The Best Game Engines for Nintendo Switch [2020]

[@AskGamedev]

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[@Faygris]

Unity is also the only engine Nintendo "recommends" for development on their own website. I heard that Unity makes it rather manageable to build a Switch version of your game. Otherwise it requires tedious porting.

[@TechDunk]

That's cool!

[@13231wmw]

Wii U had lots of Unity based indie titles, it was also the recommended solution for small studios at that time.

[@hingedevoper69]

its the only thing that godot doesnt have a leg up on unity in my opinion

[@rraallvv]

@@hingedevoper69 Yeah, I wish Godot had an export template for the Switch. I understand the template would need to be closed source and perhaps even paid. However I can't imagine the Godot's core team ever doing something like that.

[@hingedevoper69]

@@rraallvv dawg forget what i said about godot not having a leg up on unity, unity is a scam lmao

[@linclogames]

As mentioned...it comes down to which engine you are comfortable with and the type of game you are trying to build.

[@SalehAbuRashid]

You know what would be a good video? Rather than "What's the best engine" or "What engine to use" id love to see multiple videos about what makes every engine special. I'm not talking about contracts and such, I'm talking about little mechanics, framerates, supports, basically the little stuff that makes every engine unique.

[@igorthelight]

Author must know a few engines very good to do that :-)

[@SalehAbuRashid]

@@igorthelight let's hope someone does

[@igorthelight]

@@SalehAbuRashid Agree.

[@varshard0]

kzbin.info reviewed many engines.

[@adonas3903]

I'm really thankful for helping us Ask Gamedev! You the best guys!

[@AskGamedev]

No problem - glad we could help!

[@starpetalarts6668]

Steamworld's engine ought to get named: "Fancy" because of that quote.

[@garywilkerson6395]

Cool video ... but why the weird, fake voices when reading the quotes?

[@DylanSunkel]

I have to second this question. At times it felt very off-putting, and almost like they were imitating accents. Would have preferred a straight read.

[@MercStrider]

Yeah op please don't do this

[@PenciumBau]

Let me guess... unity?

[@AskGamedev]

Correct! There are also more though!

[@Nernage]

@@AskGamedev I think unity is slightly overrated. For me Unreal is where it's at.

[@Gamer-uf1kl]

@@Nernage its kinda hard for newbies like me but everyone has different opinions

[@Nernage]

@@leffleradam Good point

[@CaptainJeoy]

@@Nernage you clearly do not know what you're talking about. Take a hike, Mike.

[@adisheshanandkoomar0902]

GameMaker and Unreal also supports Nintendo Switch development and games like UNDERTALE and DELTARUNE are made with GameMaker so those aren’t bad bets for development either

[@purplev2791]

5:18 True, sometimes an Apache webserver works better for the project

[@furball_vixie]

ohh i see what you did there

[@nowheredude4204]

Man i hope that someday i can release my future game on a switch console and what engine use for it

[@mcduffchannel]

Nice to see libGDX getting some love. First (and only) game I ever made and published was in 2014 on a Samsung S5 with libGDX.

[@hm4266]

“Believe it or not that masterpiece was made in Unity”. The Unity is amazing game engine, making a games in it is too easy and there is a lot awesome games made in unity, for instance Hollow Knight. So why are you asking to believe or not ?

[@CatPawns]

@@agentsmith2yearsagoedited597 i would say that they are killing their self, unity is popular because was easy to use compared to unreal, still is more easy than unreal but now have a lot of features a a hobbyst will likely dont use.

[@Chadderbox]

I'd hands down agree with Unity. Especially LWRP, you can make some great performing and good looking games.

[@CaptainJeoy]

It's now URP ;)

[@TechDunk]

This is an awesome video!

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks so much!

[@andersondavid5829]

Thanks this inspired me!!!

[@thejbirdtm3331]

It's my dream to make an indie game for a Nintendo consul too inspire of my lack of skill I hope I can pull it off, but what kind of game are you making or planning to make

[@andersondavid5829]

@@thejbirdtm3331 You mean me?

[@thejbirdtm3331]

@@andersondavid5829 you said this inspired you I thought you might have an idea for a game or something

[@andersondavid5829]

@@thejbirdtm3331 I do, but I still have 2 weeks to go and also we are littering the comment section

[@JoJo-xp6wr]

I don't know how, but you guys always have my back, thanks a lot!

[@domeen0gt895]

Can you make second part of best games made in godot ?

[@skjoldgames]

I was hoping for a mention of Unreal, but I suppose they're hard to find on Switch. Maybe we can change that.

[@younghifi]

Just FYI: Godot Engine has recently become also a good option if you're thinking about releasing on consoles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoLIh4GCp8uGiKM

[@gabrielxavier2676]

It seems that those guys are porters, they port games from Godot to Switch, not Godot itself :(

[@younghifi]

@@gabrielxavier2676 that's true, but is that a problem? You'd need access to the platform, a devkit and knowhow how to port the engine yourself if you'd want to do it alone. Godot Engine isn't behind any corporate entity so the engine creators themselves can't provide console support directly.

[@meey-]

Thanks , is that the earthbound soundtrack ? Nice :D

[@themissingbracket]

it's always unity, it makes me wonder if there was another engine which is even better but we don't know about because everybody is talking about unity

[@VaultBoy871]

@@SoicBR currently choosing between unity and godot for 2d metroidvania, how difficult is it to port godot to switch?

[@rockstar8577]

@@VaultBoy871 There's no real way to port to the Switch yourself. There's a dev of Godot that offers a paid service to build it for the Switch

[@_mickmccarthy]

@@VaultBoy871 Mentioned this in another comment, but this company: www.lonewolftechnology.com/ do Godot-Switch ports. There are a few reddit threads discussing them, I've not used them myself so can't comment on how good they are.

[@nah82201]

It would be good if you listed the details of the video in the comments or a linked article too. I can’t remember all that and rewatching multiple times is annoying.

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for the feedback! We'll take a look at our references and see what we can add to the description. We'll also think about this for videos moving forward.

[@bongobliss5795]

I think timestamps would be quite what youre looking for

[@nah82201]

Ask Gamedev thanks for the reply. It’s great content. Just need time stamps or executive summary kind of thing to expedite the viewing IMO.

[@christophervaca7116]

Ready player one direction with another great upload.

[@CaptainJeoy]

Unity as an engine is the first to strongly make popular the idea of democratizing Game Development. Giving free access to commercial Standard Game Engine features to aspirant Game Developers around the world, it's like the Blender of Game Developers :) And even with all that accessibility, it still delivers on power and quality, because apart from the awesome mid-low end kinda games unity powers, it can now accommodate AAA game Dev, this done with the recent DOTS C# updates that makes C# as powerful as the usual industrial C++. Unity is also the only engine that doesn't slack and has the most seamless integration with very many third party platforms and external tools. Hence, Unity deserves its hype. It's worth it, subjectively and objectively speaking.

[@N3cr0m4nc3r-5]

This aged poorly 😭

[@CaptainJeoy]

@@N3cr0m4nc3r-5 😂😂😂

[@hancksinhoworld]

what about clickteam fusion 2.5

[@streepje8]

Aight ima write my own engine now

[@TheKrux]

Hey, you guys probably don't remember me no more, but i used to be a great fan and a very inspired person by your work, you guys used to support me and i was a moderator in your discord server at some point, i used to always congratulate you for the amazing milestones but the one i wished for most of the time is the 100k one which seems you guys broke and are aiming for 200k, it really means a lot to see you guys hit this level and i hope you guys all the best in your career as it doesn't seem as an easy job, All the best!

[@HermaphroGynandro]

What about the engines that produce the best graphics weather it be lighting or photorealism that run very smoothly on the Switch? I'm more curious about that.

[@shubham40901]

Unity Urp Or unity custom render pipeline

[@espero_dev]

How do I sign up for game making on switch like the ds 3ds an wii

[@anujthakuri858]

Hello I'm follow your channel and question is the ryzen 5 and Vega 8 is good for Android development in godot please answer this question

[@richiesmeckgeckscas46]

I'm surprised that there aren't any Unreal Engine games on this list. What about A Hat in Time? That indie game was made in Unreal Engine.

[@AlexanderOBL]

can you guys do a video about where can a game developer publish games

[@AskGamedev]

Good suggestion! We made one a while back, but it might be time for an update! For now, here's that one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ3PfZaqmtGsqbc

[@ArtofWEZ]

It's a mobile chipset so I am going to assume unity would be the go to for switch.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

What engines do people use to make these animated graphics.

[@anujthakuri858]

Hello and my question is this which game engine is good for i3 processor and lightweight

[@june_rain_video_game_company]

Godot game engine

[@espero_dev]

What game engine dose untitled goose game please I need to know

[@Maxinequinzel]

Ur videos are the best 😍

[@xanderpixel281]

You said made by DeadToast Interactive but its Entertainment :))

[@RawHunterX]

Im also most comfortable with Unity.

[@xatiter]

What game engines are available on mobile devices?

[@markturanfoxy]

Unity and Unreal Engine games are available even on mobile!

[@xatiter]

K, thanks!

[@sebastianwardana1527]

thanks for doing this! as much as i hate unity, it really enables you to do great... thats all that i will say...

[@richardikin]

Yay for Libgdx!

[@joeyballaman]

Hopefully Godot will see some love someday

[@thenarrowbrushvideos]

I want to make a 2.5D cyberpunk game using unreal's shaders. I guess I'm using unreal.

[@SpiffyCS]

But what engine do Nintendo use?

[@Faygris]

They don't use engines in the classic sense. They program their own frameworks for every single game and resuse parts of it for other games.

[@RandomBrick13]

@Majin MJ blame GameFreak on that one; their coding practices are wack

[@RandomTRandomReal]

i didn't know cuphead and untitled goose game are game engines

[@godmode3611]

We need a 2024 version =)

[@Beengus]

But how do you put a game on switch

[@igorthelight]

Google that :-)

[@borneonohitowanafifizzan]

Sigh. Unity really got a stigma because of those shitty shovelware indie dev.

[@chessthoughts]

Appreciate the accents

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool

[@gyrozeppeli7573]

15:27

[@aaronwise1089]

You forgot gdevelop 5

[@joeessayvoice]

Yay!

[@AskGamedev]

Amazing work on the v/o Joe!

[@joeessayvoice]

Ask Gamedev you guys are awesome!

[@JermaineMorgan]

Depressing 7 of the first 10 replies are kiddies trying to be first.

[@UrsaFrank]

Slay the spire isnt a roguelike, it's a roguelite. There are sub-reddits for both genres if you want to know more

[@boboayame2065]

Insufferable pedantry AND a recommendation to visit reddit? I'm shocked

[@EnriquePage91]

Just wanted to let you know that this mofo is the kind of guy to like his own comments 🤣

[@jaikrishan4017]

Fifth (5)

[@Nernage]

Nope

[@voxelgate315]

No Unreal energie :(

[@nemesisas14]

4th

[@Nernage]

Nope

[@darkliongames1845]

oh im early! :D

[@zzzamo]

tl

[@andrewkerr9438]

Third!

[@arsenbabaev1022]

2nd

[@Viktoria_Selene]

Hjönk

[@EnriquePage91]

This video is too long to be even accurate. Too Much filler content.

[@boboayame2065]

Said the guy that tells you both his middle names

[@EnriquePage91]

@@boboayame2065 your face is a B, and actually in my language (where we use both our parents last names), your name literally means stupid. There’s gotta be a reason - mister filler

[@programthis3805]

First

[@EnzoTiezzi]

4th

[@Nernage]

Nope