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Add to SafariWhen comparing Polycode vs Pixel Vision 8, the Slant community recommends Pixel Vision 8 for most people. In the question“What are the best 100% free and easy game engines for beginners?” Pixel Vision 8 is ranked 28th while Polycode is ranked 29th. The most important reason people chose Pixel Vision 8 is:
Although it started as a commercial product, it is now open-source.
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Pros
Pro Can create portable native applications
Polycode uses Lua and C++ to create native applications for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Mobile platforms are planned for the future.
Pro Free and open source
Polycode is free and open source (released under the MIT license). The source code is freely available on GitHub.
Pro IDE for 3D editing
Recently, the editor and its integrated tools have been released in compiled form. Features coding and scene editing in one application.
Pro C++/Lua
Polycode is distributed in a C++ form as well as with IDE. And there's an additional LUA-based scripting system.
Pro Free and open-source
Although it started as a commercial product, it is now open-source.
Pro Most customizable
This is the first of its kind, being fully customizable. You can customize the game size, color pallete, sound and more.
Cons
Con Abandoned
The project does not seem to be maintained anymore: there has been no new release nor commit since mid-2015.
Con No mobile support
Doesn't have support for Android or iOS.
Con Development has been on pause for a while due to lack of time on the part of the original developer
It's open source, so someone else could pick it up, but no one has at this point.
