Game Maker Studio (recently, some of it's limitations were removed, free version can publish to Windows only). GDEVELOP (FREE HTML5 Game Engine) (Publish to Android, iOS - via Intel XDK, HTML5 and Desktop)ģ. GoDOT engine (has option to publish to HTML5) alsoĢ. So for people like me who want to publish to Flash, Stencyl is it. What are the differences between Construct 2 and Stencyl. Preview takes a lot of time (unsderstandable as it's converting from Haxe to AS3 - SWF) But I would like to have your opinion to know the limits of these 2 softwares or even another program. Plus, you should be able to create a good game with the right motivation within a summer with a simple engine. After that, try using an engine like Unity after learning a language to create the game you want. That way you can learn the basics of creating a game before learning programming. Not much resources to learn more from (other than SunriseKingdom's videos, there is not much).Ģ. Start with the simple engine, such as GameMaker, Construct 2, or Stencyl. The only downside I see about Stencyl are:ġ. Construct Arcade (formerly known as Scirra Arcade) is a game portal for projects created in Construct 2 or 3. webgl will be supported in 5, and it's already multiplatform, lots of resources to learn from.Īs for Stencyl, you already know it's very easy to get started, and gives free flash publishing with ability to earn money. You can't publish to Flash in free (altleast not in 4.x). And as you already know, it takes quite some time to learn it (maybe the learning curve is "it's all individual" thing). Unity 2D is the best, because programming makes a big difference (also, when you're fluent with C#, you can use it for other purposes too), Unity's animation system is quite awesome. I tried it's free version once, but I didn't find it that interesting (my personal view only), I couldn't afford it anyway. But unless you have a paid version, all you can do is read how good it is. I've read some very good things about it, and the games made with it (in Scirra Gallery) are amazing. I cannot say if one has a steeper learning curve than the others, but you should definitely check out some of these tutorials to get started. I’m not going to lie, it definitely takes a while to learn each of the programs. Leave Pros and Cons aside, Construct 2 has unusable free version (by that I mean you can NOT publish commercially and are limited to 100 events, 4 layers in free edition). Stencyl vs GameSalad vs Construct 2 vs GameMaker Green indicates, the feature is included in the free and paid version.