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Let's set up some expectations first. Games almost never "get out of the door quickly", with very few exceptions. That goes multiple for multiplayer games. W

by otikik 4y ago

Let's set up some expectations first. Games almost never "get out of the door quickly", with very few exceptions. That goes multiple for multiplayer games. What you might be able to produce quickly is prototypes. "A moving rectangle which shoots circles" - kind of thing. That is a super power, don't underestimate it. LÖVE is a nice game engine, I used it a lot in the past, mostly for personal stuff. And released some open source libraries in the process.

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
LÖVE is great - but are there any good engines / libraries built on-top of LÖVE that make it easier to create certain 2D games? I.E. A top-down tile-based extension? Ideally just an integration with some existing 2D tile map editor. Or an isometric extension? Or a side-scrolling extension with gravity and parallax and a tile map, etc? When I tried LÖVE years ago, it seemed like there was a little bit of engine-building before you could really start making a game. Like figuring out how to do the rendering and tiling and jumping between scenes/rooms, etc
- otikik 4y ago
  You may find some examples in the forum and wiki, but they are community-(un)maintained. There's no guarantees that everything will work and be up-to-date with the most recent versions of the engine (I have not maintained mine, for once). A lot of people are attracted by the minimalism and the DIY approach, but I understand that's not for everyone. If you are looking for a more "batteries included" approach, then probably Unity (with its plugins on the Asset store) would probably be a better fit.
- andrewmcwatters 4y ago
  See my post in this thread regarding Planimeter Game Engine 2D. Planimeter ships the largest pure-Lua 2D game engine on GitHub. Features: https://github.com/Planimeter/game-engine-2d#features https://github.com/Planimeter/game-engine-2d#features We integrate with Tiled, and feature multiplayer with client-side prediction out of the box.

by otikik 4y ago

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago

LÖVE is great - but are there any good engines / libraries built on-top of LÖVE that make it easier to create certain 2D games? I.E. A top-down tile-based extension? Ideally just an integration with some existing 2D tile map editor. Or an isometric extension? Or a side-scrolling extension with gravity and parallax and a tile map, etc? When I tried LÖVE years ago, it seemed like there was a little bit of engine-building before you could really start making a game. Like figuring out how to do the rendering and tiling and jumping between scenes/rooms, etc

otikik 4y ago
You may find some examples in the forum and wiki, but they are community-(un)maintained. There's no guarantees that everything will work and be up-to-date with the most recent versions of the engine (I have not maintained mine, for once). A lot of people are attracted by the minimalism and the DIY approach, but I understand that's not for everyone. If you are looking for a more "batteries included" approach, then probably Unity (with its plugins on the Asset store) would probably be a better fit.
andrewmcwatters 4y ago
See my post in this thread regarding Planimeter Game Engine 2D. Planimeter ships the largest pure-Lua 2D game engine on GitHub. Features: https://github.com/Planimeter/game-engine-2d#features https://github.com/Planimeter/game-engine-2d#features We integrate with Tiled, and feature multiplayer with client-side prediction out of the box.