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What are the best 2D Lua game engines?

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Best 2D Lua game engines	Price	Languages	Dev platforms
74 LÖVE	-	C++, Lua 5.1	Windows Vista+ , macOS 10.7+, Linux, Android 4.0+
63 Solar 2D (formerly Corona SDK)	FREE	Lua	Windows; Macintosh
-- Amulet	Free	-	-
-- PICO-8	$14.99	Lua	-
-- TIC-80	Free / paid	Lua, JavaScript, Moonscript, Fennel, Wren	-

LÖVE

Top Pro

Active and very friendly community

The LÖVE forums are extremely helpful. With people checking the forums every day, it won't take long to receive answer to your questions on the Support board, receive feedback on games you post in the Projects board, as well as have a chat about the LÖVE engine while learning tricks to use in the very active General board. If you need an immediate answer though, or just want to chat, there is a very active and helpful IRC channel. See More

Top Con

It is hard to set up

InterestingViracocha's Experience

bad exoerience :-( See More

Specs

Languages:C++, Lua 5.1

Dev platforms:Windows Vista+ , macOS 10.7+, Linux, Android 4.0+

Desktop targets:Windows Vista+, macOS 10.7+, Linux

Mobile targets:Android 4.0+, iOS 8+

Top Pro

Open source and free

The LÖVE engine is licensed under The zlib/libpng license (which is very short and human readable) which allows you to use the source code and even modify it as long as you do not claim that the original source code is yours. You can obtain the code at this bitbucket repository and even help fix bugs and participate in the development of LÖVE. See More

Top Con

Absolutely no GUI (no graphical interface)

This has no graphical interface at all, you have to know how to read script in order to know what you're looking at. After you've written the script for everything, you compile it to see the result. It's a very poor way to create a game, given how even most professional tools out there give you a GUI to work with and debug on the go. The lack of a GUI slows down the work by ten-fold, and it's just an inefficient use of your time. See More

PracticalAthena's Experience

Top Pro

Very good documentation

The LÖVE wiki provides full documentation of its easy to use Modules, which are conveniently located on the side bar of the wiki. It takes seconds to find the module for love.keyboard, which provides a list of all functions along with arguments and examples where the function could be used. See More

Top Con

Binary compilation

No way to compile into a binary under Linux. Source code has to be given away. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS. See More

Top Con

HTML5 support

Depends on love.js for HTML5 distribution which is old and incompatible with current Emscripten / LLVM version. See More

Top Pro

Very good for education

That is a great tool for teaching novice programmers. Creating a game on LÖVE, you have to think about developing, not about the syntax of the language. See More

Top Con

Game distribution for Android is a pain

It is like you're doing a science experiment. See More

Top Pro

Many examples and libraries with source code

There are plenty of open source examples of games or components built by the community that are ready to use or learn from. See More

Top Con

The community seems juvenile

For example, some of the library include names such as HUMP, LUBE, AnAL. See More

Top Pro

Uses the fantastic Lua for scripting

Lua is an embeddable scripting language designed to be lightweight, fast yet powerful. It is used in major titles such as Civilization as well as a lot of indie games. Lua is very popular because it provides "meta language" features. You can implement object-oriented structures, or pure procedural functions, etc. It has a very simple C interface, and gives the engine developer a lot of flexibility in the language itself. Artists tend to love Lua too because it's very approachable, with plain and forgiving syntax. Lua is free open-source software, distributed under a very liberal license (the well-known MIT license). See More

Top Con

Documentation is very dry and technical

The site has plenty of tutorials, true, but they all read very technical, and explain very little. This might be too much for beginners, even for coding purposes, because of the fact that the specifics aren't explained well enough to learn effectively. The docs can be found frustrating to understand even the basics, such as tables or the like, because of how poorly they are explained, and how few examples are given before expecting you to be able to use them. See More

Top Pro

Easy to understand and use

Lua2D handles loading the resources, reading input, playing sounds and displaying stuff on the screen. Only the logic is left for the developer to write. It also removes the overhead of having to use and learn a GUI game editor. All you need is a knowledge of Lua and your favourite text editor or IDE. See More

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Very easy to learn

The API is very simple and easy, which is particularly good for beginners. See More

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Requires one single code by the name of "main.lua"

It explains itself. See More

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Great for prototyping

You can learn the basics very quickly and start making simple games in no time, even if you have no previous Lua knowledge. If you're a little experienced with LÖVE, you can prototype a 2D game with it in no time. See More

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Many tutorials on the internet

Has several tutorials in several languages on the internet, mainly on Youtube. See More

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Cute name

So much love. See More

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Can develop within Android

It is possible to develop games directly on a tablet or cellphone with the Android system by using the experimental Android branch. See More

Solar 2D (formerly Corona SDK)

Top Pro

Very comprehensive API

It's very quick to get things up and running with Corona SDK. The API is extensive and while it's not 100% feature-complete with the iOS API, it's close enough that you could create tons of games and never run into a roadblock. The API docs can be found here. See More

Top Con

No graphic/editor interface

RespectableSirsir's Experience

There is a plugin that let you use Xcode as an editor, complet with debugger and all. Very practical See More

Specs

Dev platforms:Windows; Macintosh

Desktop targets:Windows; Macintosh

Mobile targets:iOS; Android; Kindle; Windows Phone 8

Top Pro

Free

Corona SDK is completely free as of March 2, 2015. That includes pro-tier plugins. See More

Top Con

Debugger is only available as a specific extension for a non-free text editor (Sublime)

As all is so interactive, you can get by with using "print" as my sole debugging tool, and view results in the simulator's console. But a debugger with breakpoints and value inspection woudl be nice. See More

RationalStheno's Experience

i will use it so much! See More

Top Pro

Well maintained documentation

The Corona SDK docs are constantly updated and come with lots of example code. See More

Top Con

Editor sucks

It uses Sublime, with an extension for autocompletion and launching the emulator. The editor doesn't provide enough information about parameters or documentation when calling a method and when you use objects it's unaware of the properties each class has. All it does is kinda drop templates into your code. This is more like using Notepad++ compared to Visual Studio. Sublime has no idea what the variables represent. See More

TruthfulConsus's Experience

last stable build was 2018... it's 2020 and either way it crashes on every pc.... See More

Top Pro

Fast Iteration

Corona SDK lets you see your changes immediately in the simulator after you save your changes. Allows for quick learning See More

Top Con

Free, but not completely

Such important plugins like AdMob cost $300 per year! As of the platform going open source some paid plugins are now free, like AdMob, some third party plugins still cost money though. See More

Top Pro

Community support

The community surrounding Corona SDK is a helpful and thriving one. Any developer getting started with Corona will quickly find a home here. See More

Top Con

Online compilation

To build your app with Corona you have to send it to them online to compile. Your source code never leaves your hard drive, it's some bitcode that goes up and back, and as long as you have an internet connection it's invisible. Even large games/apps are so fast you'd never guess any connection was being made. Hit run and your game runs. Period. Offline builds work fine with enterprise and Corona Cards as well. See More

Top Pro

Very simple to use

Top Con

Poor desktop support

It is primarily targeted at mobile games and does not have first-class desktop support. See More

Top Pro

Corona Simulator live reload

Corona SDK comes with Corona Simulator: you would get your game reloaded every time you save (optional) and you can see the changes you made immediately on the screen. It is a very nice instrument to develop, test and prototype with. See More

Top Pro

Corona Simulator

Corona SDK ships with Corona Simulator, which runs your game/app directly on your PC/Mac and updates every time you make changes. It provides immediate feedback to your actions, you can see your changes right on the screen, without necessity to make build to device. Getting instant feedback really boosts tenfold prototyping and development speed. See More

Top Pro

Lua syntax

Uses the great and easy-to-learn Lua programming language. See More

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Cross-platform desktop and mobile

Corona works on OS X, Windows and Android (including Kindle Fire & Nook). See More

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Content scaling

It's easy to create a game that looks good on many different sized mobile devices. See More

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Amazing learning curve

Corona does not throw photoshop-like madness full of buttons editor. You can go as fast as you want, learning and building game from ground up. Eventually, you'll learn how much corona is doing for you. But to start you don't have to master complex editor software. It's a great tool to learn to start game development if you want to learn how to program and make games. Your experience will be 100% transferable to any other Pro game engine. See More

Top Pro

Live builds

Now with "Live Builds" you can see code changes in realtime on your device. With the live build feature, once you have created a build and installed on a device, you get lightning fast turnaround times because any change on the code or data is updated to the devices running the game (within the local WiFi) immediately. So changes can be tested on the real hardware within a very few seconds. What's even more impressive, this even works flawless with multiple devices running the game. You have to use it to learn how good of a feature this is while development and even more, while doing QA. Imagine fixing bugs and everyone of your QA team/friends/whoever helps to get your game done, has all changes on his device without doing anything but waiting 5 seconds - outstanding. See More

Top Pro

Great community

Top Pro

Good documentation and lots of tutorials

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Ability to call any native (C/C++/Obj-C/Java) library using Corona Enterprise (now free)

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Open Source

Since Corona SDK became Solar2D, it's completely open source under MIT license. See More

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Compiled locally

Since 2021 the online compilation is no more necessary, it compiles locally. See More

Top Pro

Integration in native app

With Corona Cards, now free, you include in a native Android/iOS written in its own languageapp a game in Solar2d . See More

Top Pro

All monetization plugin (AdMob, Unity etc.) are now free

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Marketplace for 3rd party plug-ins

Amulet

Top Pro

Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and HTML5 with Emscripten

HTML5 target that actually works. See More

Top Con

Slow and heavy for old smartphones

Maxime Crépieux's Experience

easy to use See More

Top Pro

Website has detailed statistics

Stats such as top speed, speed of each interval, fastest/slowest parts of a course, etc. Where applicable, graphs and maps routes will be display for a visual representation. See More

Top Con

Small community

Not a very well-known engine. See More

t嘎's Experience

Clean toolchain, one-step texture packing & exporting See More

Top Pro

Fully functioning online editor powered by Emscripten

Really fast compile time. See More

Top Pro

Command-line tools

Run: amulet game.lua Distribute: amulet export [-windows, -mac, -ios, -linux or -html] See More

Top Pro

Great documentation

With several Examples, including a nice shmup game. See More

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Free and open source

MIT license. See More

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Cross-platform

The app is available for iOS and Android. See More

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Simple interface

The interface is clean and easy to use. See More

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Works with Android Wear

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Perfect localization for interface and voice

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Works with Pebble smartwatches

You will have to download the app both on your phone and Pebble. See More

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Gives audio cues

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Add photos to your runs

To make the memorable runs easy to remember why they were memorable. See More

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Great for Interval Training

Interval lengths can be set and RunKeeper will let know when to start and stop running via audio messages. See More

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Tracks distance, duration, speed, pace and calories burned

RunKeeper displays your route using Google Maps and tracks distance, duration, speed, pace and calories burned. You can also input your runs manually (useful when running on treadmills) to add them to your "workout logs". See More

PICO-8

Top Pro

Vibrant forums with sharing attitude

PICO-8 saves as "cartridges" that are easily uploaded/downloaded to the PICO-8 forums, meaning you can quickly amass a library of sample code to look at, modify, and re-use. See More

Top Con

Closed source, paid

15 bucks, or part of a $20 bundle. Available for Linux, Mac, Windows. No DRM, however. See More

SuaveMastorpaz's Experience

I can do everything I want See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac, Pi, HTML5

Top Pro

Fantasy console

PICO-8 is a "fantasy console", a re-creation of an imaginary game console from the late 80's or early 90's. As such, there are some rather retro limitations on screen resolution, color, and code size. This is actually a big pro, as it limits scope tremendously, making it far more reasonable to bang out a game in a short time. Games are exportable as png with the code embedded, leading to easy trading and collection of "cartridges". See More

Top Con

Great, but with even one months experience in Lua, could you do everything better in Löve for free

Here's the flip side of the coin, if you're willing to put in a very small amount of extra effort, many cons begin to arise, as you can set yourself limits in Löve. If you do it that way, you could also use any music tracker (even on or emulating an 8-bit computer, SidWizard - C64 and LSDJ - Gameboy both totally slay the pico-8 tracker) or any music creation environment you like (including code based options like super collider or a full on DAW). You could also use a pixel editor of your choice, that is far more user friendly and has a color pallet of your choice (just google NES, C64, SNES - color pallet), plus countless other options too long to list, that would make Löve using a set of chosen constraints far superior to pico-8, (plus love can do more then just pixel games if you ever choose to diversify). See More

Top Pro

Everything in one place / low system requirement / great implementation of Lua programming / the dev is worth supporting

Pico-8 can run on a C.H.I.P. micro computer with ease. In this scenario (on a system with low specs) Pico-8 makes sense, as you may not have enough CPU to run the many separate tools needed to create a game simultaneously. It's also less hassle for beginners (although that could be debatable). Some people might also like that constraints are set for you, rather the setting your own and sticking to them (many people seem have issues with that and understandably so). Forcing newbies to learn programming is also a major plus, Lua is a very easy language to grasp and a great first programming language to learn. Also Lexaloffle are worth supporting, there are much worse places for your money to go. See More

Top Pro

Very unique feel

Top Pro

Very low barrier to entry

Sprites, maps and sound editors are built in, you can be making useful games very quickly. See More

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Binary Export

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Amazingly simple sharing system

TIC-80

Top Pro

All tools in one place

The app contains tools for coding, sprite editing, map editing, sfx and music editing. See More

PerceptiveClio's Experience

Very easy and addictive workflow. See More

Specs

Languages:Lua, JavaScript, Moonscript, Fennel, Wren

Platforms:Web, Windows, Linux, Mac, Android

Top Pro

Free

Free version already includes most features but a paid version is available. See More

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Retro-styled and restricted environment

Pixelated Software with a good retro style. See More

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Many Scripting languages' supported

Use awesome scripting languages like: Lua, Wren, Moonscript, JS, Ruby, etc. See More

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Export

Exports easily to Windows, Windows-XP, mac, Linux and HTML. See More

Top Pro

Noob underdog

You can imagine this engine Shiva Lua scripting language making 2d side scrolling Megaman style games a Bandai trademark. See More

Defold

Top Pro

Easy to learn

Defold uses Lua, which is regarded as an easy to learn language by most. See More

Paweł Jarosz's Experience

Free, easy to grasp and high quality engine. Very well organised and neat editor. Fast and reliable game engine (3D, but suited mainly for 2D). Updated every month without breaking the legacy. Very fast prototyping (hot reload + testing directly on mobile), well written documentation. See More

Specs

Dev platforms:Windows; Linux; OSX

Desktop targets:Windows; Linux; HTML5; OSX

Mobile targets:iOS; Android; FB Instant Games

Top Pro

Very performant

Being cross-platform it is important to work on low-end devices. See More

StudiousAriadne's Experience

Completely free and with high performance! Easy to grasp, well organised and neat editor. Very fast and reliable game engine. Updated every month without breaking the legacy code. Personal support from Defold team and friendly community. Ability to build to all supported platforms with just few clicks. Well written documentation. Very fast prototyping - hot reload, + developing directly on mobile devices. See More

Top Pro

Great community

A very active and friendly community in forums. See More

Top Pro

Hot reload

It allows you to change scripts in a game while it is running live. Common use-cases is to tweak gameplay parameters or to perform debugging on a running game. See More

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Easy and fast export for various platforms

Top Pro

Fast results

Going from idea to result is very important for the creative process. See More

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Completely free of charge

Software and online dashboard are free of charge. See More

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Reliable - updated every month and updates don't break legacy

Developed in agile way and with a care not to break your current project. See More

Top Pro

Source code of the editor and engine available online

You can even download and modify the code and make commercial games on a modified version. For free See More

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Visual editor

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Collaborative

You can invite friends from the dashboard and create games together. See More

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Source code available

You can download and modify the source code of the Editor and the engine for free. See More

Top Pro

Good combination of visual editing + code (Lua)

You can do a lot with drag and drop, but you're not limited -- the code (Lua, which is easy to learn) allows you more power than just visual editing usually gives you. See More

Cocos2D-X

Top Con

Poor support and non-existent community

Up until 2013, this was one of the best engines around. However, since then it was bought by a Chinese company and began stagnating - it's virtually in a slow death. Most developers abandoned Cocos in favor of more modern solutions leaving the community weak and the forums with little or no traffic. Although the Cocos2d-x Forum seems to have a decent community going. See More

Top Pro

Supports 3D models with skeleton animation

A new feature since Cocos2d-x v3.1 is support for 3D models (in your 2D game), not only this but support for skeleton animations is included too! This awesome feature allows for impressive characters in your game along with easier, more fluid and realistic animations. See More

Specs

Languages:C++; Lua; JavaScript; TypeScript (Creator only)

Dev platforms:Windows; macOS

Desktop targets:Windows; macOS; Linux; HTML5 (Creator only)

Mobile targets:iOS; Android; (deprecated: Windows Phone, Tizen)

Top Con

Poor documentation

Most existing documentation is out of date. API documentation sometimes exists, though is usually just a one-liner and more often than not is completely absent. New features and significant system rewrites often make it to a major release without a single line of documentation accompanying them. See More

Top Pro

Future-proof

Cocos2D-x is not only open source but also supported by Chukong Technologies of China and USA. Regularly updated and adding support for the latest technologies. 2014 has already seen the release of Version 3, a new Cocos Studio development toolkit (optional) and support for new technologies like skeleton animation systems Spine and Adobe DragonBone. See More

Top Pro

A proven engine for mobile development

According to the Cocos2D-x website, 25% of iPhone games are made using Cocos2D-x (A Cocos2D mobile variant.) This means you will not be alone in development, and will have access to a large community and know you are developing for an engine that works. See More

Moai

Top Con

Not for beginning developers

The Moai SDK has very advanced features which allow it to create powerful games. A drawback from this is that it is not very suitable for beginners. See More

Top Pro

Helpful community

The Moai SDK Forum is active and users will go to great extents to answer queries, post code snippets, beta test, and even purchase and give feedback on each others' games. See More

Specs

Dev platforms:MacOS

Top Pro

Helpful and detailed documentation

Although the Moai SDK is very advanced and uses complicated features, the documentation wiki thoroughly and clearly explains how to use these features, such as the Moai Cloud(a service that provides web services for your game), and multiple ways to build from source. See More

Gideros

Top Pro

Instant on device testing

Gideros provides on device players for iOS and Android that can be used to instantly try out your code directly from the Gideros IDE. See More

Top Con

Few resources, but growing

Gideros has a small community, and therefore do not have as many "How to make a game" tutorials. However, there are a couple of excellent books available that can take you through the fundamentals. See More

mokalux's Experience

There are a lot of examples on their github repositary: angry bird, cut the rope, ... They have added 3D with reactphysics3d. See More

Specs

Dev platforms:Windows; OSX

Desktop targets:Windows; OSX

Mobile targets:iOS; Android; Windows Phone

Top Pro

Easy to use

Top Con

Very few code examples

While there are good basic tutorials for this engine, there's little in terms of game examples and starter kits. See More

EarnestBelili's Experience

I've created several games for PC, Web and Mobile, it's a very nice tool, simple and straightforward, it's constantly being updated and has a very helpful community. See More

Top Pro

Easy to learn

There are some excellent video tutorials too, to help you get started. The Gideros forum community are also very friendly and helpful if you any any problems. See More

Top Con

The Gideros IDE is not as fully featured as other IDEs

The Gideros IDE is not as fully featured as other IDEs, but you can easily use the very powerful and compatible ZeroBrane Studio IDE. See More

Marcio Andrey Oliveira's Experience

I enjoy trying many game frameworks and engines. In November 2019, I came across Gideros. I planned to study it for 2 just weeks and then move on but it was so great to develop with Gideros and its community was so super B that I'm still using it until now (and it seems I'll keep using it for a very long time yet). I highly recommend you give it a try. I'm pretty sure you won't regret it. See More

Top Pro

Local build

No need to send the code to any server just build your game localy. See More

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Gideros Mobile wins the long run.

After testing a lot of Lua game engines, gideros isn't the prettiest one but that's fine. It get's the job done and is constantly beeing updated (2020). It doesn't crash like more famous game engines like : corona, defold, cocos. See More

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Excellent content scaling

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Supports many platforms

Gideros supports iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, WindowsRT, Windows Phone and HTML5 platforms. See More

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MIT License, open source

Growing community. See More

Top Pro

Friendly & helpful community

Gideros has an active forum where you can find friendly and helpful advice. See More

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Amazing 2D performance

2D performance is amazing. See More

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All in one studio, no complicated setup

Gideros Studio is incredibly easy to set up. Once installed it is very easy to create a new project or open one of the many example projects. Trying out an example on the desktop is two clicks away. See More

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Auto scaling and image resolutions

Gideros provides an easy way to target various screen sizes by providing automatic scaling options and choosing the best image resolution based on device screen automatically See More

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Local builds

You can build apps without an online dependency. See More

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Supports OOP

Unlike some other Lua frameworks, Gideros has a model that makes OOP possible. See More

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Beginner friendly

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Straight forward

No need for many tutorials, just learn lua and jump right in. See here. See More

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Supports facebook instant games

See here. See More

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New features and improvements are released regularly

Gideros is being constantly updated and improved by the main developers. See More

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Easy plugin architecture

Gideros Studio has a very powerful feature which enables developers to use a C/C++/Java/ObjC library next to Lua. This way it's possible to call the library functions under Lua, get the results and interpret them directly under Gideros Studio. See More

Top Pro

Integrated environment

Roblox Studio

Top Pro

It's easy to use

If you want to find an object in the workspace just use workspace or game. In Unity (for example) it's much more complicated. See More

Top Con

No support for Linux

With the new-Bit client, Roblox went out of their way to make it impossible for Linux users. See More

Quantum's Experience

If you want to earn money, be ready to give 75% to Roblox. Also, the Roblox moderation system can destroy your entire project. You're not able to post Links to random websites, or anything you might want to advertise. Also, the games made whit Roblox Studio can only be published on Roblox. You can't selfhost your games. Roblox requires your players to be online at all times. I only would recommend to start whit Roblox if your 8 - 14 years old. If you older and or more experienced, give the UnrealEngine, Godot or unity a try. See More

Specs

Price:75% and more of all your earnings on Roblox

Top Pro

Easy multiplayer

Multiplayer is set up on project load. See More

Top Con

No tutorial system in place to teach new dev's the basics

LikableCatequil's Experience

I use it all the time it's my main engine, I am even making Windows 95 but rebranded because i don't want to have microsoft on my ass. See More

Top Pro

Easy to use for children

It's the entrance to game development. But it will be likely, that you abandon Roblox as soon you turn old enough. See More

Top Con

Can only be published on Roblox

You can't export your game to Steam, Epicgames, Snapcrft or Flathub. See More

PersonableMefitis's Experience

it's easy to use but you cant get the app See More

Top Pro

AI Scripting

Top Con

"Potato Servers"

Roblox Servers aren't that good in performance. Also, a server can officially only handle 100 players at the time. They tried 200 player severs, but abandoned this idea. See More

SophisticatedNapir's Experience

This is one of the best Lua Ide's See More

Top Pro

No serverhosting required

Top Con

Players need to be online at all times to play your games

CompetentCandaules's Experience

I use Luca all the time for Robles studio! Very nice and very few bugs. See More

Top Pro

No website needed

Roblox hosts a very basic website to play your game for free. See More

Top Con

Can't selfhost servers

You can only use the Roblox servers. See More

SplendidDiJun's Experience

I use this a lot and it's easy to use! See More

Top Pro

It’s fast

Scripting can take maybe only 30 minutes to get some real work going while others take hours. See More

Top Con

Can't post links in games

The Roblox TOS only allow Links to certain platforms like Guilded. See More

Top Con

High tax rate

Be ready to give 75% of your earnings to Roblox. See More

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Bad moderation system

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