In this series, I’ve looked at a lot of newcomer-friendly tools for making games in the classroom or as projects with and for students, including Twine, Scratch, Construct 2, inklewriter, Inform 7, ...

Stencyl offers an easy way to get started making games for mobile and the web, but a handful of coding and publishing limits dampen its usefulness. Because of their beginner-friendly limitations, ...

Fuze4 lets Nintendo Switch owners create impressive 2D and 3D games, but the learning curve is high for making games that are ultimately locked to the platform. Video games spark imaginations like no ...