Old School Beat 'em Up

Cocoabytes · April 7, 2015

Hoping someone knowledgable can help.
So i've alwasy liked the old school beat em ups like golden axe and streets of rage, and decided I like to try and make my own. I have a great (or at least I think it is) idea to go off of, but little to no programming knowledge.
What existing game engines and software would I need to use from start to finish to reach my goal? Also, is programming knowledge completely essential?

Thanks!

Lingering · April 7, 2015

Unity maybe, there are alot of videos and tutorials on the web try googling "unity 2d platformer" and have a look at some videos to see if thats what you want.

RedSphyxis · April 7, 2015

@Cocoabytes yes you definitely need knowledge in at least scripting to be able to make that game there are tons of free/paid 2d engines. The most popular would be either cocos2d-x or Unity

But there are also engines that don't require an extensive knowledge in programming like ClickTeam Fusion(The one Scott Cawthon uses for FNAF) but even so a game like "Beat 'em up" would require ton's of scripting and using clickteam's API IDE for scripting would be a total hassle. It would be easier/faster when using the traditional way of writing code.