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Add to SafariWhen comparing BYOND vs Nez, the Slant community recommends BYOND for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” BYOND is ranked 29th while Nez is ranked 89th. The most important reason people chose BYOND is:
BYOND is in active development and updates are released constantly.
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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 Active community
The community is very active, so if you ask for help you'll get it relatively quickly.
Pro Open source
Completely free, no need to pay for licenses.
Pro Cross-platform development thanks to the use of mono and xamarin
Nez is built on top of monoGame and can be used the make games for many platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android or IOS).
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 Just a framework
Meaning there's no visual scene designer so you'll have to write your own.
