iPhone Android Programming Frameworks Compared: Corona Vs Cocos2d vs Gideros vs Unity

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• atilim Maintainer

  November 2012

  niiiiiice

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytorus

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• phongtt Guru

  November 2012

  Also read the comments under that article

  Greetings from Vietnam. We are mobile game/app development studio. Gideros/Unity/Cocos2d-x

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• hnim Member

  November 2012

  Nov 8 - Nov 14: Things change so fast

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• Mells Guru

  November 2012 edited November 2012

  I don't think that the author of this article would make the best Gideros' advocate :-/

  (About Unity3d) So for 3D, if you do not have a huge budget, your game will look bad. In 2D it might lag because Unity 3D is made for 3D and does not do 2D very well.

  mm? I'm questioning the value of his judgement.
  
  @gorkem I found a better ambassador, (and the obvious) that would benefit Gideros more to put those articles in light I think
  
  @hnim

  Nov 8 - Nov 14: Things change so fast

  Yes, add to that the reality check lag.

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• moopf Guru

  November 2012

  @Mells I agree with him on using Unity for 2D work - nearly every game I've played that used Unity for 2D showed some lagging issues at times. It's massive overkill for 2D. I'm a big believer in using the right tool for the job, a system designed for 3D being fudged to do 2D does not fit into that view
  
  But yeah, from Nov 8 - 14, he really did change his mind on doing anything, judging from the comments. How bizarre.

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• hnim Member

  November 2012

  Yes, add to that the reality check lag.

  lag? i think that's his decision. he didnt success in ios and he want to find an android engine only.

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• Mells Guru

  November 2012 edited November 2012

  @moopf
  I have also tried Unity for 2D and, it's true, found it to be cumbersome for some things and really great for others (camera per layer, collision layer, good control on parallax, custom editors, ambient light control, unity asset store, docs, etc).
  I agree with the fact that it can be overkill for a lot of 2D projects.
  
  In fact I was more pointing the fact that saying "if you don't pay $$$ your game will look bad" makes the judgement that "it does not do 3D well" less valuable. I was not really making a statement that Unity is good for 2D, nor the opposite
  
  @hnim
  By reading the comment I think it's less a platform decision than a reality check about the market, which I think should be done earlier in the process.
  But hey, I am the first to admit that saying is easier than doing.

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