Cocos2D? Any other 2D engines? What do you guys use?

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Cocos2D? Any other 2D engines? What do you guys use?

Posted by Kajenx - February 10th, 2015

Hey guys.

So, I'm looking for a good 2D game engine that will minimize the amount of coding I have to do to make top-down and platforming style tile based games. I've found Cocos2D (which is free, sooo...awesome!) but are there other options that are better, easier, or more robust? I haven't looked at Cocos too deeply yet. I'm just throwing out feelers, here. I'm looking to make a desktop game in the near future and flash just isn't my cup of tea any more...

EDIT: I'm downloading Game Maker right now too. :)

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OatmealPecheneg 2015-02-10 23:06:32

Maybe Flixel or FlasPunk will help you?
Evenmore can use Construct 2, no programing needed but your games will be... simple.

Kajenx 2015-02-10 23:06:32 (Updated 2015-02-10 23:16:57)

I want MOAR POWER than flash can give me these days, so I think those options are out. I was working on porting my tile engine over to the native 3D stuff and I realized I was wasting my time. It ran faster, but it was still flash. (screen tearing, lag, whiny code problems, GAH)

OatmealPecheneg 2015-02-10 23:07:08

*FlashPunk

ItsTheAshtray 2015-02-10 23:16:41

I've been messing around with Unity for almost a year and I think it's great. It's got C# (which is pretty easy to code in), easy controller support, and you can export for PC, Mac, web, or mobile (and I think consoles too with a special license). Also, there are a ton of tutorials for it. GameMaker looks cool too, but I haven't tried it.

D-SuN 2015-02-11 05:01:52

OpenFL is great and powerful. Flash is #1 in my book.

Kajenx 2015-02-11 05:01:52

Have you ever tried doing full screen in flash? It's horrible! OAO

UnrealCanine 2015-02-11 15:38:23

Stencyl

D-SuN 2015-02-11 17:54:23

Fullscreen is hard to pull off. There is fullscreensourcerect which scales the game up from lower res, that helps. SuperChibiKnight does fullscreen very well for a flash game.

Kajenx 2015-02-11 17:54:23

I'd like to do HD, ideally.

Cocos2D? Any other 2D engines? What do you guys use?

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