What Flash Framework For Soccer game?

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I'm a new Flash games developer, i just created my first game in Flash using FlashPunk, it was great, now i'm supposed to create a single player vs cpu soccer game, exactly like this one : Kung Foot.

As i said, i find FlashPunk a good Framework, but i'm opting for better performance and heavy graphics, i'm actually think about either Citrus or Flixil.

They both use Box2D for collisions, but i've heard that Citrus would be the right choice if it was a platform game.

I don't know if there are any other well documented Frameworks out there, what do you think !

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 20 '15 at 12:29

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I think starling is best decision in your case.

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.. Thank you for your reply, can i ask why do you think Starling is a better one than Flixel ? – Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad Jan 20 '15 at 14:37
I have never used and I don't know features of Flixel, but I can say why starling is good engine for you, 1. it's cross platform 2. it has good Performance 3. great graphic (you can make absolutely same thinks what you have in your design file) 4. and what is important for you it's ideal for platform games, I advise you from my practice if my answer is helpful, please, vote up :) – oto lolua Jan 20 '15 at 14:48
if you gonna make games... I think the best way for this is unity... it's more simple than any flash framework – oto lolua Jan 20 '15 at 14:51
.. I see, but i was thinking that the game i'm trying to make is not a platform game, and when it comes to cross platform the game is meant to be only on Flash. – Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad Jan 20 '15 at 14:53
.. Exactly, in fact the game will also be created on Unity by another team member, i'm the responsible for the Flash version. – Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad Jan 20 '15 at 14:54
if you write on Unity, why do you try to make flash version? – oto lolua Jan 20 '15 at 17:28
.. Because the use the games of unity in the browser you need a specific plugin, not well known as Adobe Flash – Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad Jan 20 '15 at 18:09
you can build unity as swf – oto lolua Jan 20 '15 at 18:31
..Check this one mate : http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/24/flash-takes-another-step-towards-death-as-unity-drops-support/ – Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad Jan 21 '15 at 10:23
i decided to use Straling just like you suggested, i managed to use also Box2D, i'm trying to set Spine as well, but i can't get a way to use it with Box2D, do you have any idea howa that can be done ? – Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad Jan 28 '15 at 15:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '15 at 07:02

Citrus isn't really an engine as much as it is a collection of other tools to make development easier. It takes a rendering engine (like starling or away3D) and a phyics engine (like nape or box2d) and bundles them together for you, providing some functionality to make the process of using them easier. (Like the ability to add a virtual joystick to the screen in one line of code. However, you could do all of these things on your own and be just as successful.

If you plan on using Citrus, be very careful. It's great for getting stuff up and running quickly, but the documentation can be very iffy sometimes. For example SimpleCitrusSolver is used in a lot of their tutorial documentation, but it is broken in newer versions. I recommend reading about the logic behind every library function you use from citrus, instead of letting it be a magic library that does nape and starling for you.

As far as what framework is the best, it's really a personal choice. They all will let you accomplish the things you want to do, just go with what feels the most comfortable.

.. That's a great way to see thing, and yes i couldn't agree more when it comes to the Documentation, i started working with Starling and i was hoping i'll get to use Spine framework on the way to get the benefit of Skeleton animations, still i can't find good resources out there, i'm all ears for any advice :) — Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad, Jun 16 '15 at 11:08
Whenever I want to knock out a graphical application, I use LibGDX. There isn't any particular reason (other than the fact I know it will run on anything I want it to, and I'm very comfortable with Java). My best advice is to take something and run with it. There is no best framework for making soccer games. — dustinroepsch, Aug 15 '15 at 05:58

What Flash Framework For Soccer game?

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