Free game engines for android game development

Question

I want to develop a game similar to the popular Among Us. I tried C# and Unity but its asking me for a license in which I can't afford (still in high school).
Yesterday I've tried Kivy with Python but it seems like it was not made for making an app like Among Us.

I'm looking for an engine in which I can make an android game that I can:
• Move my character while it stays on the middle of the screen
• Make maps scrollable in x and y direction
• Basically anything as long as its free and designed for android game programming

I've searched on google yes, I found nothing relevant, this is my last desperate hope someone will be able to help me.
Any programming language would do. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

かんでん, if you want to use unity it's free.

https://store.unity.com/#plans-individual

More options for the student licence, which you may be able able to get if it recognises your school.

Alternatively, you can use the personal licence, as long as you make less than 100k from your game in a year. Since you have not made your game this will not be a problem. If you do make this kind of money from their engine, then you need (and can easily afford) to pay for pro.

Unreal is another popular engine which is free to use and get started. If you go with the publishing licence then you only pay "5% when your product succeeds"

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/get-now

Best of luck.

Answer 2

Adam McGregor It has been 12 days and well...

...Everything is going fine! Unity Remote on my android device is working properly, and currently I am just watching tutorials for coding Unity C# and how to use Unity itself. Going good so far, thank you very much. I'm currently worried about the Assets EULA because I must be 18 above in order to use it, I'm still a high school student and I'm not sure if I'm eligible.

Answer 3

Adam McGregor
I really want to use Unity, unfortunately its telling me that inorder to use Unity I must have an active license. The Unity Hub says the same too. I did install it from the Personal option which is free. Any tips? Or did I do anything wrong?

Thank you very much in advanced.

Answer 4

かんでん the licence is associated with your account (unity ID). So you need one of those. If you install through the Unity Hub which asks you to sign in / sign up. Then when it installs it starts active (signed in) .
If you've already installed it make sure you have signed in.

Once your working, play around with the micro games, to get a feel for how to go about writing your game. Also look into DOTS or Data Oriented Technology Stack. Make sure to use YouTube, for explanations and learning.