Slant community chat on DiscoursePro 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...
Pro Simple to use/understand
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 I...
Con The community seems juvenile
For example, some of the library include names such as HUMP, LUBE, AnAL.
Con Binary compilation
No way to compile into a binary under Linux. Source code has to be given away.
Con Mobile support is still experimental
While it is possible to export LÖVE games to Android and iOS, it is still experimental so there might be hidden bugs and flaws that need to be addressed.
Pro Very Extensible
Because both Core and Editor are completely plugin-based, Duality not only incorporates a clean and modular design, but is also very extensible - even if it wasn't Open Source. In fact, most of the standard editing capabilities comes in form of Editor plugins.
Pro Open Source
The full source code is available on GitHub, where the framework is actively developed. All of the editor, core and plugin code is written in C#.
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