Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions.
🤖 Godot - 47%
🎮 Unity - 34%
🛠️GameMaker - 5%
🚀 Unreal Engine - 3%
✨ Other - 11%
🤖 Godot - 47%
🎮 Unity - 34%
🛠️GameMaker - 5%
🚀 Unreal Engine - 3%
✨ Other - 11%
July 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions.
🤖 Godot - 47%
🎮 Unity - 34%
🛠️GameMaker - 5%
🚀 Unreal Engine - 3%
✨ Other - 11%
🤖 Godot - 47%
🎮 Unity - 34%
🛠️GameMaker - 5%
🚀 Unreal Engine - 3%
✨ Other - 11%
Learning a game engine is so funny because at some point you’ll find yourself googling how to destroy children
September 24, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Learning a game engine is so funny because at some point you’ll find yourself googling how to destroy children
our indie game:
- hand drawn by Celeste's pixel artist
- music by Disasterpeace
- made on our own game engine
- a slow-burning horror RPG
- meet (or date) 10+ charming characters
- fast-paced combat
- customize your playstyle with crafted items and combat abilities
- hand drawn by Celeste's pixel artist
- music by Disasterpeace
- made on our own game engine
- a slow-burning horror RPG
- meet (or date) 10+ charming characters
- fast-paced combat
- customize your playstyle with crafted items and combat abilities
July 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
our indie game:
- hand drawn by Celeste's pixel artist
- music by Disasterpeace
- made on our own game engine
- a slow-burning horror RPG
- meet (or date) 10+ charming characters
- fast-paced combat
- customize your playstyle with crafted items and combat abilities
- hand drawn by Celeste's pixel artist
- music by Disasterpeace
- made on our own game engine
- a slow-burning horror RPG
- meet (or date) 10+ charming characters
- fast-paced combat
- customize your playstyle with crafted items and combat abilities
Give a person a game engine and they'll eventually deliver a game. Teach them to make a game engine and they'll never deliver anything ever again
May 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Give a person a game engine and they'll eventually deliver a game. Teach them to make a game engine and they'll never deliver anything ever again
These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025!
1️⃣ Unity - 41%
2️⃣ Godot - 39%
3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11%
4️⃣ Game Maker - 5%
5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%
1️⃣ Unity - 41%
2️⃣ Godot - 39%
3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11%
4️⃣ Game Maker - 5%
5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%
August 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025!
1️⃣ Unity - 41%
2️⃣ Godot - 39%
3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11%
4️⃣ Game Maker - 5%
5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%
1️⃣ Unity - 41%
2️⃣ Godot - 39%
3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11%
4️⃣ Game Maker - 5%
5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%
Me when I'm playing an RE engine game and I see the big fuzzy dice from Ethan's bedroom
September 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me when I'm playing an RE engine game and I see the big fuzzy dice from Ethan's bedroom
Time to spare, made alternate universe game engine logos!
July 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Time to spare, made alternate universe game engine logos!
Nothing says "woke" like using a commercial game engine.
September 27, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Nothing says "woke" like using a commercial game engine.
Pyrite64 - N64 Engine & Editor [Release]
YouTube video by HailToDodongo
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
more like unreal engine DICKS!!!!! what were they thinking!!!!!
May 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
more like unreal engine DICKS!!!!! what were they thinking!!!!!
Game developers neither surprised nor delighted to learn that Unreal Engine 6 will be filled with AI garbage
aftermath.site/unreal-engine-...
aftermath.site/unreal-engine-...
June 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Game developers neither surprised nor delighted to learn that Unreal Engine 6 will be filled with AI garbage
aftermath.site/unreal-engine-...
aftermath.site/unreal-engine-...
the engine we use & the game we're making!
January 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
the engine we use & the game we're making!
oh no i have an idea for a GBA game
well. less a game and more a 3D engine
well. less a game and more a 3D engine
September 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
oh no i have an idea for a GBA game
well. less a game and more a 3D engine
well. less a game and more a 3D engine
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Old Game Engine programming thread from Twitter 🧵
November 14, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Old Game Engine programming thread from Twitter 🧵
this is technically only one game on this, Random Game Saturday
September 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
this is technically only one game on this, Random Game Saturday
How is this game even real? It mystifies me they're doing this in the Doom engine.
May 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
How is this game even real? It mystifies me they're doing this in the Doom engine.
Most optimized game engine
May 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Most optimized game engine
if you want to make a game engine, make a game engine
if you want to make a game, find a game engine that's already made
if you want to make a game, find a game engine that's already made
One of the biggest questions in 2024 was if developers should move on from Unity and other proprietary engines, and if so, how?
At GDC 2024, developer Rez Graham made a case for building your own engine, outlining the available tools, as well as some pitfalls #GDBestof2024
At GDC 2024, developer Rez Graham made a case for building your own engine, outlining the available tools, as well as some pitfalls #GDBestof2024
Why (and how) you should leave Unity and Unreal to make your own engine
Longtime developer Rez Graham shares the advantages (and disadvantages) of building your own tech for indie game development.
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
if you want to make a game engine, make a game engine
if you want to make a game, find a game engine that's already made
if you want to make a game, find a game engine that's already made
When I work out how to fix a problem I'm having with a game engine.
August 9, 2026 at 9:54 AM
When I work out how to fix a problem I'm having with a game engine.
mobOS, my early 2000s fake OS internet exploration simulator game that updates over real time has a functional actual GAME ENGINE inside the game that runs and compiles code!
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
June 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
mobOS, my early 2000s fake OS internet exploration simulator game that updates over real time has a functional actual GAME ENGINE inside the game that runs and compiles code!
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker
no we love the game but we have some feedback about the engine name
August 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
no we love the game but we have some feedback about the engine name