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Nov 30 2013 Anchor

Can anyone give me the names of some good game engines to make a simple 2D game like Super Metiroid or more advance 2D game like Dust or rayman origins

Dec 3 2013 Anchor

Construct 2

Game Maker

RPG Maker

Eclipse Origins

Torque 2D

Those are some great ones, there is still a few more out there but yeah!

Dec 8 2013 Anchor

Multi-media fusion! By clickteam! (clickteam.com)

Feb 18 2014 Anchor

I spent a bit of time researching the same topic and my current choice is GameMaker. How familiar are you with programming?

Feb 19 2014 Anchor

craZnoll wrote: Multi-media fusion! By clickteam! (clickteam.com)


No. I would recommend Torque because it lets you code C++ if you want to and it combines the best of many modern engines. It also has a 3D version.

Feb 23 2014 Anchor

If you know AS3, flixel is a great library with a bunch of useful functions and classes built-in. You can get started pretty easily with a tutorial like this one.

Good luck!

Feb 28 2014 Anchor

I'm also searching a good engine for create a game as Super Meat Boy,but i have never utilized any engines for videogames so i'm searching an easy thing( better if there are yt tutorial)

Mar 2 2014 Anchor

You don't really need any engine at all, if you want to be able to make anything 2D having full freedom and control of things, I suggest SDL: Libsdl.org

New version is hardware accelerated and doesn't work on all platforms, old version works on every imaginable hardware and platform. SDL is known for being simple to use and cross-platform. Most emulators were made using SDL, many 2D games as well. It's not an engine, but it is a library with functionality needed for making games. It's basically the same thing just extremely small in size, so your game won't have that initial overhead most game engines and makers bring.

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