When comparing Defold vs Visionaire Studio, the Slant community recommends Defold for most people. In the question“What are the best game engines for point & click adventure games?” Defold is ranked 24th while Visionaire Studio is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose Defold is:
Defold uses Lua, which is regarded as an easy to learn language by most.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to learn
Defold uses Lua, which is regarded as an easy to learn language by most.
Pro Completely free of charge
Software and online dashboard are free of charge.
Pro Good combination of visual editing + code (Lua)
You can do a lot with drag and drop, but you're not limited -- the code (Lua, which is easy to learn) allows you more power than just visual editing usually gives you.
Pro Fast results
Going from idea to result is very important for the creative process.
Pro Visual editor
Pro Very performant
Being crossplatform it is important to work on low end devices.
Pro Easy and fast export for various platforms
Pro Great community
A very active and friendly community in forums.
Pro Source code available
You can download and modify the source code of the Editor and the engine for free.
Pro Collaborative
You can invite friends from the dashboard and create games together.
Pro Hot reload
It allows you to change scripts in a game while it is running live. Common use-cases is to tweak gameplay parameters or to perform debugging on a running game.
Pro Easy to use
Arguably the easiest and most user-friendly visual IDE to create point and click adventure games.
Pro Up-to-date well supported P&CA engine
Modern P&C adventure development platform, and proven in production: used by Daedalic Entertainment for many of their well-known games.
Cons
Con Not free
It costs quite a dime, it's a con considering the alternatives are free. And investing in a point-and-click engine might not be a very good idea nowadays.
