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I'm new to mobile game development and I have a number of questions to ask. So if you could please answer them, it would be highly appreciated

  1. The game I'm trying to release is a 2D arcade game. My intention is to release it on both the iOS platform and the Android platform. My best language is Java, so I would like to use a game engine where I can code with that. Which game engine is the best to accomplish all of this?

  2. I know that to make an iOS game with Xcode you need to use a Mac. My question is, do you still need a Mac if you're making a game for iOS without Xcode (like with OpenGL or something

Thank you in advance

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Welcome to SE, but subjective questions, including "which technology" or "which engine do I pick" are off-topic for this website. You might try gpwiki – John McDonald Jun 4 '12 at 0:16

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"Best" is an extremely subjective thing. You need to list specific criteria and then, if you do the research, we might be able to help you find engines that meet those criteria.

Xcode and OpenGL are not mutually exclusive. Xcode is an IDE, whereas OpenGL is a graphics library. You can code with OpenGL in any (or, indeed, no) IDE. Xcode has nothing to do with the graphics library.

As for iOS development on Windows, you may want to check out this question. It was the second result on "google" for "iOS development on Windows."

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