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Is it that hard for a group of devs to get together and build an Open Source alternative to Unity?
It's not, there is Godot https://github.com/godotengine/godot
Tho godot is majourly funded through grants right now (so they have some full time devs), shows how its even more important to donate!
Go is pretty dope to work with. There are a few other engine projects available too, like ebiten. https://ebitengine.org/
ebiten is closer to Love2d, SDL2 and GGEZ/Macroquad then Unity
It is difficult though. Godot has been in development since 2007. It was not FOSS until 2014. It is still way behind Unity and Unreal Engine in many ways, which have been around since 2004 and 1995 respectively.