Recommended platform / language for making very basic Mario clone

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    Standalone web client for Scratch

    • I mean if you REALLY want it to be bad, just use Scratch. ;)

  • Godot

    Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    • If you want something a little more complex but still beginner-friendly, Godot is really easy to learn and absolutely rocks at 2d games.

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  • Phaser

    Discontinued Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering. [Moved to: https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser] (by photonstorm)

    • You could do it in Javascript with phaser.io

  • corona

    Solar2D Game Engine main repository (ex Corona SDK) (by coronalabs)

    • Solar2D uses Lua, and is quite efficient in 2D games

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