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Amethyst vs MonoGame: What are the differences?
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; MonoGame: *A free C# framework used by game developers *. It is a free C# framework used by game developers to make games for multiple platforms and other systems. It is also used to make Windows and Windows Phone games run on other systems.
Amethyst and MonoGame belong to "Game Development" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Amethyst are:
- High Performance
- Built for 2D and 3D
- Uses all CPU cores to run internals and logic
On the other hand, MonoGame provides the following key features:
- Cross-Platform
- Open-Source
- Managed Code
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- Cross-platform1
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- Can't working in vs mac 20191
- No GUI1
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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 MonoGame?
It is a free C# framework used by game developers to make games for multiple platforms and other systems. It is also used to make Windows and Windows Phone games run on other systems.
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