Creating a 2D game for RetroPie in Unity

[povoas]

For my school project I'm trying to create an arcade using a Raspberry Pi with RetroPie in it. The second part of the project would be creating a game for said arcade. I've trying to find the best platform to create the game on but I'm still not sure which one to choose.
Love2D was reccomended to me by my teacher however I feel like a software like Unity with an UI would help me alot. My question is could I use Unity somehow and would the RetroPie run it, or is .lua/LOVE my only option?

Thanks in advance.

[mitu]

You're not limited to Lua/LÖVE, you can use PyGame or Godot or really any other Linux supported library to develop your game.
There's a RPI book (Code the classics) dedicated to re-creating old retro games using PyGame and a magazine series dedicatd to gaming (Wireframe).

[ellohir]

Unity doesn't work but I think Löve is a great framework and very easy to code on. I also know they're very helpful on the official forums.

[hiulit]

@povoas If you are using a Pi4, you can use the Godot Engine to develop a game on it https://github.com/hiulit/Unofficial-Godot-Engine-Raspberry-Pi

[johne79]

@povoas said in Creating a 2D game for RetroPie in Unity:

For my school project I'm trying to create an arcade using a Raspberry Pi with RetroPie in it. The second part of the project would be creating a game for said arcade. I've trying to find the best platform to create the game on but I'm still not sure which one to choose.
Love2D was reccomended to me by my teacher however I feel like a software like Unity with an UI would help me alot. My question is could I use Unity somehow and would the RetroPie run it, or is .lua/LOVE my only option?

Thanks in advance.

I just saw a video for a Unity3D game running on an RPI4 via Box86: https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86

I haven't tested this but it sounds like the build process is you build your game for Linux x86, copy the deployment to the Pi, and then run Box86 on it.