ct.js 2D Game Engine Hands-On

Today we are checking out the ct.js 3.0 game engine, a 2D game engine for Mac, Windows and Linux.
It is free with the source code available on GitHub under the MIT license. It also contains everything you need in one place, uses a relatively simple JavaScript API and should be an appropriate 2D game engine for beginners or teachers.
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[@ScaerieTale]

Oh nice. I've been looking for a 2D Godot alternative. I like Godot, but there are a thousand little things that irritate the crap out of me (Insanity by a thousand rain drops). I'll have to check this out

[@Entikai]

This get's the award for the cutest engine.

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[@easygamemaker]

Hello Mike, I see that you post many reviews of smaller game engines. Would like if you can publish a video about EasyGameMaker in your channel. Thanks.

[@HE360]

Godot is an awesome engine that has everything great going for it, but I am predicting that it too is going to have competition in the form of engines like this; once some of the bugs and problems are fixed with this engine. And this is just ONE engine of many that will probably come out.

[@hipflipped]

They're not targeting the same demographic at all. Not everything is a competition.

[@copium5050]

@@hipflipped There is definitely some overlap, anyone who wants to make a web game might pick this over Godot now.

[@HE360]

@@copium5050 Thanks! That's exactly what I was meaning. Evidently, Card Caper didn't fully read or comprehend what I was saying. I said nothing about "everything" being about competition.

[@leandrocampos3430]

I got this engine since first versions before 1.0, its amazing to see how much its evolved for just one developer game engine, Comigo made an amazing job on that engine, i think its pretty suitable for small-medium games

[@its.arjun.s]

Wow I was really looking for a good Pixi based game engine Thought the only option was GDevelop

[@goryn5761]

totally agree on the lack of "cancel" buttons as you don't always want to save whatever you just did at the moment, that's a really weird solution

[@moose43h]

You should check out the asset "OneJs". it somehow uses preact and tailwind to make a ui. i dont know about performance but you can make the most awesome ui much faster than any other tools.

[@MigratedToHatManMusic]

I am still mad at this guy for saying that the way most people in america say Z is wrong.

[@KANJICODER]

ZED ?

[@waffle98501]

Thanks for tipping my off on this one. After using GM for a few years, Its nice to have a system that just works. GM syntax is similar to JS so migrating to CTJS is very smooth. Its not perfect, but it just works. Using rooms as GUI layers is great. Areas needing work: sub-classing and inheritance, custom vars and code in room editor, ability to view code from multiple areas at the same time....

[@Audiojack_]

I tried this quite a while ago, but it was not feature-complete enough and I just couldn't make it work for me like some other engines. But I might take another look at it now that it seems more mature, so thanks for the reminder...

[@MetalSonicReject]

This looks like a fun and easy engine to use. What platforms can I publish my games with this engine?

[@chalkieface9968]

Says in the video

[@Masda.X]

Desktop Android and Web

[@Cerbyo]

looks promising but the inability to easily test what I'm doing would be a dealbreaker. I guess I'd have to test it myself to see if what u are saying is true or not on that front.

[@TVMAN1112]

This one looks pretty good.

[@anon_y_mousse]

Call me insane, but I'd love to see a 3D game engine written in pure C. I'm honestly thinking of taking on that project myself.

[@alissonestaniecke6540]

Hey! Thanks so much for this video!

[@dallassegno]

I love you games from scratch.

[@maxkratt]

Awesome! I watched your old video on it a little while ago, nice to have an up to date one

[@ukrsolid]

Nice, will definitely try

[@hilariobara]

good work king, love you

[@Ambratolm]

We really need as much game engines as JS frameworks to choose from for all tastes.

[@yearoflinux]

Interesting, i like it.

[@sicfxmusic]

I think I'm "DONE" with ct.js 😅😅

[@disruptive_innovator]

Those are valid points with the UI. This looks fun though, I'll check it out.

[@rewindcat7927]

Does the ESC key work for cancel?

[@ShiloBuff]

I love options and competition, but how can engines like this even compete if its trying to be streamlined? I can only see these engines being niche or for personal use. Am I missing something?

[@hipflipped]

No, you're 100% correct.

[@HE360]

Some people like myself might not want all of the bloatness that comes that comes with engines like Godot, Unity, etc. And I could see how some people; like myself again, might want something like G-Develop, but with traditional styled coding and this is where something like this would come in; especially if I'd want to make the native web games that I enjoy making.

[@StarContract]

You are right, it was most likely a passion project of a group of small developers (maybe even a single person) and they probably decided to release it "just to be out there". For most developers it's of no use but trust me, for some other developers, these niche engines are how their journey starts.

[@Ratstail91]

Where do you find these engines? I wonder if they have any actual userbase...

[@coachtomas]

Good grief, yes we know about the lack of cancel button. It is vastly more annoying hearing you bang on every 10 seconds about it than the actual thing itself.

[@zstudioinc9409]

Work on your thumbnails

[@TheJollyTimes]

Yes we need the guy pulling funny faces with explosions in the background.

[@dkdksan]

js not for big game engine project

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

what does that even mean

[@dkdksan]

@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr c++ much faster than javascript

[@divingradish]

@@dkdksan in browser?

[@dkdksan]

@@divingradish godot work very in browser

[@RandomGuyyy]

@@dkdksan you English not so good very