Buildbox vs ct.js

Drag - and - drop editor without writing any line of code.

Buildbox is a drag and drop engine, making it easy for beginners to pick up. There are many tutorials available to help get you started.

Clear tutorials and a friendly community.

Buildbox has 20+ different game templates including templates for platformers, racing games and Flappy Bird clones.

You can add banner and interstitial ads from multiple ad networks, including AdMob, RevMob, Facebook. They can work with Amazon's, Microsoft's, Google's and Apple's app stores.

Exporting iOS/Android/macOS/Windows/Steam/Amazon

ct.js is bundled with examples, docs, and easy to follow tutorials. Documentation and tutorials are available in a side panel on every screen.

Starting with v1.0.0-next-1, you can now write WebGL games. WebGL support is based on Pixi.js.

ct.js supports tiles in rooms, including collision checks and some extra editor tools, like bulk migration to a new tile layer or shifting by an exact value.

ct.js aims to be a general game engine and provides tools in making games of any genre.

The built-in code editor comes with error checking, code completions, multiple cursors support, and other modern features.

ct.js has a "Core" library that provides basic drawing functions, room and asset management, and mouse interactions. Any other functions are added to projects as "catmods", or simply modules. These modules can be enabled or disabled in one click, and can inject their code in different game loop stages, e.g. after drawing all the objects, leaving a room, or when a new object is created.