--- title: Doriax Engine - Shockingly Powerful C++ & Lua 2D/3D Game... description: Doriax Engine (formerly Supernova Engine) is a free, MIT-licensed, open source 2D/3D game engine built primarily in C++ with Lua and C++ scripting support. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/doriax-engine---shockingly-powerful-c-lua-2d-3d-game-engine-4nvpla8fs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Doriax Engine - Shockingly Powerful C++ & Lua 2D/3D Game Engine | daily.dev og:description: Doriax Engine (formerly Supernova Engine) is a free, MIT-licensed, open source 2D/3D game engine built primarily in C++ with Lua and C++ scripting support. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/doriax-engine---shockingly-powerful-c-lua-2d-3d-game-engine-4nvpla8fs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4NvPlA8fS.png og:image:alt: Doriax Engine - Shockingly Powerful C++ & Lua 2D/3D Game Engine og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Doriax Engine - Shockingly Powerful C++ & Lua 2D/3D Game Engine **[Gamefromscratch](https://daily.dev/sources/gamefromscratch)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Doriax Engine (formerly Supernova Engine) is a free, MIT-licensed, open source 2D/3D game engine built primarily in C++ with Lua and C++ scripting support. It features an ECS architecture, PBR rendering with global illumination, built-in physics via Jolt (3D) and Box2D (2D), cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, HTML), and multiple rendering backends (OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal, DirectX). The editor resembles a Unity/Godot hybrid with drag-and-drop customization, an integrated code editor, UI editor, animation timeline, and an optional AI assistant requiring an external API key. Notable current issues include a sluggish built-in code editor and missing high-DPI display support, though external editors like VS Code work as a workaround. Despite being a rebrand from v0.5, the engine is surprisingly mature and well-documented. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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