GDevelop

GDevelop is an open-source, cross-platform game engine / game editor for 2D games, which mainly focuses on HTML5 games playable in the browser.[2][3][4] Created by Florian Rival, a software engineer at Google[5][6][7], GDevelop is mainly aimed at non-programmers and employs drag-and-drop visual programming similar to such engines as Construct and Stencyl[8][9].

GDevelop
Developer(s)Florian Rival
Initial release2008
Stable release
r197.2 / June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21)[1]
Repository
Written inC++, JavaScript
Operating systemWindows, Linux, macOS, Web
TypeGame creation system
LicenseMIT License
Websitegdevelop-app.com

Due to its ease of use and being distributed under an open-source license, GDevelop has found use in games education, ranging from primary school to university courses.[4][10][11] It has also been used by educators and researchers to create learning and serious games.[12][13]

References
  1. "GDevelop issues list". Github.
  2. Hattersley, Lucy. "How to make your own games on a Mac". Macworld UK. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  3. "Get Started in Game Development - GameDev.net". www.gamedev.net. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. Correa, Jose David Cuartas (2015-06-27). Digitopolis II: Creation of video games GDevelop. Jose David Cuartas Correa. ISBN 978-958-9146-71-2.
  5. "2019 Edition | Florian Rival - Speakers at Intersection Conference". milano2019.intersection-conference.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. Inc, Aetas. "ゲームアプリ制作ツール「GDevelop」の日本語サポートがスタート". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  7. "Porting a Desktop Game Editor to the Browser with WebAssembly". InfoQ. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  8. Moore, D. M. (2020-04-14). "11 tools to get you started making video games". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  9. Griffey, Julia V. (2019-12-12). Introduction to Interactive Digital Media: Concept and Practice. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-62073-7.
  10. Yu, Chak Tin; Tomorrowskills, Hobbypress (2020-06-10). STEM Education Series: Write Your First 2-player Tank Game: Using GDevelop. Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US. ISBN 979-8-6527-6854-6.
  11. "GDevelop for the education - Teach game creation". gdevelop-app.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  12. Kleftodimos, Alexandros; Evangelidis, Georgios (2018). "Augmenting educational videos with interactive exercises and knowledge testing games". 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON): 872–877. doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363322.
  13. G, Gabriel Elías Chanchí; A, María Clara Gómez; M, Wilmar Yesid Campo (2019). "Proposal of an educational video game for the teaching-learning of the requirements classification in software engineering [Propuesta de un videojuego educativo para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la clasificación de requisitos en ingeniería de software]". RISTI - Revista Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao. 2019 (E22): 1–14.
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