Resources | Game Dev Nexus

Name	Categories	Pricing	Perspective	Scripting Language	Source Access	Description
NESmaker	NES	Paid	2D	Assembly	Closed	No matter your experience level, you can get started creating real NES games right now. Play them on real cartridges or in your favorite emulator.
GB Studio	Gameboy	Free	2D	Event Scripting	Open	A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system. Make Gamboy style games.
PICO-8	Fantasy Console	Paid	2D, 3D	Lua	Closed	PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs.
Voxatron	Fantasy Console	Paid	3D	Lua	Closed	Voxatron is a fantasy console and collection of games made entirely out of voxels.
TIC-80	Fantasy Console	Free, Paid	2D	Lua, JavaScript	Open	Fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games
Pixel Vision 8	Fantasy Console	Free	2D	C#, Lua	Open	Pixel Vision 8 is the first customizable 8-bit fantasy console. Don't just make games, design your fantasy console specs to match actual hardware, or create something new. It's perfect for game jams, prototyping ideas, and having fun!
LIKO-12	Fantasy Console	Free	2D	Lua	Open	An open-source fantasy computer. Completely written in Lua, powered by LÖVE.
Playdate SDK	Framework	Free	2D	C , Lua	Closed	All you need: Lua and C APIs, docs, as well as a Simulator for local development, with profiling and more.
Playdate Pulp	Game Engine	Free	2D	Custom Scripting	Closed	Pulp is a game maker for Playdate. If you’ve never made a game before, or you’re looking to try a fun, quirky sandbox for prototyping, Pulp can scale from goofing around to building a full Playdate game.
WASM-4	Fantasy Console	Free	2D	C++, Rust, AssemblyScript	Open	Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console.
GBDK-2020	Compiler	Free	2D	C	Open	GBDK is a cross-platform development kit for sm83 and z80 based gaming consoles. It includes libraries, toolchain utilities and the SDCC C compiler suite.

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