{"author_name":"deathray","cat":"LD #31","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"November 21, 2014 2:47 am","epoch":1416556020,"text":"I say Phaser, especially if you&#8217;re traditionally a from-scratch-er. I find the visual componentized nature of unity makes me feel very removed from the structure of my code, and I&#8217;m a code thinker, not a visual thinker so I need that structure.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"rsergiu2003","time":"November 21, 2014 5:18 am","epoch":1416565080,"text":"well, depends very much what you want to achieve, if you want to focus on the game and create great content you should go for unity&#8230;. if you are more of a code guy maybe pick something else. I go with unity because I can focus on the game not loose time with &#8220;engine&#8221; stuff&#8230;.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"tjxx","time":"November 21, 2014 8:11 am","epoch":1416575460,"text":"I would agree to both comments above. Although developing with Unity is a bit quicker and you can create some amazing content in record time, it does abstract you away from the actual code piece a little. By this I mean that for the majority of your time in the Unity interface you are going to be stuck looking at the visual side of it. Phaser is a HTML5 game engine which uses javascript so I personally feel that you would enjoy that a little more and be more comfortable using it since you have a strong javascript background.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1416545280,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"25991","p_author":"deathray","p_authorkey":"17861","p_urlkey":"61413","p_title":"What should I use?","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1416545280","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"3","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"17861","us_name":"deathray","us_username":"deathray","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>JavaScript programmer here&#8230; I&#8217;ve usually started from scratch for\u00a0the JavaScript\/HTML\/CSS games I&#8217;ve made for Ludum Dare in the past. But I&#8217;m thinking of starting with some kind of framework this time around. Community &#8212; What do you recommend?<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/11\/20\/what-should-i-use\/framework_question\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-398332\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-398332\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/framework_question.png\" alt=\"Phaser or Unity?\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/framework_question-300x240.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/framework_question.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>PS- I&#8217;m in! Regardless of framework\/tools&#8230;<\/p>","time":"November 20th, 2014 11:48 pm","title":"What should I use?"}