I had been doing my own research recently on 2d frameworks and engines to use, and while I don't have any experience with the following, they do seem to have a

I had been doing my own research recently on 2d frameworks and engines to use, and while I don't have any experience with the following, they do seem to have a fair amount of respect within the game dev communities: https://love2d.org/ https://love2d.org/ http://www.sfml-dev.org/ http://www.sfml-dev.org/