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Jayenkai	Created : 08 June 2017 Edited : 08 May 2022 Handy Dev-Tool Guide
I'll try my best to keep this list up to date. If you have any tips, stick 'em in the comments! Alt Forum SyntaxBomb - Forum If this forum is down, you probably can't read this, but if you can manage to read this, know that SyntaxBomb should at least be available! Mark Sibly's Languages Blitz3D - itch.io Targets : Windows Install Note > Reveal 🔎 Installing Blitz3D on its own will no longer install the required runtimes on a fresh Win10 install. If you have an old B3D compiled exe, running that will trigger the required runtime. If you've no old B3D compiled exe at hand, running Alien Deathmatch should help you out. Let me know if it doesn't. BlitzPlus - GitHub Targets : Windows BlitzMax - itch.io - GitHub Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux BMX-NG - GitHub Monkey-X - itch.io - GitHub Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Javascript, Android, iOS Cerberus-X - .com - Forum Other Basics AMOS2 - .org - Facebook Group Targets : Javascript About > Reveal 🔎 Francois Lionet is recreating the classic Amiga AMOS in Javascript, but with extra modern-day functionality added on top. He's currently aiming for 100% compatibility with old AMOS code! GLBasic - .com - Forum Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS, GP2X, Pandora Basic4GL- .net Targets : Windows Basic4GL Mobile - .net Targets : Windows, Android, Javascript FreeBasic - .net Targets : Windows DarkBasic Pro - .com - GitHub Targets : Windows BBC Basic - .co.uk Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi B4X - .com Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, .. and more! XProfan - .de (German language website, but BASIC is BASIC) Targets : Windows, Linux PureBasic - .com Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux RFO Basic for Android - .net Targets : Android Retro Coding 8-bit Workshop - .com Targets : Atari 2600, Atari Vector, AppleII and more. CPCtelera - .io Targets : Amstrad CPC CBM .prg Studio - .co.uk Targets : C64/Vic/etc SecondBASIC - .net Targets : Sega MegaDrive/Genesis GBDK - GitHub Targets : Gameboy Modern Retro Coding PetitCom/SmileBasic - .com Targets : Different verions exist for DS, 3DS, Switch and Raspberry Pi. Compatibility between versions is .. erratic! Pico-8 - .com Targets : Anything (Browser/Arduino/etc) that runs the Pico8 Virtual system Pokitto - .com Targets : OpenSource ARM-based devices LowRes NX - .com Targets : Browsers or Mobiles using the LowRes NX app Turbo Rascal - .com Runs on : Windows, Linux, Mac Targets : Pretty much all 8 bit and many 16 bit micros (C64, Vic 20, Amiga, ST, BBC, Amstrad etc) Studios XCode - .com Targets : MacOS, iOS, tvOS Visual Studio - .com - Community Edition Targets : Windows, and others, but usually awkwardly! Android Studio - .com Targets : Android Cocos Creator .org Targets : Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS AppGameKit - .com Targets : Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS Corona - .com Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS Mega Studios These are the big ones. Mass marketed, with huge support and masses of plugins and other stuff. They allow for a HUGE number of targets, but watch out for those license costs! Unity - .com Targets : Pretty much anything! Unreal Engine - .com Targets : Pretty much anything! GameMaker - .com Targets : Pretty much anything! Misc Languages Phaser - .io Targets : Javascript Haxe - .org Targets : Javascript, Java, PHP, C# and other such targets. MonoGame - .net Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS, tvOS, WindowsPhone, PS4, PSVita, XBone, Switch DIV Game Studio - .co.uk - GitHub Targets : Windows, MacOS, Linux, Javascript, Android, Raspberry Pi, Pandora, GP2X NaaLaa - .com Targets : Windows, Linux Core Languages MinGW - .org Python - .org PHP - .net Perl - .org Posting Your Game Uploading itch.io is a popular place to upload your games. GameJolt is another place to upload your games. Announcing Socoder has a Showcase SyntaxBomb have a "Showcase Area" within the forum. TIGSource Forum has an Announcement section

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Thursday, 08 June 2017, 11:48
steve_ancell	I was going to go over to AGK2, I already have the old AGK, but have now decided to try out Monkey2 when I return to coding. Is there any way you could make this thread sticky Jay?, maybe a hot-link at top left of the site.
Thursday, 08 June 2017, 13:22
Jayenkai	Yeah, I'm going to shove it in the left sidebar, with the FAQs link and those bits and pieces. Figured that's as good a place as any.
Thursday, 03 August 2017, 11:06
Dan	Here are few other basic or programming languages: QB64 Q/QuickBasic for Windows RFO! Basic - As freeware basic for Android. Naalaa 6 For windows. DIV Games Studio Div - Available for windows (beta freeware version)
Thursday, 03 August 2017, 11:34
Jayenkai	Thanks, added them into the main list.
Thursday, 03 August 2017, 14:44
TomToad	There is also the B4X languages Basic4Android Basic4iOS Basic4Java Basic4Arduino Also for 8 bit retro there is CBM .prg Studio
Friday, 04 August 2017, 04:20
Jayenkai	Thanks, added. (Although I only gave B4X one single link!)
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 08:48
Afr0	You should add Visual Studio Community and Character Generator!!
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 09:20
Jayenkai	Added VisStudio, but not adding ChrGen. That's not a language...
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 10:49
Dan	Hey, anybody heard of Profan/Xprofan ? They offer an older version 10.0a as the Full version-download, with compiler. The XProfanFree 11 is newer, but it functions only as a Script-Language. Their newest product is Xprofan X3.1, but this is commercial version. The only disadvantage is, that the manual and the editor/compiler & runtime are in German Language. (the text output/buttons etc) There is a patch for the v6.6 and v7.5 which enables the runtime, compiler and the editor to be displayed in English language. But, i guess, these versions aren't available as freeware. You can download it at xprofan.de/start.htm This is how the language looks like: windowstyle 24 window 40,64-282,174 Declare ONE%,TWO%,THRE%,PLAY%,TXT% Declare _END%,TXT$ let ONE%=@createhscroll(%HWnd,"",32,8,208,16) let TWO%=@createhscroll(%HWnd,"",32,24,208,16) let THRE%=@createhscroll(%HWnd,"",32,40,208,16) let PLAY%=@createbutton(%HWnd,"Play",60,88,88,32) let TXT%=@createtext(%HWnd,"",48,64,184,16) SetScrollRange ONE%,0,99 SetScrollRange Two%,1,10 SetScrollRange Thre%,0,4 SetScrollPos One%,50 SetScrollPos Two%,2 SetScrollPos Thre%,2 WHILENOT _END% LET TXT$="PLAY ";STR$(@GetScrollPos(ONE%));",";STR$(@GetScrollPos(TWO%));",";STR$(@GetScrollPos(THRE%)) SetText TXT%,TXT$ WaitInput LET TXT$="PLAY ";STR$(@GetScrollPos(ONE%));",";STR$(@GetScrollPos(TWO%));",";STR$(@GetScrollPos(THRE%)) SetText TXT%,TXT$ IF @GetFocus(PLAY%) PLAY @GetScrollPos(ONE%),@GetScrollPos(TWO%),@GetScrollPos(THRE%) EndIF WEND --v
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 11:34
Jayenkai	Added to the list. I donâ€™t mind sites being in different languages, as long as the code is still readable. I canâ€™t imagine how difficult it might be, trying to actually code using none-English commands!
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 12:14
Dan	I wouldn't want to imagine it ^^; Anyway, programming helped me a lot to expand my knowledge of the English language. Here is another suggestion: http://web.archive.org/web/20080915174046/http://users.csolve.net/~keiko/HSP/ Hot Soup Processor. Archived page. The IDE on this page is translated into English, manual is still in Japanese (at least the commands are in readable english). (P.S. if you are using the Chrome Browser, you may open the HTML file, and let it translate the Japanese language into English. Just discovered this on my SrWare Iron browser) Anyway worth a look. Here are few Sample programs: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA003112/index_e.html
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 12:51
Retro	PureBasic
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 16:24
HoboBen	Don't forget python!
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 16:34
Jayenkai	Is python still a functional Gamedev language? I typically see it for scripts, but not much more.
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 18:17
HoboBen	Yeah there's projects like pygame been around for 17 years! Also you even have Perl up there
Wednesday, 07 February 2018, 21:17
Jayenkai	Yeah, but only because of it's ability as a server based thing!! I dunno. Python seems very old-hat to me! But Iâ€™ve added it to the Misc languages, and also added Pico-8 to the Retro section.
Tuesday, 25 December 2018, 00:25
zzoom	Was there a font generator on this site recently... Digging around to see if my memory is misfiring or not. Edit, found it : https://socoder.net/?Topic=1366
Saturday, 07 May 2022, 06:35
steve_ancell	I'm not sure if this belongs in this section as it's a graphics tool rather than a coding tool, I learned about this tool (Krita) a few days ago in a Godot shaders tutorial video. Linkage!
Saturday, 07 May 2022, 11:21
AndyH	Can I throw Turbo Rascal onto the list under Modern Retro Coding? Turbo Rascal - https://turborascal.com/ Runs on: Windows, Linux, Mac Targets: Pretty much all 8 bit and many 16 bit micros (C64, Vic 20, Amiga, ST, BBC, Amstrad etc)

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