Torque 2D is an extremely powerful, flexible, and fast open source engine dedicated to 2D game development.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Chrome OS
- iPad
Mini Micro Alternatives
Mini Micro is described as 'Easy-to-learn environment for game programming, all based on MiniScript, a new language explicitly designed to be simple, syntax-light, and easy to use while still having all the power and expressiveness you need' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Mini Micro for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Mini Micro alternative is LÖVE, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mini Micro are microStudio, TIC-80, PICO-8 and Pygame.
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25 Picotron alternativesPicotron 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.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Raspberry Pi
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Picotron is the most popular commercial alternative to Mini Micro.
- Picotron is Paid and Proprietary
- Picotron is Lightweight
Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D video games. It is ideal for beginning programmers, or programmers who want to create 2D games without learning a complex framework.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Solar2D is a Lua based cross-platform framework with focus on ease of iterations and usage. ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems.
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.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPhone
- iPad
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PQ93 is a fantasy console for making small games. It is available to download and run natively, but you can play the demo in-browser above. Included in PQ93 is a command shell and editors for code, sprites, sound effects, music patterns, and maps.
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Oxygine is completely free and open source (MIT license) 2D game engine, available on GitHub. It is written in C++ and runs on MacOSX, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- iPad
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.
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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.
CHROMA-60 is a Fantasy Computer programmed in assembly language for an emulated 8-bit CPU and has a scanline based renderer that supports raster effects and allows for very colorful images despite the 1-bit display.
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