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About

Defold is a free and open source game engine designed for high-performance cross-platform game development. It comes fully featured out of the box, requiring no setup or configuration, allowing developers to simply download the editor and start creating. The engine includes a visual editor, code editor, Lua scripting, Lua debugger, scene editor, particle editor, and tilemap editor, and supports both 2D and 3D game development. With a single codebase and no need for external tools, Defold enables publishing to major platforms such as PlayStation5, PlayStation4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, Windows, Steam, HTML5, and Facebook. It offers a component-based system for building games, allowing the use of basic building blocks to create complex behavior, and supports writing game logic using Lua. Developers can add new functionality from the asset portal, set up their own local build environment, and write native code to extend the engine.

About

Create Your Own Games & Learn Computational Thinking. No-code: powerful visual programming. Share with your friends or submit games to the app stores! GameSalad turns gamers into game creators! With GameSalad, creators and learners ages 12 and beyond build the own mobile and web video games with a no-code visual programming system. Launched in 2010, GameSalad has been used by over one million aspiring game developers and has powered over 75 games that reached the top 100 in the App Store, including multiple #1 games. GameSalad for Education is in classrooms all over the world helping teachers build computer science and game design programs that build student confidence and mastery. Learn coding basics, build video games, meet other creators. All Camps include a 1-Year Home Education License. GameSalad Game Creation Camps are instructor guided virtual tech camps that will help your young learner become a game developer!

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Developers requiring a tool to create high-performance games across multiple platforms without incurring licensing costs

Audience

Anyone that wants to develop mobile and web video games

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$17 per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 2.0 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 1.0 / 5
design 2.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • - easy to learn programming logic concepts - drop an drag wysiwyg type build box - drop and drag logic for coding - cross platform publishing - easy to adapt physics

Cons

  • - huge drain on ram - can’t look at multiple actor logic - very restrictive in what you can build - no built in universal hud layering/device adjustment - doesn’t seem to have capacity to adjust to speeds of different devices so the game play experience across platforms is varied - regularly has glitches when apple or google make changes so it regularly need to catch up so it can actually be used - no 3d capacity. you can do pseudo 3d but at great expense to ram and functionality - fonts don’t scale relative to camera size (eg when using a zoom feature in a game) - the subscription price, especially when you factor in regular glitches with the creator and publishing - very basic layering - no parent/child ability on actors - no decent trial period to try the platform

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Defold
Founded: 2020
Sweden
defold.com

Company Information

GameSalad
Founded: 2007
United States
gamesalad.com

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AWS GameKit

Amazon

Categories

Categories

Game Development Features

2D
3D
Analytics
Animation
Asset Management
Drag & Drop
eCommerce
IT Asset Management
Network Management
Physics
Player Management
Prototyping
Virtual Reality

Integrations

Android
Apple iOS
Atom
Facebook
HTML
Lua
Rive
Spine
Tiled
Ubuntu
Visual Studio Code
Windows 10

Integrations

Android
Apple iOS
Atom
Facebook
HTML
Lua
Rive
Spine
Tiled
Ubuntu
Visual Studio Code
Windows 10
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