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Details

Initial release: 2019
Stable release: April 2025
Repository github.com/axmolengine/axmol
Platform Cross-platform
License MIT License
Website axmol.dev

Intro

Axmol Engine (/æksmoʊl/) is a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine designed for mobile devices, desktop, and Xbox, well-suited for 2D video games development.

It was launched in November 2019 as a fork of Cocos2d-x v4.0. As a result, Axmol Engine is a full C++ engine that supports Lua as a scripting language, and it's under MIT License.

Technologies

Supported platforms:

  • Mobile: iOS, Android
  • Desktop: Windows, Linux, macOS, tvOS
  • Console: Xbox (Universal Windows Platform)
  • Web: WebAssembly

Languages:

  • C++
  • Lua

Renderer backends:

  • Metal for macOS, iOS and tvOS
  • OpenGL 3.3+ for Linux, macOS and Win32
  • OpenGL ES 2.0+ for Android
  • OpenGL ES 3.0+ for iOS and tvOS
  • ANGLE GLES 3.0+ for Win32 and UWP
  • WebGL 2.0 (OpenGL ES 3.0): WASM

Architectures:

  • iOS/tvOS (x64, arm64)
  • Android (x86, x64, armv7, arm64)
  • Windows (x86, x64)
  • Linux (x64)
  • OSX (x64, arm64)
  • UWP (x64, arm64)
  • Wasm32

Features

Some improvements over Cocos2d-x are:

  • New MediaPlayer and Windows video player support.
  • WebAssembly support.
  • Universal Windows Platform (UWP) support for Xbox consoles.
  • Apple M1 and Android x64 support.
  • Windows x64 build support.

History

Cocos2d-x latest version, v4.0, was released in 2019 [1][2], and since then, Cocos recommend to start new projects in their newest engine [3], called Cocos Creator. Axmol Engine was forked from the original Cocos2d-x v4.0 by halx99, with the objective to keep the original project updated and compatible with newer devices and technologies.

Now, Axmol Engine is regarded by some media as the future of Cocos2d-x [4][5].

Notable games

Some games made with Axmol Engine are:

References

  1. Cocos2d-x website https://www.cocos.com/en/cocos2dx-download
  2. Cocos2d-x Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos2d
  3. Cocos2d-x gitHub page https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x#embrace-the-future-switch-to-cocos-creator-for-a-better-experience
  4. C++ Game Engines in 2025, GameFromScratch https://youtu.be/IFe8oIf4bz4?si=W6jRXljFt9xDNbU-&t=1657
  5. Code & Web https://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker/knowledgebase/is-cocos2d-x-dead

External links

Axmol.dev / Docs / Discord / Reddit

INDEX

GENERAL

MIGRATIONS & UPDATES

FEATURES

BASIC TUTORIALS

ADVANCED TUTORIALS

ABOUT

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