In March, my son and I made a bet. 80 days. Build real software. Sell it. Father vs son, shipping every day.
Day 2 ended with four words:
Something has to change.
Then the posts stopped. Here's why.
The race stopped
We'd been racing each other. Breadth against depth. Me knocking on more doors, him polishing one thing until it shone.
Then we noticed something. We have different skills, and we think in different ways. What one of us lacks, the other brings.
And we'd both been making games and game engines for years. Separately.
So we stopped racing and started building together. Day 2 said we had to work smarter. This was it. Synergy turned out to be real.
What we built
Myth Engine.
Myth Engine is a game engine for 2D and 3D games. The games you make can run on the web, on desktop and on mobile. It's built with JavaScript and Babylon.js, and it uses ECS (entity component system), which makes putting a game together feel intuitive and helps games run fast.
You make games in the editor on Windows, with Visual Logic blocks, JavaScript, or both. The editor draws your level with the game's own runtime, so you see it as it will look in the game.
And games to go with it
We didn't just build the engine. We made games with it.
2D and 3D games, shooters, puzzles, platformers, worlds made of blocks and science labs, all made in Myth Engine.
Inside the editor
2D
- Move, rotate and scale with the handles or the G, R and S keys.
- Split screen, minimaps and cameras that follow the player, with no code.
- Tile maps on square, isometric and hex grids.
3D
- Blender's axes and keys: Z is up, and G, R and S move, rotate and scale.
- Scenes built from sculpted terrain, grass, water and lights.
- Havok physics makes objects fall, collide and tumble.
Objects built from components
Every object is built from components that you add and tune. The same Object Editor builds 2D and 3D objects.
Game rules: blocks, code, or both
Game rules are Visual Logic blocks you connect: when something happens, such as a button press, do something. Build a behavior once and attach it to as many objects as you like.
Pause the game right before any block runs, step through it, and watch each object's values change.
JavaScript works instead of blocks or alongside them, with suggestions for your project's own objects and sounds as you type. JavaScript libraries can be added from a catalog, and they're bundled into your game.
Pixel art
- Paint layered art directly into your game.
- Mirrored drawing, crisp pixel rotation and patterned gradients.
- Recolor a sprite by changing its palette.
Looks and effects
Ready-made looks, from old film and Game Boy to thermal camera and comic-book print. Up to four can be combined.
Build new looks from connected blocks, or write them as code.
Particle effects in 2D and 3D, starting from presets such as fire, rain and confetti.
Worlds made of blocks
Generated worlds with hills, caves, ores and trees, and a map preview before you play. Block worlds can be built by hand too.
Sharing your game
- Web games export as a single file or a web folder.
- Desktop and mobile exports are projects you finish building yourself.
- Multiplayer is built in, with a lobby and a relay server you host.
There's more in the full tour on itch.io: What Myth Engine can do.
The new scoreboard
| Us | |
|---|---|
| Products | Myth Engine, plus the games we've made with it |
| Free guides | Complete games, built step by step from an empty project |
One column now. That's the twist.
Try it
The free version has no time limit. Exporting finished games needs the full version, which is a one-time purchase with no royalties.
Call this Day 3. It just took a little longer than a day.
Next time: blocks or code? We settled it the family way.
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