Microsoft MakeCode Arcade Alternatives

Microsoft MakeCode Arcade is described as 'Develop your programming skills by quickly creating and modding retro arcade games with Blocks, JavaScript and Python in the online MakeCode editor, the offline app or your own local pxt-arcade server' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Microsoft MakeCode Arcade for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Microsoft MakeCode Arcade alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft MakeCode Arcade are GDevelop, Scratch, TIC-80 and GameMaker.

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  1. Bitsy icon
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    Bitsy is a little editor for little games or worlds. The goal is to make it easy to make games where you can walk around and talk to people and be somewhere.

    22 Bitsy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. nano JAMMER icon
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    The nano JAMMER is a fantasy console for tiny games. It is perfect for hobby coding, a game programming course, and tweetjams.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Gandi IDE icon
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    Gandi IDE is an in-browser game engine, a mod of MIT Scratch with collaboration features that allow scratchers to design and code together in real-time. Gandi also contains many extensions to help developers make multi-player online games including MMO, MOBA, PvP, and PvE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. WASM-4 icon
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    WASM-4 is a low-level fantasy game console for building small games with WebAssembly. Game cartridges (ROMs) are small, self-contained .wasm files that can be built with any programming language that compiles to WebAssembly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. PaletAI icon
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    App to create, play, and share AI-generated mobile games, no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  6. Picotron icon
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    Picotron is a Fantasy Workstation: a self-contained creative environment built for imaginary hardware. Create cute Lua apps that can be run inside Picotron as windowed userland processes, shared as cartridge files, or exported to stand-alone HTML apps.

    25 Picotron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  7. LowRes NX icon
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    LowRes NX is a simulated retro game console which can be programmed in the classic BASIC language. Make your own retro games on a virtual game console. Create sprites, tile maps, sound and music with the included tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. BASIC8 icon
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    BASIC8 is an integrated Fantasy Computer. Create, share and play disks in a modern BASIC dialect. Use built-in tools like sprite, tile and map editor to develop games fast while having fun with retro aesthetics.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  9. Tynker icon
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    Learn to code, mod Minecraft and build games with Tynker's easy-to-learn, visual programming courses. Tynker is the online platform that makes it fun to learn computer programming for 4th through 8th graders.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Minecraft
     
  10. MEG-4 icon
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    MEG-4 (pronouned as "MEGA", 'meg?) is a free and open-source, virtual fantasy game console. It's similar to PICO-8 and TIC-80, but simpler to use, more featureful, and much more performant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. VectorBoy icon
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    VectorBoy is a fantasy console that can be used to play your own games written in the LUA scripting language. Unlike other systems of its kind, it doesn't use pixels to display graphics. Instead, the screen displays straight lines to form graphics of all kinds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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