{"author_name":"tinyworlds","cat":"LD #26","comments":[{"author_name":"Entity2D","time":"April 6, 2013 5:44 pm","epoch":1365288240,"text":"I&#8217;m not really a C++ programmer, but I&#8217;ve seen some good results from SFML:","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"dj_pale","time":"April 6, 2013 6:40 pm","epoch":1365291600,"text":"I would recommend giving Haxe with NME and an engine like HaxePunk a shot. Using them myself, it&#8217;s a blast. Using FlashDevelop gives you quite decent code completion also.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Osgeld","time":"April 6, 2013 8:06 pm","epoch":1365296760,"text":"as I said in another post, learning a new system 3 weeks before this thing kicks off is generally a bad idea.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 8, 2013 12:14 pm","epoch":1365441240,"text":"It may be not the best idea. I want to get away from Flash, since they dropped Linux support..<br \/>\n Hmm.. I could go with the current stable version of Scratch, which is very easy to use, but feature-lacking and not extensionfriendly(no object-cloning!) but can create Java and Flash executables. The Beta is ways better, but only supports Flash..<br \/>\n Gonna search for a simple engine on my own.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1365272400,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"47168","p_author":"tinyworlds","p_authorkey":"504334","p_urlkey":"82831","p_title":"Framework Suggestions?","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1365272400","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"4","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504334","us_name":"tinyworlds","us_username":"tinyworlds","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<p><span style=\"color: #333300\">I wonder if you could help me picking a framework\/engine to use for Ludum Dare.<\/span><\/p>\n <p>I previously used Scratch and Stencyl (drag&amp;drop coding) for 2D games and now am looking for a slightly more advanced, but still quick framework. I have experience in a language similar to C++, too (Cubescript and derivates).<\/p>\n <p><span style=\"color: #333300\">It should fit as many of this points as possible:<\/span><br \/>\n &#8211; easy to learn for someone who has medium coding experience<br \/>\n &#8211; flexible<br \/>\n &#8211; good performance<br \/>\n &#8211; good for creating quick prototypes<br \/>\n &#8211; cross platform (at least Linux and Windows)<\/p>\n <p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300\">If you have any framework in mind fitting this points, than post it in the comments below.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n Thank you in advance <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>","time":"April 6th, 2013 1:20 pm","title":"Framework Suggestions?"}