When comparing FlashPunk vs BYOND, the Slant community recommends BYOND for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” BYOND is ranked 29th while FlashPunk is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose BYOND is:
BYOND is in active development and updates are released constantly.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free
Pro Built-in debugging
Pro Simple keyboard and mouse input state checking
Pro Framerate-independent and fixed-framerate timestep support
Pro Quick and efficient particle effects and emitters
Pro Sound effect support
Pro Powerful motion tweening
Pro Fast and manageable collision system
Pro Simple graphics helper classes
Pro In active development
BYOND is in active development and updates are released constantly.
Pro Easy to use
The software itself is very easy to learn and use for beginners.
Pro Helpful community
BYOND's community is relatively large and extremely helpful. Any question a beginner or an experienced user may have is quickly answered.
Pro Large Community
Fairly large player base and multiple games to play.
Cons
Con Highly supports multiplayer, but can make solo games ready for download.
Con Exclusive programming language
The language is known as DM, and is modified using Dream Maker. It is an object oriented, interpreted language, which closely resembles C++, Java and PHP. More information available in the DM Guide.