This document compares and contrasts several game development engines and frameworks. Unity is mentioned as being familiar to artists and animators, allowing deployment to web and mobile via Adobe AIR, and having an easy-to-use UI system. Unreal Engine is described as performant and game-oriented, deploying to Android and iOS. Godot is said to deploy to almost every platform but that 2D development is not as straightforward. It recommends that small teams keep their games simple, test with users early, and iterate quickly.

6. Games
for
everyone

30. Gain
be/er
understanding
Stronger
mechanics
&
design
Iden9fy
bad
designs
or
mechanics
early
Innova9on

49. Artists & Animators are familiar with it
Deploys to web & mobile (via AIR)
Easy to create UI’s
Simple asset-pipeline

50. Performance
limita9ons
No
low
level
device
API’s

51. Performant
Game
oriented
Deploys
to
Android
&
iOS

52. Asset
pipeline
needs
some
extra
work
UI
can
be
difficult
Doesn’t
deploy
to
web

53. Deploys
to
almost
every
plaGorm
Very
good
3D
workflow
Live
changes
while
you
code

54. 2D
is
not
as
straighGorward

56. Small
teams
Keep
it
simple
User
test
&
iterate
Nothing
is
sacred
Know
when
to
stop

77. Built
by
a
small
team
1-­‐4
people
Tes9ng
started
really
early
Itera9ve
approach
Will
it
be
a
success?
Not
casual
enough