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Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by prismatic6 » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:21 PM UTC

dismalaf wrote: post #5

pier25 wrote: post #4

> luxe itself is written in c++ Wasn't it written in Haxe originally or am I confusing it with something else?

Armory maybe?

Armory did, and it does still look like it's using Haxe - https://github.com/armory3d/armory/wiki/setup - it bundles it in.

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by devrandoom » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:36 PM UTC

999900000999 wrote: post #8

It's neat, but not better than real open source solutions. Pay is what you want unless your at work and then it's price is under NDA isn't friendly. Godot is still probably the best FOSS engine right now. Arguably it's strongly in 3rd place behind Unity/Unreal.

I'm surprised they do this. The unity rugpull is still fresh in memory and mystery pricing is scary for newcomers.

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by georgeecollins » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #11

jmiskovic wrote: post #10

I love this bit You may not use luxe for the following, no exceptions: * military use * the gambling industry * crypto/NFTs/related

interesting because you could still make gatcha games which is just like digital gambling

Or you could use it to promote vaping, or a cult! How exactly would you write terms of service to preclude gatcha games? No in game transactions?

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by swsieber » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

prismatic6 wrote: post #19

999900000999 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://luxeengine.com/get/ >Business - If you need more than 16 seats, or you have access to > $1m USD in the last 365 days, this tier is required, you must contact us to customize pricing. Customized pricing is very scary. It's whatever we feel like charging you under NDA. Why would I pitch this to my boss over using Godot under an MIT license?

I read that as cheaper in bulk, but I see what you mean.

Given that the prices are going up in with each tier, and you can get into that tier just by having a lot of money (x users OR x money), I'm not optimistic it'll be cheaper per user.

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by progx » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

Have a look at the underrated Flax Engine: https://flaxengine.com/

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by CooCooCaCha » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:40 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #11

jmiskovic wrote: post #10

I love this bit You may not use luxe for the following, no exceptions: * military use * the gambling industry * crypto/NFTs/related

interesting because you could still make gatcha games which is just like digital gambling

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by pinoy420 » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC

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Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by reactordev » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

progx wrote: post #25

Have a look at the underrated Flax Engine: https://flaxengine.com/

What has it shipped?

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by reactordev » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:48 PM UTC

devrandoom wrote: post #22

999900000999 wrote: post #8

It's neat, but not better than real open source solutions. Pay is what you want unless your at work and then it's price is under NDA isn't friendly. Godot is still probably the best FOSS engine right now. Arguably it's strongly in 3rd place behind Unity/Unreal.

I'm surprised they do this. The unity rugpull is still fresh in memory and mystery pricing is scary for newcomers.

They’ll learn when there’s no sales

Re: Luxe Game Engine

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Post by socalgal2 » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 4:49 PM UTC

Maybe I missed them but given they say at the top of the page

> make games for Mac, Linux, Windows, and *Web*

it would help a bunch if they linked to some web demos/games