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[v2023.x.x, v3.x.x] Unity – Currently most popular multi-platform game engine

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Unity (AKA: Unity3D/Unity2D, U3D for short) is currently the most popular multi-platform free game engine developed by Unity Technologies from Denmark (mainly written in C, C++ and C#, and first released in 2005). Users with C# and JavaScript programming experience can get started more quickly.

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[v8.0.6] Pro Motion NG – More than a suite of tools for creating pixel art and animations

Pro Motion NG is an excellent pixel drawing and animation software developed by cosmigo from Germany, whose design is similar to the famous Deluxe Paint (DPaint) on Amiga OS. Not only is it ideal for artists who create detailed and pixel-accurate graphics for mobile games and portable game consoles, it is also ideal for creating lightweight graphics for Web or Web-based applications and games.

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LDtk – Modern 2D level editor with strong focus on user friendliness

LDtk (short for Level Designer toolkit, formerly called LEd) is a free and open-source 2D level editor for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, developed by deepnight (Sébastien Bénard) from France, who are the former director of the well-known indie game Dead Cells, with 20+ years of experience for creating various games.

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[v1.1.1] RPG Maker – Make your own 2D RPGs with ease

RPG Maker (AKA: RPG Tsukūru, RPGツクール, RPG Tkool) is the most popular 2D RPG games development engine developed by Enterbrain company from Japan. It’s both simple enough for a child and powerful enough for a developer. The whole series mainly includes: RPG Maker 2000, RPG Maker 2003, RPG Maker XP, RPG Maker VX, RPG Maker VX Ace, and RPG Maker MV.

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GDevelop – Open-source and cross-platform 2D game engine for everyone

GDevelop is a free, open-source and cross-platform 2D game engine designed to be used by everyone, originally created by Florian Rival (4ian) from United Kingdom in 2008, using C++ and JavaScript. We can use it to create any type of 2D game for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android platforms, as well as HTML5 Web browsers, Steam platform and Universal Windows Platform.

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[v2022.8, v1.4] GameMaker Studio – Ultimate 2D game IDE for both amateurs and professionals

GameMaker Studio (GMS for short, formerly called: Game Maker, Animo) is a very powerful and popular cross-platform, multi-genre game development engine (GDE)/game creation system (GCS) for both entry-level novices/amateurs and seasoned game development professionals. It was written in Delphi by Mark Overmars from Netherlands and first published in 1999.

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[v2.3, v2.1] Buildbox – Make cross-platform games by drag & drop, no coding required

BuildBox is the world’s first real sense of foolproof game making tool (founded by Trey Smith in 2014). Because in BuildBox, the entire game development process can be done simply by dragging and dropping operations, no coding, scripting, programming or software design experience required. It’s specially developed for entrepreneurs, designers and other game creation enthusiasts without any program development foundation for game design.

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