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AresEd vs Defold Engine

A side-by-side look at AresEd and Defold Engine. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

AresEd

AresEd

Games

AresEd is a free, open source level editor for creating and editing game levels and mods. It features support for visual WYSIWYG editing, terrain sculpting tools, entity and script placement, and integration with Source engine games like Counter-Strike and Half-Life 2.

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Defold Engine

Defold Engine

Games

Defold is a free, open source game engine designed for 2D game development. It uses the Lua programming language and offers a full editor for building and debugging games. Defold is focused on cross-platform publishing and offers native deployment to iOS, Android, HTML5, Windows, macOS and Linux.

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