Polycode vs Blacksmith 2D

Polycode uses Lua and C++ to create native applications for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Mobile platforms are planned for the future.

Polycode is free and open source (released under the MIT license). The source code is freely available on GitHub.

Recently, the editor and its integrated tools have been released in compiled form. Features coding and scene editing in one application.

Polycode is distributed in a C++ form as well as with IDE. And there's an additional LUA-based scripting system.

Automatically detects changes and updates bitmap cache. Allows to gain even more performance on heavy scenes and runs smoothly on old devices.

All engine code is written in ES6, fully GCC typed, allowing to eliminate all dead code from your app.

Dirty flag tracks scene changes and avoids unnecessary calculations and context calls. If no changes were made to the scene since last frame, no rendering will be done. Battery efficient.

According to the tests on the Github page, the performance is better than in Phaser!

The source code is well commented and easy to understand.

Super small build size through dead code elimination. The best for playable ads and Facebook Instant Games.