HaxePunk vs Blacksmith 2D

Useful for mobile games and soon consoles (OpenFL has a console port in the works).

HaxePunk uses OpenFL which means you can compile to just about every device. A lot of the rendering code has been optimized so if you use HaxePunk’s graphic classes you are pretty much ready to deploy on any target.

A generic Entity system that only uses what you “attach” to it. If you need collision masks they are available but if an entity doesn’t need to collide with anything then simply don’t add a mask. Same goes for graphics.

This comes with blazing fast compile times, proper static typing, multiple output targets, and a powerful macro system.

HaxePunk has added several collision masks beyond what FlashPunk had including a grid with slope values, circles, and polygons. This is in addition to FlashPunk’s tile grid and hitbox.

Tweens are available just like they are in FlashPunk. If you need to interpolate values for sounds, movement, etc… it’s probably already available as a tween. There is also a VarTween that lets you interpolate any value you want.

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.