Buildbox vs Quaternius

Buildbox is a game engine intended for people with little or no coding experience. It has visual scripting and mobile export, and lists Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows among its platforms. Target platforms also include Steam and Apple TV. Buildbox 4 can create game environments from text descriptions; its AI editing and gesture tools can change games, and its AI can modify logic nodes or make custom nodes. Buildbox 4 downloads are offered for Windows and Mac. Buildbox 4 Pro lists Android and PC exports, while Buildbox Classic Pro lists iOS, Android, and PC exports. Buildbox Classic Beginner costs $29.98 a month, while Buildbox 4 Beginner costs $49.98 a month. Classic Pro costs $399.98 a year, and Buildbox 4 Pro costs $549.98 a year. Buildbox has no free plan. It offers tutorials, manuals, and personal email support.

Quaternius is a web catalog of game assets for personal, educational, and commercial projects. Its asset types include 3D models, animations, textures, source files, characters, environments, props, weapons, vehicles, and game kits, with packs covering characters, nature, animated assets, buildings, and vehicles. The QAL license is perpetual and royalty-free, allowing users to use, modify, and incorporate assets without attribution. It does not allow the assets themselves to be resold or redistributed as standalone files, packs, stock files, or templates. The Ultimate Animated Animal Pack contains 12 animals, each with more than 12 unique animations, in FBX, OBJ, glTF, and Blend formats. Models can be edited in Blender, and textures commonly use atlases. Free downloads cost nothing; paid Patreon tiers start at $10 a month.