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Stencyl has a graphically scripting system that works great for beginners and games can be published to iOS, Android, Flash, Windows and Mac.
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LanguagesJava (editor), Haxe (engine)
Mobile targetsAndroid 4.0+, iOS 9+
Desktop targetsWindows 7+, Macintosh 10.14+, Linux
Dev platformsWindows 7+, Macintosh 10.14+, Linux
LicenseProprietary (editor), MIT (engine)
Distributed targetsHTML5
2DYes
3DNo
Console targetsnone
Supported languagesVisual programming, Haxe
Logic modelSnap-together script blocks
Behavior triggerBehavior-specific
Graphics APIOpenGL, OpenGL ES, WebGL
2D physicsBox2D
Notable gamesHollow Knight (prototype), Legends of IdleOn, Super/Tiny Dangerous Dungeons, Talk to Strangers, House, NEXT JUMP, Flapping Online...
Pros
Pro No coding required, great drag & drop interface
Visual scripting in Stencyl is based on the MIT Scratch project, which was designed to teach programming. Script elements fit together like puzzle pieces, ensuring that data and function types cannot be mismatched.
Pro The original concept for Ghost Song was created using Stencyl
The original concept for Ghost Song was created using Stencyl 3.x
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Stencyl
3 years ago
Stencyl is a commercial visual scripting game engine, arguably the most education- and children-friendly of its category, compared to GDevelop, Construct and others. But outside of this strength, several issues including limited performance (about 10-20x slower than average engines) and concerns about its fu...
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Slow release cyclePro
No coding required, great drag & drop interfacePro
Haxe scripting available for advanced usersCon
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