When comparing Microsoft XNA Game Studio vs Ebitengine, the Slant community recommends Ebitengine for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” Ebitengine is ranked 59th while Microsoft XNA Game Studio is ranked 80th. The most important reason people chose Ebitengine is:
One of the core focuses of Ebitengine is to be simple. The screen is just treated as another image that can be drawn to.
Specs
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Pros
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
Pro Simple
One of the core focuses of Ebitengine is to be simple. The screen is just treated as another image that can be drawn to.
Pro Cross platform
Many platforms are supported, including WebAssembly.
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
Con Bare-bones
For example, Ebitengine does not have a physics engine; instead games must rely on a separate implementation such as Chipmunk2D.