SMRTR ProgrammingDec 9, 2025Hacker News

2D game engine in Go and Vulkan with built in editor

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Kaiju Engine is a 2D/3D game engine built in Go, leveraging Vulkan for graphics rendering. The engine delivers impressive performance, running 9x faster than Unity in benchmarks while maintaining lower memory usage and faster build times. Created using Go for its simplicity and accessibility, Kaiju aims to provide a modern alternative to existing game engines with built-in AI interop capabilities.

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