When comparing Yae vs TIC-80, the Slant community recommends TIC-80 for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D game engines?” TIC-80 is ranked 49th while Yae is ranked 106th. The most important reason people chose TIC-80 is:
The app contains tools for coding, sprite editing, map editing, sfx and music editing.
Specs
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Pros

Pro IDE
Ships with easy to use IDE created only for development in it

Pro Frequent updates
Updated weekly

Pro Cross-platform
Supports all major platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Android
- iOS

Pro Multiple languages support
Supports writing games in both Lua and JavaScript and for advanced users it´s plugin system also supports Java.
Pro All tools in one place
The app contains tools for coding, sprite editing, map editing, sfx and music editing.
Pro Free
Free version already includes most features but a paid version is available.
Pro Retro-styled and restricted environment
Pixelated Software with a good retro style.
Pro Many Scripting languages' supported
Use awesome scripting languages like: Lua, Wren, Moonscript, JS, Ruby, etc.
Pro Export
Exports easily to Windows, Windows-XP, mac, Linux and HTML.
Pro Noob underdog
You can imagine this engine Shiva Lua scripting language making 2d side scrolling Megaman style games a Bandai trademark.
Cons
Con Lone developer

Con In early development
Do not have as much features as other listed engines.
