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Add to SafariWhen comparing Twine vs Melharfi, the Slant community recommends Twine for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” Twine is ranked 38th while Melharfi is ranked 110th. The most important reason people chose Twine is:
The basics are very easy to grasp, and you can have a basic story up in minutes.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Easy to understand
The basics are very easy to grasp, and you can have a basic story up in minutes.
Pro Free for commercial projects
Twine is based on a GPL licence. You are free to download, modify and publish derivatives - even commercially.
Pro Mouse events built-in
All objects/graphics have a mouse events like MouseClic MouseDoubleClic MouseDown MouseUp MouseOver MouseMove MouseOut
Pro Network support
Lidgren Network Library
Pro Path finder built-in
Uses the A* algorithm or pathfinding
Pro GUI
It use a GDI to draw on windows forms. You can use all windows self GUI (controls) for your game like TextBox, Button Label ..., you don't need to install a third party or use an ugly controls.
Cons
Con Limited to interactive fiction
Twine is specialized to decision-based interactive fiction. Under the hood, a Twine game is just a flowchart for page transitions; the only way to add more complex behavior is to code it from scratch in JavaScript.
