I want to make a 2D game, but I don't know of a good game engine. I have made games with Unity, but that isn't that good for 2d games. Does anyone have any ideas? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Languages I Know (Listed in order from most known to least known):
- Javascript
- Java
- Python
- C++
- C#
- Lua

Things I Need:
- Tile map support
- Asset loading
- Collision Detection

You could look into Gamemaker and Construct.

Well, since JS is the language you are most comfortable with, I would suggest that you look at Github has a good list for JS. If you want to look at other popular projects here. Personally, I like Oxygine for C++ (because it also supports the web), and for js, I would recommend pixi.js a) it is nice to use, and b) it was being used to re-write scratch (which is no longer being worked on, unfortunately).

My 2 cents

Ethan_1 wrote:

Well, since JS is the language you are most comfortable with, I would suggest that you look at Github has a good list for JS. If you want to look at other popular projects here. Personally, I like Oxygine for C++ (because it also supports the web), and for js, I would recommend pixi.js a) it is nice to use, and b) it was being used to re-write scratch (which is no longer being worked on, unfortunately).

My 2 cents

Thanks, Phaser looks like a better choice than pixi.js to me, and I haven't hear of Oxygine. I will probably use Phaser.

I've haven't personally tried it yet, but Godot sounds promising.

Libgdx
Language is Java. Runs on android, ios, desktop, and html5 (with wrappers for functionality on all platforms - quite literally write once run anywhere). Supports tiled maps made with the tiled editor (and made procedurally too I believe). Has an API for asset management and has box2d wrappers for physics.

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:

Libgdx
Language is Java. Runs on android, ios, desktop, and html5 (with wrappers for functionality on all platforms - quite literally write once run anywhere). Supports tiled maps made with the tiled editor (and made procedurally too I believe). Has an API for asset management and has box2d wrappers for physics.

Thanks! LibGDX sounds great!
I think I will use that.

I have tried alot of game makers, and i think GameMaker is good for making 2D games

Hey, why not try Löve2D?

It's an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua! Maybe you can use it for making a tile-based game using the Simple Tiled Implementation for Löve2D!

_Tectonic_ wrote:

Ethan_1 wrote:

Well, since JS is the language you are most comfortable with, I would suggest that you look at Github has a good list for JS. If you want to look at other popular projects here. Personally, I like Oxygine for C++ (because it also supports the web), and for js, I would recommend pixi.js a) it is nice to use, and b) it was being used to re-write scratch (which is no longer being worked on, unfortunately).

My 2 cents

Thanks, Phaser looks like a better choice than pixi.js to me, and I haven't hear of Oxygine. I will probably use Phaser.

I've been using Phaser a bit and I really like it. It's reasonably simple to use and works on anything that can run Javascript.