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Add to SafariWhen comparing BYOND vs Yae, the Slant community recommends BYOND for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” BYOND is ranked 29th while Yae is ranked 106th. The most important reason people chose BYOND is:
BYOND is in active development and updates are released constantly.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro In active development
BYOND is in active development and updates are released constantly.
Pro Easy to use
The software itself is very easy to learn and use for beginners.
Pro Helpful community
BYOND's community is relatively large and extremely helpful. Any question a beginner or an experienced user may have is quickly answered.
Pro Large Community
Fairly large player base and multiple games to play.
Pro IDE
Ships with easy to use IDE created only for development in it
Pro Frequent updates
Updated weekly
Pro Cross-platform
Supports all major platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Android
- iOS
Pro Multiple languages support
Supports writing games in both Lua and JavaScript and for advanced users it´s plugin system also supports Java.
Cons
Con Highly supports multiplayer, but can make solo games ready for download.
Con Exclusive programming language
The language is known as DM, and is modified using Dream Maker. It is an object oriented, interpreted language, which closely resembles C++, Java and PHP. More information available in the DM Guide.
Con Lone developer
Con In early development
Do not have as much features as other listed engines.
