When comparing Moai vs Visionaire Studio, the Slant community recommends Moai for most people. In the question“What are the best game engines for point & click adventure games?” Moai is ranked 28th while Visionaire Studio is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose Moai is:
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.
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Pros
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.
Pro Easy to use
Arguably the easiest and most user-friendly visual IDE to create point and click adventure games.
Pro Up-to-date well supported P&CA engine
Modern P&C adventure development platform, and proven in production: used by Daedalic Entertainment for many of their well-known games.
Cons
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.
Con Not free
It costs quite a dime, it's a con considering the alternatives are free. And investing in a point-and-click engine might not be a very good idea nowadays.