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Flax Engine vs PICO-8

Flax Engine

flaxengine.com

PICO-8

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FigureFlax EnginePICO-8
Price fromFree$14.99/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
Plans published23
Spec score · Game Engine Software8.9 (#10)8.5 (#30)
Spec score · Game Development Software8.8 (#7)8.4 (#19)
Founded20122002
Free planYesYes
HeadquartersPolandTokyo, Japan

Plans

Flax Engine

  • Flax Engine licenseFree
  • Custom licensingPriced on request

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PICO-8

  • PICO-8$14.99 a month
  • PICO-8 Education EditionFree
  • PICO-8$14.99, paid once

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In their own words

Flax Engine

Flax Engine is a 3D game engine written in C++ and C#, with visual scripting and full Editor source code available. It supports C++, C#, and visual scripting, with hot-reloading for both programming languages in the Editor. Rendering features include real-time global illumination, reflections using custom software ray tracing, and GPU lightmap baking. World-building tools cover terrain, foliage, fog, nested prefabs, level streaming, and large-world 64-bit coordinates. Multiplayer projects can use low- and high-level networking APIs. Its Online system supports services such as Steam, Xbox Live, and PlayStation Network for profiles, friends, achievements, presence, and cloud saves. Supported targets include Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, web, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series, and Nintendo Switch. Web support is experimental and lacks C# scripting, video playback, and some other engine features. NDA-protected platform support is excluded from the public repository. The engine is free for non-commercial or educational use; commercial releases pay a 4% royalty on earnings exceeding $250,000 per calendar quarter.

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PICO-8

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