Monkey 2 is described as 'Cross platform programming language aiming at game development. Write your code once in an easy to use language called the Monkey code and publish to multiple platforms. The Monkey code compile to native code best for each platform such as Java and JavaScript so' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Monkey 2 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Monkey 2 alternative is Blitz3D, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Monkey 2 are Cerberus X, PlayBasic, RCBasic and AppGameKit Classic.
BlitzMax is a strongly-typed, garbage-collected, open-source, cross-platform programming language with built-in support for advanced 2D graphics, sound, unicode and is ideally suited to making all kinds of apps and games.
