Benchmarking de motores de jogos 2D

Abstract

The free engines for game development have been a key element for the popularization and growth of the games market, since they speed up the production process, reducing complexity and time of implementation. The selection of the engine to be used in a new project is generally supported by two criteria: the set of features it offers and the performance that can be achieved in the resulting game. Building performance tests that can measure the performance of different engines and, thus, help in this decision can be a problem for developers, as there is a considerable cost of time involved. In this context, the objective of this project was to build benchmarking applications (comparative evaluation) that allow the performance profiling and stress tests on resources of different engines of two open source 2D engines: Phaser and LÖVE. To this end, three stress tests were implemented on different systems (Windows, Linux and Android), which allowed data collection for a comparative assessment between the engines. Based on the analysis of the results, it was observed that the LÖVE engine obtained better results on the established performance criteria. It is hoped that the results of this project can assist developers in selecting the most suitable engine for their needs.