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Unity vs Libgdx vs Cocos2d-x [closed]

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unity3d

game-engine

libgdx

cocos2d-iphone

I'm a Android and a Software Programmer.

Currently I know three languages C++, C#, Java. Now I want to make games as well. After searching the Internet I got the names of these three engine, so which engine should I use for game development for mobile?

Please, provide the reason as well.

Requirements: I want to use it for 2d and few ideas are A platformer shooter A RPG game A strategy game

Important: I am indie dev and I am quite bad at graphics designing, and I have 0 budget

And you.can also recommend any other lib or engine

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Bhavya Maroo Avatar asked Aug 17 '14 11:08

Bhavya Maroo

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cocos2d-x

  1. Opensource.
  2. Less community support but good support on other sites (3k search results on stackoverflow).
  3. Many Famous games like 2048,BADLAND are developed using cocos2d-x
  4. The minimum size of game developed on cocos2d-x can be as low as 1.5MB
  5. Supports both 2D and 3D but mainly used for 2D.
  6. C++ is mainly used for development.
  7. Supported Platforms: Android, Tizen, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS

libgdx

  1. Opensource.
  2. Good community support as well as on other sites (9k search results on stackoverflow).
  3. Some famous games like Ingress,Apparatus are developed on libgdx.
  4. Supports both 2D and 3D.
  5. Java is mainly used for development.
  6. Supported platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Java Applet, Javascript/WebGL

Unity

  1. Paid.
  2. Huge Community support and huge support on other sites (15k search results on stackoverflow)
  3. Many famous games like monument valley, Temple Run 2, Angry Birds Epic are developed on Unity.
  4. Supports both 2D and 3D but mainly used for 3D only because developing 3D games on unity is very easy as compared to other platforms.
  5. The minimum size of game developed on unity is around 8MB.
  6. C#,unityscript is mainly used for developemnt.
  7. Supported Platforms: Android, Apple TV, BlackBerry 10, iOS, Linux, Nintendo 3DS line, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Unity Web Player (including Facebook), Wii, Wii U, Windows Phone 8, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One

I hope it helps

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mohakagr Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 02:09

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