Leadwerks Game Engine vs Blacksmith 2D

Leadwerks's flowgraphs resemble flowcharts where each box represents a function or value, with connections between them representing program flow. This provides a better at-a-glance indication of game logic than a simple list of events, and makes complex behaviors easier to accomplish.

Has an acceptable 3D map editor that is easy to use.

For example, you take a model (e.g. torch), add a light source to it, add a particle generator (for fire) and save it as a prefab (one file). Then this prefab can be used to add many torches with fire and light.

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.