For 2d games the feature set of this engine seems pretty solid. You get a particle engine, tile map editor, physics + easy to use collision shape editor, good font support, plus a nice IDE to visually setup your game. And, it's behavior/component based (like Unity), which is a great architecture for games.<p>But, what about accessing other iPhone functionality like the camera roll or in-app purchase? The docs don't seem to make any mention of it. Can you write native code plugins?
It would be interesting to see someone compare this with the Unity Game engine. Also I think there should be atleast a handful of screenshots on their website, to give their prospective users an idea of what it looks like, before downloading.
The pitch itself is bad. What is your slogan? Tools like a pro or something for digital rebels? No screenshots of nothing? Not even a demo game? No disarming arguments why I should lock myself into your closed source middleware?
Better: use Moai (open source, can fix bugs on your own, can add features, etc.) with Testflight (ios only I guess).
I really do not know who the target audience is for this product. Too expensive (3 seats 150$/MO, lol) for newcomers (the video is surely targeted at those) but missing meat for 'real pros' - yo!
Someone should make an OpenGL ES 3.0 engine that works on all of these platforms by default: Win/Mac/Linux/Android/iOS/WebGL (or Native Client, at least). I think it would be very popular in a year or two. I've been enjoying indie "mobile" games for PC's a lot more than AAA type games lately, because they are easy to get into and fun. They seem to focus more on game-play than "regular" PC game developers do.
I've been working with this engine for some time and it really shows that these game industry veterans know what they are doing. It's a delight to use!
We are currently in a public beta phase. We are aware of that the
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It's also possible to post privately there.<p>Thanks!
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