Unity2d vs. Corona [closed]

Question

I'm using Corona SDK for few months. I really like it but yesterday I discovered Unity2d. It seems to be really expanded. I'm only interested about 2d games on Android (Google play store) and IOS (AppStore)

Is Unity2d cross platform like Corona SDK? I write there code only once in Lua and I can deploy it on Android or IOS.

Is Unity2d has many plungin like Facebook, twitter, in app pucharse etc. ?

I saw unity Pro but it cost about 80$ per month. Free version is enough to make 2d game and publish it in the future?

What is better corona sdk or unity2d in your opinion to make 2d games for Android or IOS? Thanks.

Answer 1

Unity2D there are many graphical tools and games get faster. Also a better community.

Tutorial project

Answer 2

If you already worked a while with corona I would recommend you to stick with it especially if you want to port your game to android.

I did a few cross platform games with unity and had quite some issues with the android port. For 3d games I would recommend unity at any time, but 2D is much simpler and there are many more specialized engines out there. I think Unity is a bit of an overkill for 2D projects. It does whatever make sense if you plan on developing any 3D game soon because then you have the learning effort once.

Do not get me wrong, Unity is a nice engine, but I do want people to keep in mind that there are other possibly better options for your case out there.

Answer 3

Unity allows for cross platform development yes, and I believe it has plugins for the likes of Facebook and such. As for which is better, SO isn't the right place to ask that.