Help us choose an engine

kroupajz · 2017-02-03T10:28:13

Hi everyone, Me and my friends are planning to make a game, but we just can’t decide what engine/program use to create it. I figured maybe some of you could have some ideas or experience with other programs, so all suggestions are welcome. I’ll list some features the game should have, the complexity (or variety) is what makes the selection of an engine problematic: - Essentialy it will be a 2D pixel game - Story-driven gameplay – adventure with some RPG elements - During the story the player will be going through levels of memories, dream, and present - The present will be represented by just one room where will always be the player and some characters (who may change during the gameplay) – here we want a lot of conversations to happen – at first without any interaction of the player, later on with some conversation trees (choosing the answer, different answers leading into different parts of the story) - The levels of dream and memories will be with the movement of the player (still not sure whether a classic 2D platformer or isometric) with some possible interaction (here though rather simple actions) - Also, not to make it too simple , we would like to implement some minigames from time to time to any part of the game To tell you something about our experience with engines, I have done some work in Unreal Engine 4 (though only 3D work), while my colleague has some experience in Unity and Game Maker. Naturaly, we did some research and talked to some friends but, as usual, most engines have pros and cons, so what would be your suggestion? Thanks in advance

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Started by kroupajz January 30, 2017 10:19 AM

11 comments, last by Vivek_Valavi 7 years, 11 months ago

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February 01, 2017 02:35 PM

no problem! :) Wish I could've been more helpful.

I don't have a lot of experience with the 2D side of Unity, but from what I've heard around the grapevine yeah, it has a few quirks and 2D is not it's strength (I have no sources and no firsthand knowledge to back that up...just repeating hearsay, so take it for whatever it's worth :P)

Thanks. After all consideration we will definitely try Unity, as one of us has some experience with this engine.

if you just want 2d, I'm quite fond of a game engine called flat red ball. http://flatredball.com/

To tell you the truth I have never heard about this engine, but it looks pretty neat and we will look into this engine a bit more, it definitely cought our eyes. Thanks for the suggestion.