When comparing Jawa vs Moai, the Slant community recommends Jawa for most people. In the question“What are the best game engines for point & click adventure games?” Jawa is ranked 15th while Moai is ranked 28th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Does not require coding
Pro Beginner-friendly
Pro Supports multiple platforms
Pro Browser engine
Pro Cosy
Pro Seems up-to-date
Pro Seems to be sky-rocketing in terms of popularity
Pro Resource sharing
The community can share resources with each other, as well as use default Jawa resources.
Pro Hosts wonderful video games
Pro Helpful community
The Moai SDK Forum is active and users will go to great extents to answer queries, post code snippets, beta test, and even purchase and give feedback on each others' games.
Pro Helpful and detailed documentation
Although the Moai SDK is very advanced and uses complicated features, the documentation wiki thoroughly and clearly explains how to use these features, such as the Moai Cloud(a service that provides web services for your game), and multiple ways to build from source.
Cons
Con Hosts just a few video games
Con Seems not fully translated
Jawa's main language is French.
Con Very small community
Con Hard to navigate
Con Looks out-dated
Con Buggy
Con Not for beginning developers
The Moai SDK has very advanced features which allow it to create powerful games. A drawback from this is that it is not very suitable for beginners.