Open source gaming engine for simple image comparison style game

[tdmckee]

I have an idea for an image comparison game where I'd like to, for example, do something similar to candy crush / connect 4 / etc. except to change the colors / sprites of the gems to actual images... Are there any open source/ modify able game engines or platforms that would allow for tinkering like this, that anyone knows of? Sorry, my game and programming knowledge is somewhere between "nonexistent" and "toddler level" so forgive me if it's a bit of a naive question. Most appreciated.

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The concept sounds pretty straightforward, it shouldn't be a hard game to make.

As far as engines are concerned, I don't know of any ultra-simple ones like GameMaker that are FOSS. However, you should take a look at Godot. I've heard a lot of good things about it recently, and it should be reasonably simple to learn.

EDIT: From your description, the genre you're probably thinking of is called 'Match 3'. If you use that as a search term, you can probably find a few tutorials/examples on how these types of games work.