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Add to SafariWhen comparing Defold vs Pixi.js, the Slant community recommends Defold for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” Defold is ranked 24th while Pixi.js is ranked 73rd. The most important reason people chose Defold is:
Defold uses Lua, which is regarded as an easy to learn language by most.
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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 Very performant
Being crossplatform it is important to work on low end devices.
Pro Visual editor
Pro Easy and fast export for various platforms
Pro Source code available
You can download and modify the source code of the Editor and the engine for free.
Pro Great community
A very active and friendly community in forums.
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 Supports WebGL w/ canvas fallback
Pixi is a WebGL renderer, but can fall back to canvas if WebGL is not supported or turned off.
Pro Will be familiar to ActionScript developers
Pixi.js uses a code structure that's very similar to ActionScript.
Cons
Con Not a complete solution
Pixi only provides the renderer.
