When comparing Melharfi vs BYOND, the Slant community recommends BYOND for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” BYOND is ranked 29th while Melharfi is ranked 108th. The most important reason people chose BYOND is:
BYOND is in active development and updates are released constantly.
Specs
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Pros
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.
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.
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.