Which language/framework should I use for creating a Facebook Application (Video Game) ?

Question

I'm planning to write a simple 2D game that I want to deploy as a facebook application.

Which language would you advise me to use for developing the game ?

Is flash my best and more reliable bet or is there any other viable alternative ?

Answer 1

Yes, Flash is the best bet to have the maximum possible reach. Any other alternative will reach a smaller public, except for pure HTML+Javascript. That you can pull it off using only HTML+Javascript depends on your mad h4ck1ng sk1lls and on the game you plan to write.

And of course you need some server with a server side language to write all the boilerplate code needed for a facebook app to interact with facebook as described here.