[casual_games] Salutations. Seeking Recommendation for an Android/iPhone Game Development Platform for a Multiplayer Card Game...

[Jeff Murray]

Hi!

Unity is great for 3d, but if your game is 2d, I'd say 'look for another engine'!

Using Unity for a 2d game is a messy and awkward way to develop, since there is no 'built-in' method for dealing with 2d sprites. Essentially, the process of building a 2d game in Unity is one where you build a 3d game, with 2d planes 'pretending' to be 2d. There are 3rd party tools out there to help, but it's still a messy process.

You will quite likely end up paying more to have it built in Unity than you would by either an objective-C programmer or a programmer who uses a dedicated 2d engine, since you're trying to 'bend' a 3d engine into a 2d one and that takes some messing around.

Unity is a fantastic engine, but after having made two 2d games with it - I would never recommend doing it that way!

Good luck with your project!
Jeff.


On 2011-08-04, at 2:04 PM, Lennard Feddersen wrote:


> I've been pondering this question a lot this year.  Unity does look compelling except I haven't seen any decent documentation for 2d development and I know I don't want to learn a 3d editor for placing assets into a 2d game.  If and when I see clean and clear example doc's for 2d Unity work that doesn't involve the 3d editor then I'm going to take a month and give it a solid try.

> 

> I agree with what has been said earlier about Flash - I bought CS4 and learned AS3 for Dungeon Brawl and was definitely surprised at how clunky the tool was.  I have also tried the free Flash Develop but prefer the Flash IDE because it's faster, the debugger works well enough (just if you are coming from a VC++ background and have gotten fat and lazy using that wonderful debugger) and you aren't handcuffed into a rigid 1 class per file module, where everything has to be in a class methodology (which just drives me freakin' nuts).

> 

> Out of curiosity, I'm assuming that you can't use Javascript/HTML and then wrap with PhoneGap?

> 

> Lennard Feddersen

> Owner, Rusty Axe Games,

> www.RustyAxe.com

> 250-635-7623

> 

> 

> On 04/08/2011 10:52 AM, oscar is oscar wrote:

>> I agree that Unity may be more "gun" than is needed for this fight,

>> but the client wants mobile AND web clients. And the popularity of

>> Unity leads me to believe that finding the right developer for the

>> project's budget will be a bit easier.

>> 

>> I'm not sold yet on which is the RIGHT platform, yet.

>> 

>> But damned if Unity isn't looking better and better.

>> 

>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Rob C<rcarroll23 at hotmail.com>  wrote:

>>> I’ve worked with developers that have used Marmalade and Moai for their

>>> mobile platforms and they have been pretty happy with them.

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> http://www.madewithmarmalade.com/

>>> 

>>> http://getmoai.com/

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Unity is definitely one of the best platforms out there currently, but if

>>> you’re only looking to do a 2d card game it might be more engine then you

>>> need.

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Rob

>>> 

>>>> From: oscar.oscar.oscar at gmail.com

>>>> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 12:17:31 -0400

>>>> To: Casual_Games at igda.org

>>>> Subject: [casual_games] Salutations. Seeking Recommendation for an

>>>> Android/iPhone Game Development Platform for a Multiplayer Card Game...

>>>> 

>>>> I'm seeking out tech to make a card game for a client.

>>>> 

>>>> Caveats:

>>>> 

>>>> Game will be multiplayer, online and local (people whipping out their

>>>> mobiles and playing together).

>>>> Game will also have a single player mode (human vs. AI)

>>>> 

>>>> I am considering Flash (people seem to appreciate its new ability to

>>>> output to iOS), Unity3d, and a few other options, but I would REALLY

>>>> appreciate the learned wisdom of you guys out there.

>>>> 

>>>> Any engines/development environments out there I should be considering?

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> Obliged,

>>>> Oscar Aird

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Jeff Murray
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