
This means if Unity 5 is released and you have Unity 4 then you will need to pay again to upgrade. This price usually gets you all upgrades for that version of unity only. Flash Player Unity, iOS unity and Android Unity cost $400 each as extensions to the normal free Unity software and $1500 EACH as extensions for the pro version. Unit圓D – Unit圓D is expensive but very powerful for 3D Unit圓D is free for the basic play version and $1500 for the pro version.

The process is simple, but you still need to code up the game in Xcode/cocos2d.
GAMESALAD OR CORONA FULL
Here is a link to more information and a full tutorial about cocosBuilder from Zynga.Ĭonclusion after trying Cocosbuilder with the Zynga guide on 04 March 2013 – Cocosbuilder is for making the animations and layout only and is not a complete system like I hoped.
GAMESALAD OR CORONA INSTALL
Cocosbuilder is free! Cocosbuilder is quite complicated to setup, and it’s a good idea to install cocos2d templates for Xcode, and of course xcode, first. It tries to remove some of the boring coding from cocos2d and is aiming to allow you to make animations for your game quickly and easily. It’s more like flash CS5 in some ways, with animation, assets and is a similar setup, with a built in IDE. Active development community.ĬocosBuilder – Cocosbuilder is the new programming system for cocos. But if you know C++ I would say this is the best option or one of the best options. Cocos2d-x can make apps for iPhone, iPod and iPad, as well as Android devices. This uses the c++ Native programming language for making your games and apps. Sad face.Ĭocos2d-x – Special Cocos2d that also makes Android apps. It really ruins the experience because previously it had the publishing part inside the application, without needing the online part and they just changed it recently to be greedy. I was excited about using Gamesalad until I saw the online publishing thing. Your source code, your asset files, you custom code and your idea, they get everything you made. This is bad if you want to keep your game a secret because once you upload they get everything. Then from there you fill in the details online and can download the files you need to put the game on the Android (if you pay) or iTunes Apple iStore. To publish your game with GameSalad you have to click publish in the program and upload it to their servers.

Pros of Gamesalad: Drag and drop programming, very easy to use and program with for fun, Gamesalad is great for prototyping game ideas fast.Ĭons of Gamesalad: Online publishing network system ONLY.
GAMESALAD OR CORONA UPDATE
It has a negative reaction from the forums after an event a few years ago where many moved away from the platform, but seems okay.ĭetailed update on Gamesalad 03 March 2013- I have just used finished using Gamesalad for a week and below is my review – Gamesalad Pro costs $299/year and let’s you publish your Gamesalad game to Android and Windows 8. GameSalad – Free to make iOS games with Gamesalad.

It has a very good marketing department so it looks like the best option, but is not because of it’s serious restrictions. Easy to use, but high price and I don’t want online compilation. To build your app with Corona you have to send it to them online to compile.

It is expensive at $199/year for iOS and another $199/year for Android. Corona is very simple to use and has the easiest and shortest LUA syntax of all the LUA programming frameworks I looked at.
