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Stencyl is a game development tool that allows you to create 2D video games for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux & HTML5 games. The drag-and-drop gameplay designer provided by Stencyl allow you to design and devlop games without writing any code. Stencyl also makes it easy to add your game to the App Store, Google Play and Steam allowing you take money from game purchaces on in-game currency.

Pygame is a library that includes a set of modules designed for writing video games in Python. Pygames wraps and adds functionallity on top of the C library SDL. A cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. Allowing you to create fully featured games written entierly in the programming language Python.

Requiring a big budget to create beautiful looking games is now a thing of the past. GameMaker allows developers and game designers to implement AAA game features with ease. Bring your games to life with 2D physics, create a thriving player base with cross-platform network play, and create stunning visual effects using shaders.

RPG Maker is an online role playing game engine and toolset that be used to create RPG titles. RPG Maker can be used in the browser to create any 2D RPG, the software includes all the tools and as needed. A map editor that can be used to design environments for your player to explore. The Map Editor allows you to pick items for a large collection of graphics to build towns, dungeons and amazing worlds. A Character Generator that can be used to heroes and NPCs with unique hair, eyes, clothes and accessories. Underlying all this is the Database, that comes with RPG Maker, it is the core of your game. It allows you do everything from setting your character name, stats, appearance, and skills, to defining equipment, enemies, and battle states. When it is time to launch your game, you can do so as a freeware or for commercial use. No commercial license is required to publish games with RPG Maker.