When comparing Starling JS vs GameQuery, the Slant community recommends Starling JS for most people. In the question“What are the best JavaScript game engines?” Starling JS is ranked 12th while GameQuery is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Starling JS is:
Starling is available for free with code available on [GitHub](https://github.com/Gamua/Starling-Framework).
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Pros
Pro Free and open source
Starling is available for free with code available on GitHub.
Pro Lightweight
Starling is just 12k lines of code and doesn't try to do everything - but what it does, as efficient as possible.
Pro Strong community support
Forum is always active with knowledgeable developers and with lot of inside info, and post mortems.
Pro Tiled support
Natively integrates Tiled map editor. Tiled is a free, open-source map editor that supports orthogonal, isometric and staggered maps.
Cons
Con Early in development
No stable release of JavaScript version of Starling has yet been released.
Con Abandoned
Last update to the plugin was made in 2013.