Two Tribes Makes Its Impressive Game Engine Open Source

Particularly strong for layered 2D visuals.

Two Tribes is a name that's likely familiar to eShop enthusiasts, in particular from the 3DS and Wii U era. Well known for its original Toki Tori, which recently had a re-release of the Game Boy Color original through Limited Run games, on the Wii U and 3DS the company developed and published a range of excellent games, like EDGE, RUSH, Toki Tori 2+ and RIVE. The latter two are particularly relevant in relation to the company's latest announcement, which is that it's made the PC version of its bespoke game engine open source.

You can read the full details and access the files on Github, which includes plenty of information to help prospective programmers get started. In terms of Nintendo releases that utilised the engine, Toki Tori 2+ and RIVE are good examples on Wii U and more recently through their Switch ports. RIVE was the studio's last game developed in-house, and has some excellent 2D visuals that move along at a solid 60fps.

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