Free stuff for you!

Mockingbird Twine http://www.kongregate.com/games/MockingbirdGames/ http://www.auntiepixelante.com/twine/ mockingbird-the-game-making-game-platformer-kit  Super easy to use  Super easy to use  Creates Choose-Your-Own-Adventure games  Game about making games  Great for people who want to combine  Browser-based, no downloading required stories with games  Work with preset kits to make simple Flash games  Games are played in your browser

Scratch Game Maker http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://www.yoyogames.com/studio  Easy  Easy  Make interactive stories, games, art, etc.  2D Games of all kinds  Visual interface  Lots of tutorials, drag-and-drop interface  Lots of project sharing, can pick a project you like  No need to delve into programming (but it’s as a base to start with there for more complex things)

Construct2 Stencyl https://www.scirra.com/construct2 http://www.stencyl.com/

 Easy  For making iOS and Flash games  HTML5  Has both drag-and-drop style and support  Drag-and-drop interface for custom AS3 coding  Event-based system, no programming interface  Free version has some limitations  Lots of asset bundles (watermarks, etc)

Adventure Game Studio PuzzleScript http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ http://www.puzzlescript.net/  Medium difficulty  Medium difficulty  Makes point-and-click adventure style games  Makes simple puzzle games  Can make simple games, but more complicated  Done completely in your browser games will require you to learn their scripting  Uses scripting, but great for trial and error language

Ren’Py LOVE 2D http://www.renpy.org/ http://love2d.org/  Medium difficulty  Medium difficulty  Creates visual novel games – focuses on  2D games characters, dialogue, and stories 

Making Programs Making Need to learn Lua (scripting language)

-  Need to learn Python scripting, but tutorials are simple for making basic games

Unity 3D Unreal Development Kit http://unity3d.com/ http://www.unrealengine.com/udk/  Difficult to use, but powerful  Difficult and Complex, but very powerful

Game  Has lots of tutorials and example projects  Need a computer with a graphics card to run  Can make 3D games for the browser, mobile,  Can make pretty much any kind of game you console, or standalone want, but has a steep learning curve  Need a computer with a graphics card to run