megamarc/Tilengine

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1048 stars · 105 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tilengine is a free, open-source, cross-platform 2D graphics engine written in portable C99 for creating classic/retro-style games with tilemaps, sprites, and palettes. Its scanline-based rendering algorithm makes raster effects a core feature, mimicking real 2D console graphics chips, and it offers bindings for C#, Python, Pascal and more.

Use cases

• create a retro 16-bit style platformer game
• render tilemaps and sprites with SNES-like raster effects
• build a Mode 7 style rotating and scaling background
• add CRT emulation and mosaic effects to a 2D game
• embed a 2D renderer inside an existing game engine
• develop a retro game that runs on Raspberry Pi

When to choose

• you want authentic retro 2D rendering with scanline raster effects
• you need a lightweight, easy-to-learn C library with bindings for other languages
• you target cross-platform including embedded boards like Raspberry Pi
• you want permissive licensing (MPL-2.0) allowing commercial and console use

When to avoid

• you need 3D graphics or modern shader-based rendering
• you want a full-featured game engine with editor, physics, and audio built in
• you prefer working in a high-level engine like Unity or Godot

Facets

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game-engine graphics image-processing graphics cross-platform windows cross-platform python cpp retro-games 2d-graphics tilemaps sprites raster-effects sdl2 c99 game-development linux macos

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