List of game programming languages

Unlike most items on this list, LÖVE is not a "programming language", it is a framework but the reason I include it on this list and recommend it is that LÖVE is portable and include everything we need to code, run and share games. We can use Lua to code which is a very simple scripting language and we can deploy our games to all popular platforms. However, LÖVE does not come with an IDE but it is not a bad thing. We can use any text and code editor to program our games and we can run our code using LÖVE without any complicated setup required. In case we prefer an IDE, there is a dedicated Lua IDE called ZeroBrane Studio that does support LÖVE out of the box and offer a similar integrated, all-in-one experience to code, debug and run games like other game programming tools mentioned on this list and there are extensions available to many popular text and code editors too. It makes LÖVE (and Lua) a really good alternative for complete beginners who looking for a simple way to get started with game programming while also offer freedom to dive deep in to code and program everything from scratch using any code editor you prefer.

AppGameKit is a simple cross platform game development tool that runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and Raspberry Pi. A version to run on Android and iOS is also available. With AppGameKit you can use a simple Basic like programming language to develop cross platform applications, 2D...

Cerberus X is a cross-platform, easy to learn object-oriented programming language focusing on game development with a powerful set of APIs that make it easy to draw lightning fast graphics on all supported platforms To achieve this, Cerberus X translate our code to the target...

BlitzMax is a strongly-typed, garbage-collected, open-source, cross-platform programming language with built-in support for advanced 2D graphics, sound, unicode and is ideally suited to making all kinds of apps and games.

PlayBasic is a game programming language that gives new programmers the flexibility and feature set for rapid game development, without the complexity or cost. So everybody can experience the challenge of game programming again!

This is a programming software, "SmileBASIC", that allows you to create and play games with Nintendo Switch! The programming language is "SmileBASIC" which is the most suitable language for creating games.

GLBasic is a cross-platform programming language aiming at game development with OpenGL.

RCBasic is a free and open source dialect of the BASIC programming language. It is intended to be a simple and powerful language for developing games and multimedia software with many built-in functions to aid in game and multimedia application development.

Monkey 2 is a cross platform programming language aiming at game development. Write your code once in an easy to use language called the Monkey code and publish to multiple platforms. The Monkey code compile to native code best for each platform such as Java and JavaScript so...

Create 2D and 3D Games for Windows.

If you've been yearning to create games but have been frustrated by the complexity of programming languages such as C++ or Java, you've come to the right place!

Blitz3D provides a simple yet powerful environment for game creation - s.

BlitzMax is a versatile desktop development environment for developers of all shapes and sizes.

• Create 2D Games for Windows. BlitzPlus provides developers with a complete 2D programming solution for the PC. Utilising a BASIC/C hybrid language for use with its compiler, BlitzPlus is capable of creating any type of 2D program, with minimal development-time and with minimal.

DarkBASIC Professional is an advanced game development package built on the BASIC language, features more than 1000 commands that are geared towards game development, giving you an extremely powerful tool that is easy to use.

Monkey is a modular language. You can create your own custom modules and use other people's - including the awesome box2d and minib3d modules!.

Lite-C is a programming language for multimedia applications and personal computer games, using a syntax subset of the C language with some elements of the C++ language. Its main difference to C is the native implementation of multimedia and computer game related objects like...

sdlBasic is a small, efficient and multiplatform basic interpreter aimed to game creation using the power of SDL library, it was inspired by the old and glorious AMOS.