Stride (game engine)

Stride
Stable release
4.2 / 6 February 2024; 9 months ago (2024-02-06)
Repositorygithub.com/stride3d/stride
Written inC#
Operating system
Creation
Available inEnglish
TypeGame engine
LicenseMIT License (as of Xenko 3.0); prior to Xenko 3.0: GNU GPLv3 (engine) and proprietary (editor)
Websitestride3d.net

Stride (formerly Xenko and Paradox) is a free and open-source 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine originally developed by Silicon Studio. It can be used to create video games for PC, mobile devices and virtual reality.

Stride, then called Xenko, was originally made available by Silicon Studio under a dual-license model, available to anyone under GNU GPLv3, with alternative, for-pay license terms available for those for whom the GPL's copyleft terms are a barrier to adoption.[1] On August 2, 2018, developer Virgile Bello announced on the Xenko blog that Silicon Studio had dropped support of the project and relicensed Xenko 3.0 under the MIT License. Unlike the prior dual-license arrangement whereby the engine was available as free and open-source software but the editor remained proprietary, under the new arrangement both the engine and the editor are available under the MIT License.[2]

  1. ^ "Silicon Studio launches mobile and VR game engine Xenko after two years in beta". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. ^ Virgile Bello. "Xenko Game Engine - Xenko 3.0 is now free and open-source!". xenko.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.