Best games/physics engines to use?

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Looking for games/physics engines to use for mobile game development.

iPhone there is Cocos2D
Android I've found RokonAndroid

Just wondering if there are any others (better ones) that anyone knows of? Or any that are more cross-compatible?

Thanks Tom

See also [Is there any physics engine SDK for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2695724/is-there-any-physics-engine-sdk-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad) and [Chipmunk Physics or Box2D for C++ 2D GameEngine ?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2707106/chipmunk-physics-or-box2d-for-c-2d-gameengine) — Brad Larson, Sep 09 '10 at 15:04

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '10 at 13:09

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AndEngine by the anddev.org team..its alpha with no binary release..you will have to build from source..

AndEngine.org I believe

answered Sep 09 '10 at 13:09

Fred Grott

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Nice, haven't heard of this one. – Matt Huggins Sep 09 '10 at 14:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '12 at 11:16

Tom - not sure if it's better or not, but Gideros Studio may answer your needs. It's a cross-platform mobile development environment with physics, in-app purchase, Gamecenter, Storekit, hardware, as well as tweening, particle engine, and many 3rd party IDEs like physics editor, sprite helper and level editors.

It also supports native code (plugins), meaning if you have a library in C, C++, Objective C or Java, you ca integrate it next to Lua, the programming language Gideros Studio is based on. Moroever Gideros Studio IDE uses over-the-air (Wi-Fi) testing, so it's possible to test the application instantly on a real hardware.

It uses Box2D as a backend for physics.

Thanks for that, I'll have a look at it! :) – Thomas Clayson Apr 23 '12 at 08:04 — Thomas Clayson, Apr 23 '12 at 08:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 09 '10 at 14:03

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I used cocos2D-android and andengine. Andengine is much better. Best perfomance and almost without errors.

answered Sep 09 '10 at 14:03

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 09 '10 at 14:07

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I haven't actually coded with either of these yet, but I did get the Bullet engine to compile with the NDK a few months ago. I forget what was involved off the top of my head (I can edit this post if needed), but I remember it was a bit involved and took me a couple days to solve.

answered Sep 09 '10 at 14:07

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Box2D is now integrated into AndEngine too :) – Daniel Frear Sep 09 '10 at 15:49

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 07 '14 at 08:41

I think nowadays your best choice is LibGDX. It is a cross-platform game engine, for Android, iOS, desktop and others, has a really active community, is still actively developed and has Box2D and Bullet physics engines integrated.

The framework is really great and there have been really successful games using this engine, even on Steam.

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