Choosing a game engine.

[GrayTech]

Hey Guys!

I want to get into programming games. I gathered some information and now I have to choose a game engine. What is the best free game engines for beginners who want to code some very simple 2D games?

[McHox]

8 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

Hey Guys!

I want to get into programming games. I gathered some information and now I have to choose a game engine. What is the best free game engines for beginners who want to code some very simple 2D games?

so you want something to code with? ue4 has good c++ support

i also think that you dont need a engine if you only wanna do some simple projects

[minibois]

Unity3D (which despite its name, can do 2D games) is a pretty cool engine.

[pagani123]

I dont think you need to use an engine for those kind of games.

[GrayTech]

6 minutes ago, McHox said:

i also think that you dont need a engine if you only wanna do some simple projects

 

3 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

 

I dont think you need to use an engine for those kind of games.

 

Oh ok. But then I need some other program.

[gemina]

if you want to make very simple 2D games, i'd recommend to just program it in JAVA. it can be any programming language you want and preferably one you are already familiar with, but JAVA has good native support for 2D games. this tutorial covers the basics for JAVA and is a great start.

[MoVo]

JavaScript game engineUnity3D's 2D game support is great and for personal use, it's free. For 2D games you also could think about a JavaScript game engine.

[Clechay]

Check out SFML for C++

[straight_stewie]

C++ is pretty good at doing basic games in the console, or so I've heard.