2D cross-platform game engine

Question

I would like to create a 2D mobile game that could run on all devices (ios, android and windows phone).
For doing this I thought to use a game-engine but it seems to me like I am cheating. Is honest, for a programmer, use a game-engine? If yes, which one you advise to me?

Answer 1

Advantages of game engine :

• Most if not all of the coding is done for you, so all you have to worry about is content, level layout, etc.

• Along those lines, memory management, asset loading, lighting (in complex engines), etc has all been designed and tested thoroughly (hopefully).

• As mentioned below, if the engine is cross platform you will have to do little to no work to port your game.

• Built In Physics (2d or 3d)

• Rendering on a stable framerate

• Resource management (images, sound, data files)

• Better User interface

I Suggest you to use Unity Game Engine

It is Very Easy to learn

It support 22 Platform with same code or little change and the platforms are here

Answer 2

Cheating? Not at all

Many games are made with games engines. You will always get best results if you use game engines.

In terms of which ones are good, I would recommend GameMaker:studio. You can create games for many platforms including the ones you mentioned. There are also many tutorials online and on YouTube and it is so easy to learn. Unity is a good engine however I don't really like it because the game engine is not exactly light weight and exports are not light weight either (My game was almost a gigabyte once and it didn't even have anything!)