MonoGame might be a bit more popular than SpriteKit. We know about 2 links to it since March 2021 and only 2 links to SpriteKit. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I don't recommend it but what you are looking for is probably Spritekit. Maybe it can be useful to give you an easy start and get you more interested. Source: almost 2 years ago
There are tutorials on https://www.raywenderlich.com that I can recommend. Also Apple's Documentation is usually good: https://developer.apple.com/spritekit/. Source: about 2 years ago
LibGDX is great, but I can understand if it's not for some people. This also applies to love2d, raylib and Monogame. Source: 5 months ago
I followed the Getting Started instructions on monogame.net. Source: over 2 years ago
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