When comparing Melharfi vs Ebitengine, the Slant community recommends Ebitengine for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” Ebitengine is ranked 60th while Melharfi is ranked 108th. The most important reason people chose Ebitengine is:
One of the core focuses of Ebitengine is to be simple. The screen is just treated as another image that can be drawn to.
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 Simple
One of the core focuses of Ebitengine is to be simple. The screen is just treated as another image that can be drawn to.
Pro Cross platform
Many platforms are supported, including WebAssembly.
Cons
Con Bare-bones
For example, Ebitengine does not have a physics engine; instead games must rely on a separate implementation such as Chipmunk2D.
