stride

Stride (formerly Xenko) is a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine designed for realistic rendering and VR. It is highly modular, aiming to give game makers more flexibility in their development. The engine comes with an editor called Game Studio, which allows users to create and manage game content visually and intuitively. Key features include: - **Game Studio**: A visual editor for creating and managing game content. - **CLI Tool**: Stride provides a command-line interface tool for creating and managing projects without the editor. It can install and manage engine versions, create projects from templates, and open Game Studio. - **Templates**: Includes various templates such as game, fps, platformer2d, topdownrpg, and vrsandbox. These are also available through `dotnet new`. - **Cross-platform**: Supports Windows, Linux (Vulkan/OpenGL), and iOS, with build statuses for each. - **Community Toolkit**: A set of C# helpers and extensions to enhance the experience with the engine. For users who want to build from source or contribute, the README provides detailed instructions on prerequisites (e.g., Visual Studio 2026 with specific workloads), building the engine, and contributing guidelines. It also highlights a roadmap, documentation, and community resources. The project is actively maintained with multiple contributors and has a build status section showing CI results for different platforms. The README is primarily aimed at developers interested in contributing or building from source, while end-users are directed to the official getting-started guide.