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* RPG Maker XP http://rpgmakerweb.com/download/free-trials/trial-rpg-maker-xp
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* RPG Maker 2000 http://rpgmakerweb.com/download/free-trials/trial-rpg-mak

RPG Maker alternatives

  • Godot Engine

  • Godot is a fully featured, open source, MIT licensed game engine. It focuses on having great tools, and a visual oriented workflow that can export to PC, Mobile and Web platforms. It is a cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine and game development IDE.

    tags: Portable 2d-game-engine 2d-games 3d-engine 3d-game-engine
  • Unreal Engine

  • Unreal Engine is a professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture enables developers to achieve stunning visuals and also scale elegantly to lower-end systems.

    tags: 3d-engine apple-metal-support cpp-development game-creation game-development
  • GDevelop

  • GDevelop is an open source game creation software, allowing to make games for the web (HTML5) or for Windows and Linux. No programming or coding skill is required! It is easy to use and powerful enough for advanced users.

    tags: game-creation game-development game-engine html5-based ide
  • Construct 2

  • Scirra Construct is a 2D game development engine with a focus on building games visually. No programming is required though the software uses a visual method for event handling that relies on programming concepts like variables, loops and conditions. It provides a powerful form of scripting that's as easy as clicking, dragging and dropping.

    tags: Portable 2d-games drag-and-drop easy-to-use game-creation
  • RPGBoss

  • Rpgboss is a RPG game creating software like RPG Maker, very easy to use and no-programming knowledge need.

    tags: Discontinued 2d-game 2d-games built-in-editor easy-to-use
  • Polycode

  • Polycode's core is written in C++ and currently runs on Mac, Windows and Linux with iOS and Android support planned in the future. All platform-specific functionality is abstracted into a cross-platform core and implemented natively on each platform, so the same C++ code will compile on each supported platform out of the box.

    tags: Discontinued create-animations development framework game-development
  • Cocos2d-x

  • cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.

    tags: development game-creation game-creation-tool game-engine game-framework
  • Open RPG Maker

  • Open RPG Maker is a free and open source clone of features from the RPG Maker series (i.e. rpgmaker200, rpgmaker2003, rpgmakerxp), as well as many other features. All of the data files are in XML format and are easily editable with any text editor.

    tags: Discontinued game-creation game-development games role-playing-game
  • Stencyl

  • Stencyl is the creator of StencylWorks, a tool that has enabled creators of all all skills levels create iOS and Flash games in no time. In 2012, Stencyl will expand into Android and HTML5 game publishing.

    tags: code-with-blocks game-development ios-development no-coding visual-programming
  • Urho3D

  • Urho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.

    tags: developer-tools development game-engine games lightweight
  • Game Editor

  • Game Editor is the open source game design software that gives you the power to create the games of your dreams, and, unlike other game creation tools, gives you the chance to get and change the source code of the game creator and design and develop 2D games for iPhone, iPad, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile-based Smartphones and GP2X.

    tags: Discontinued games screenshots game-creation demos
  • QICI Engine

  • QICI Engine is a free and opensource JavaScript library, based on free and opensource game engine Phaser, with a web-based comprehensive suite of HTML5 game making editor.

    tags: development game-development game-engine games
  • Construct Classic

  • Construct Classic is a free, DirectX 9 game creator for Windows, designed for 2D games. It uses an event based system for defining how the game behaves, in a visual, human-readable way - you dont need to program or script anything at all. Its intuitive for beginners, but powerful enough for advanced users to work without hindrance.

    tags: Discontinued 2d-games canvas easy-to-use game-creation
  • Platinum Arts Sandbox

  • Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is an open source free game maker, free RPG Maker, free sidescroller maker, free Machinima creator, and game design tool that makes it easy for kids and adults to create video games, maps and worlds.

    tags: 3d-games 3d-graphics game-creation games role-playing-game
  • ClickTeam Fusion

  • [Multimedia Fusion 2 has been replaced by Clickteam Fusion 2.5.]

    tags: authoring-tool event-editor game-creation software-creator visual-programming