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Oct 16 2013 Anchor

I'm planning to create a 2D RTS game .I have worked with construct 2 and made some games with it.And i know i will need to learn a programing language sooner or later .But i whould appriciate if anyone could throw me a game engine thats somewhat easy or just quick and has SOME of these functions avaliable:
-Multiplayer matches
-Hot seat matches
-Campaign with cutscenes
-Fullscreen
-And some obvious things like mouse movement,keyboard shortcuts and sound.

P.S:Sorry for my horrible english ;D

Edited by: AustrisOA

Oct 17 2013 Anchor

I would use Unity 3D. That's what we use and it is a very powerful tool.

Oct 17 2013 Anchor

First off, with the exception of Fullscreen, no game engine has those "features" built-in; you need to make them yourself. For example, you will not be able to click a few buttons, type in a story, and have it spit out a campaign with cutscenes.

Unity seems like your best bet, although you may run into trouble with cutscenes, as the Free version doesn't support pre-rendered movies. Therefore, you will have to render your cutscenes in the engine itself at runtime.

Gamemaker may also be an option, but I haven't used since several versions ago.

Edited by: ANumberSquared

Oct 20 2013 Anchor

Unity3D and you would have to code in your own 2D RTS framework.

Some free/opensource Unity3d assets/projects that perhaps could help you create an RTS:

Griddy (grid toolkit) Bit.ly
Project Generals (basic selection box etc) Forum.unity3d.com
Also a basic isometric camera: Forum.unity3d.com if you're interested in making a "2.5D" RTS game.

Edited by: feillyne

Oct 20 2013 Anchor

Thanks for the responses guys!
And yea i know that its not just a push of botton ,but some engines have restrictions

Oct 30 2013 Anchor

Multilayer is quite difficult for a high quality game. i don't think that the domain server can hold too much space not to mention the high price

Campaign and matches - making an ai/bot will take some time but i can assist you here

for this kind of project you might consider using C++ and/or Ogre 3d

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