2D Game Engines

text-mode game with its own editor and scripting language

for graphical point-and-click adventure games

Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine (for classic NES/SNES/GBA-style RPGs)

for rpgs! (costs $, but never buy it at full price! they go on sale in almost every steam sale)

Discuss RPG maker on the forum!

any genre; use a drag-and-drop visual programming language or a scripting language (GML)

for visual novels

any genre; code in Lua

HTML5 puzzle game engine

any genre; 2D or 3D; code in GDscript or C#

tiny point & click maker

for little adventure games and stories

bitsy hacks: code you can paste into your game to add new functions

any genre; drag-and-drop visual editor; games compatible with the limitations of the gameboy

multimedia engine inspired by HyperCard

Discuss Decker on the forum!

for narrative games with RPG features, visual novels, and interactive fiction

place photos, gifs, and text to create a little world for a character to walk around in!