   Engine Selection
  I have no clue where to post this, so if it is in the wrong area, Please move. I am looking into making a 2d game, I am not great at programming, but I can do some. I am looking into 2d game engines, I don't want something like Torque. I was looking into using an engine that used SDL, TinyXML, ODE, etc. I was wondering if there was a good engine out there like that and what it was.   
  Actually XNA and C# are pretty darn easy for 2d stuff.  There are a lot of tutorials out there and a bit of sample code.  It is not an "engine" exactly but it gives you the flexibility and ease that you should want.theTroll   ;  I haven't used it, but Orb looks like a good fit.  Powerful, but with lots of scripting.I've HGE and it's great, very easy to use.  However you'll need to plug in a physics engine, and it's still C++ so if you're not comfortable with that..   