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Sat, 11/08/2008 - 10:50 by SpindleyQThu, 04/05/2012 - 07:04 by SpindleyQ

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Hey, let's have a thread listing all of the rapid game development tools we know about! I'll keep the list updated. Hey, let's have a thread listing all of the rapid game development tools we know about! I'll keep the list updated.
-[list][*][url=http://glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/197]Klik N' Play[/url] (freeish, terribly buggy, beloved by all) +[list][*][url=http://glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/197]Klik N' Play[/url] (free, terribly buggy, [[KNP:Running_On_a_64-bit_OS doesn't work on 64-bit]], beloved by all)
-[*][url=http://www.scirra.com/]Construct[/url] (free) +[*][url=http://scratch.mit.edu/]Scratch[/url] (free, multiplatform, designed as an educational tool)
-[*][url=http://scratch.mit.edu/]Scratch[/url] (free) +[*][url=http://www.scirra.com/construct-classic/]Construct Classic[/url] (free, open-source, Windows, not really updated)
 +[*][url=http://www.stencyl.com/]Stencyl[/url] (free lite version, multiplatform, produces Flash games)
 +[*][url=http://www.yoyogames.com/make]Game Maker[/url] (free lite version, Windows)
 +[*][url=http://www.renpy.org/]Ren'Py[/url] (free / open-source, crossplatform everything, great for visual novels, questionable for anything else)
 +[*][url=http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/]Adventure Game Studio[/url] (free, games vaguely crossplatform, editor Windows-only)
 +[*][url=http://clickteam.com/eng/index.php]Multimedia Fusion / The Games Factory[/url] (François Lionet sez: Get $20 off everything with coupon code GTFGR4U. Good 'til June!)
 +[*][url=http://www.scirra.com/]Construct[/url] (HTML5 output, free lite version)
 +[*][url=http://www.processing.org/]Processing[/url] (free, multiplatform, simple Java-ish programming environment)
 +[*][url=http://unity3d.com/]Unity[/url] (free, multiplatform, 3D, requires programming)
 +[*][b]---- TOOLS BEYOND THIS POINT ARE WEIRD ----[/b]
[*][url=http://www.byond.com/]BYOND[/url] (free, networked) [*][url=http://www.byond.com/]BYOND[/url] (free, networked)
-[*][url=http://www.rtsoft.com/novashell]Novashell[/url] (free, crossplatform) +[*][url=http://www.verge-rpg.com/]VERGE[/url] (free, RPG-oriented, crossplatform)
 +[*][url=http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?act=home]MegaZeux[/url] (free, textish, [url=http://www.digitalmzx.net/wiki/index.php?title=MegaZeux]platforms?[/url])
 +[*][url=http://zzt.belsambar.net/]ZZT[/url] (DOS, even more textish)
[*][url=http://gamedev.sourceforge.net/]Scrolling Game Development Kit[/url] (free, Windows) [*][url=http://gamedev.sourceforge.net/]Scrolling Game Development Kit[/url] (free, Windows)
[*][url=http://sgdk2.sourceforge.net/]Scrolling Game Development Kit 2[/url] (free, Windows) [*][url=http://sgdk2.sourceforge.net/]Scrolling Game Development Kit 2[/url] (free, Windows)
-[*][url=http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/]Adventure Game Studio[/url] (free, games vaguely crossplatform, editor Windows-only)  
-[*][url=http://www.yoyogames.com/make]Game Maker[/url] (free lite version, Windows)  
[*][url=http://eicart.free.fr/rgd2/us/index.htm]Ray Game Designer 2[/url] (free, 3D) [*][url=http://eicart.free.fr/rgd2/us/index.htm]Ray Game Designer 2[/url] (free, 3D)
[*][url=http://www.zgameeditor.org/]ZGameEditor[/url] (free, 3D, crossplatform, procedural) [*][url=http://www.zgameeditor.org/]ZGameEditor[/url] (free, 3D, crossplatform, procedural)
-[*][url=http://www.processing.org/]Processing[/url] (free, Java) +[*][url=http://www.rtsoft.com/novashell]Novashell[/url] (free, crossplatform)
-[*][url=http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?act=home]MegaZeux[/url] (free, textish, [url=http://www.digitalmzx.net/wiki/index.php?title=MegaZeux]platforms?[/url]) +
-[*][url=http://zzt.belsambar.net/]ZZT[/url] (DOS, even more textish) +
-[*][url=http://www.verge-rpg.com/]VERGE[/url] (free, RPG-oriented, crossplatform) +
-[*][url=http://clickteam.com/eng/index.php]Multimedia Fusion / The Games Factory[/url] +
-[*][url=http://unity3d.com/]Unity[/url] (MacOS editor, crossplatform deployment) +
[*][url=http://www.dsgamemaker.com/]DS Game Maker[/url] (Nintendo DS) [*][url=http://www.dsgamemaker.com/]DS Game Maker[/url] (Nintendo DS)
[*][url=http://clickteam.com/eng/downloadcenter.php?i=58]AMOS / STOS[/url] (Amiga / Atari ST) [*][url=http://clickteam.com/eng/downloadcenter.php?i=58]AMOS / STOS[/url] (Amiga / Atari ST)
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Mon, 03/17/2008 - 16:14 — SpindleyQ

Hey, let's have a thread listing all of the rapid game development tools we know about! I'll keep the list updated.

  1. Klik N' Play (free, terribly buggy, doesn't work on 64-bit, beloved by all)
  2. Scratch (free, multiplatform, designed as an educational tool)
  3. Construct Classic (free, open-source, Windows, not really updated)
  4. Stencyl (free lite version, multiplatform, produces Flash games)
  5. Game Maker (free lite version, Windows)
  6. Ren'Py (free / open-source, crossplatform everything, great for visual novels, questionable for anything else)
  7. Adventure Game Studio (free, games vaguely crossplatform, editor Windows-only)
  8. Multimedia Fusion / The Games Factory (François Lionet sez: Get $20 off everything with coupon code GTFGR4U. Good 'til June!)
  9. Construct (HTML5 output, free lite version)
  10. Processing (free, multiplatform, simple Java-ish programming environment)
  11. Unity (free, multiplatform, 3D, requires programming)
  12. ---- TOOLS BEYOND THIS POINT ARE WEIRD ----
  13. BYOND (free, networked)
  14. VERGE (free, RPG-oriented, crossplatform)
  15. MegaZeux (free, textish, platforms?)
  16. ZZT (DOS, even more textish)
  17. Scrolling Game Development Kit (free, Windows)
  18. Scrolling Game Development Kit 2 (free, Windows)
  19. Ray Game Designer 2 (free, 3D)
  20. ZGameEditor (free, 3D, crossplatform, procedural)
  21. Novashell (free, crossplatform)
  22. DS Game Maker (Nintendo DS)
  23. AMOS / STOS (Amiga / Atari ST)
  24. Garry Kitchen's GameMaker (C64)

Anything else worth looking at?

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