Engine Help, Please Thread

I am hoping to create a top-down shooter. I need to be able to do:
-Keyboard/Mouse Controls,
-Xbox360(Controller) Controls(optional)
- Sprite Rotation
-Sprite Animation
-Scripting(No Visual Engines Please)
-Free For Commercial Use
-DLC Compatible

I know the basics for C++. Java, Html, C.S.S., C#, AGS Script. One language I have made a couple small programs with Python.

*Please keep in mind I have tried construct 2, RPG maker, construct, Adventure Game Studio(AGS), Unity, and blender game engine, and I felt like I was to bound to a type of a game that I did not have in mind my game, Ryzak.

XNA

I agree with plinkie, XNA is your best bet. But make sure you read each engine license carefully, their EULA's might shock you.

Would you please link to XNA?

Thank you both.

Microsoft.com
No trolling, that is the actual link. Moddb just shortens it to microsoft.com haha

Edited by: plinkie

Microsoft.com

Yep, I downloaded it. Thank you for your help! I will put your name in the credits.

You should check out 3Dbuzz.com for great XNA tutorials.

If you tried out Unity and felt bound by the games you could make then you should definitely at least check out the 2D Toolkit plugin. It was seriously the best 60ish dollars I've spent on a game dev tool. Unity + 2DTK is an absolutely awesome combo. You'll be able to hit multiple platforms AND use the web player for beta testing. Plus it gets most of the boilerplate asset management, physics, and sprite drawing code out of your way.

Edit: I also forgot, 2D Toolkit has a new GUI system! Probably saves you a few weeks worth of work trying to roll your own.

Edited by: brokenknight