DarkBasic Professional AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like DarkBasic Professional

DarkBasic Professional is described as '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' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DarkBasic Professional for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best DarkBasic Professional alternative is FNA, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DarkBasic Professional are Panda3D, ClickTeam Fusion, Cerberus X and PlayBasic.

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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.

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DarkBasic Professional alternatives page was last updated Jul 19, 2020
  1. FNA icon
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    FNA is a reimplementation of the Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh libraries.

    27 FNA alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Stadia
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    • FNA is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to DarkBasic Professional.

    • FNA is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DarkBasic Professional.

    • FNA is Free and Open SourceDarkBasic Professional is also Free and Open Source
  2. Panda3D icon
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    Panda3D is a game engine, a framework for 3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs. Panda3D is Open Source and free for any purpose, including commercial ventures, thanks to its liberal license. Go ahead and grab it here.

    29 Panda3D alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Panda3D Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Multiplayer
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  3D Renderer
    Panda3D iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  3. ClickTeam Fusion icon
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    [Multimedia Fusion 2 has been replaced by Clickteam Fusion 2.5.]

    Game and software creation has never been easier or quicker than with Clickteam Fusion 2.5!

    With Fusion 2.5’s amazing event editor system you are able to quickly generate games or apps.

    Within your first hour you.

    63 ClickTeam Fusion alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows

    ClickTeam Fusion Features

    1.  Visual Programming
    ClickTeam Fusion iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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    • ClickTeam Fusion is the most popular commercial alternative to DarkBasic Professional.

    • ClickTeam Fusion is Paid and ProprietaryDarkBasic Professional is Free and Open Source
  4. Cerberus X icon
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    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...

    36 Cerberus X alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    Cerberus X Features

    1.  Dynamic lighting
    2.  Object-oriented Language
    Cerberus X iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  5. PlayBasic icon
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    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!

    16 PlayBasic alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PlayBasic iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  6. Monkey 2 icon
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    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...

    14 Monkey 2 alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Monkey 2 iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  7. RCBasic icon
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    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.

    18 RCBasic alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  8. AppGameKit Classic icon
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    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...

    59 AppGameKit Classic alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    • HTML

    AppGameKit Classic Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Visual Editing
    3.  Networking and Multiplayer
    4.  2D and 3D physics
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  9. sdlBasic icon
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    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.

    69 sdlBasic alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    sdlBasic Features

    1.  KDE
    2.  Portal
    Discontinued

    No updates since 2012.

    sdlBasic iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  10. BlitzMax icon
     5 likes

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

    22 BlitzMax alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update was in February 2017, and the app only works for 32 bits systems.

    BlitzMax iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  11. BlitzPlus icon
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    • 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.
    22 BlitzPlus alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    BlitzPlus iconDarkBasic Professional Icon

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  12. AGKSharp icon
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    AGKSharp is a free implementation of AppGameKit to be used with C# and .NET.

    53 AGKSharp alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AGKSharp Features

    1.  C-sharp
    2.  Networking and Multiplayer
    3.  2D and 3D physics
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