.98K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Phaser's open source repository on GitHub.

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      Compile to iOS, Android and native apps
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      JavaScript or TypeScript
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      WebGL and Canvas rendering
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      Open Source

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    Cons of Amethyst
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        No GUI

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      What is Amethyst?

      Uses gfx-rs to render graphics with OpenGL, and soon Vulkan and Metal. It is meant to be used for 2D and 3D, with various utilities for both types of games.

      What is Phaser?

      It is a free open source HTML5 game framework. It uses Pixi.js for WebGL and Canvas rendering across desktop and mobile web browsers. Games can be compiled to iOS and Android apps via 3rd party tools.

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