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Ask HN: which platform/framework should I begin game development on?
2 points by ilovegames on March 5, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
I have been a programmer for well over a decade, and have been working at a big company for the past 4 years, and am familiar with Java, C#, Javascript, HTML.

I would like to develop something on my own in my free time and I have a few ideas for some games that I would personally find fun to play. These games are 2D and can be extended to support multiplayer.

I have no piror game development experience, other than some copying BASIC code from some magazine in the early years.

For a start, I just want to have something working. Thinking ahead, it would be nice to have some revenue, and even have the games on multiple platforms without having to rewrite everything.

Should I use Java, Flash, HTML5, Javascript, iOS, XNA or some other game development frameworks or engines?



Best way to start is to code and learn. Pick any engine and start coding. Java, C++ and/or Python are OGRE-3D, Panda 3D, Unity.


http://unity3d.com/ is fairly popular these days.




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