When comparing Codea vs Microsoft XNA Game Studio, the Slant community recommends Microsoft XNA Game Studio for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” Microsoft XNA Game Studio is ranked 80th while Codea is ranked 107th. The most important reason people chose Microsoft XNA Game Studio is:
it is very easy to import your own 2 dimensional assets
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Pros
Pro Helpful code editor
Errors show up live, as you type. Smarter autocompletion picks up your local and global variables, including nested types. Everything else is just plain smarter, from indentation to highlighting.
Pro Ships with music and sound packs
Codea ships with three great music and sound packs, composed just for Codea and free for you to use in whatever you create.
Pro You can code on an iPad and easily distribute the game
Pro Location library
Location library lets you make use of the GPS inside your iPad. Get your latitude, longitude, altitude and more with a dead-simple API designed specifically for Codea.
Pro Easy assets
it is very easy to import your own 2 dimensional assets
Pro Very easy to use
relies largely on drag and drop elements and has been used to create notable high quality 2d games such as DLC Quest
Cons
Con It's dead
It is not getting updated and Microsoft does not recommend using it anymore.
Con Limited platform support
Only supports Xbox 360, Windows and Windows Phone