Need game development sandbox like Etoys to do 2D games prototyping
- by Dimitry Tato
I am new to game development, and currently working on development a mobile 2D game (for android).
As the part of the development process, I need to build a prototype and playtest it, to see if the game mechanics and user interaction is ok
For example:
if I have a starship shooting at ememies, I need to see
what's the best size for my starship.
what trajectories should the enemy ships fly and what velocity.
Should the enemy ships be coming only from left to right, or also from top
Should the enemy ships form a 'flock' or just fly by themselves
what's the best 'powerup' pickup mechanics: to shoot it, or to pick it with the ship etc
Implementing these details directly in Java (Android) is time consuming and as many of the 'hypotheses' will be rejected, I also don't want to invest a lot of time to code thigs, majority of which gonna be rejected.
I found 'tool' Etoys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34cWCnLC5nM&feature=related
and official website
http://www.squeakland.org/
which helps to build 'prototype' quickly, but Etoys is meant for children learning programming and is too basic.
SO MY QUESTION IS: Is there any prototyping tool, as simple as Etoys and with better prototype quality?
