Game Pencil Engine

As the technology and tools made available to us evolve, more and more indie games, especially platformers, are starting to appear on the market. And with that, it is becoming much easier for people who are starting to learn the craft of development to create high-quality games.

One of the tools which is friendly enough for beginners, but can also provide enough architectural resources to compile your very own project into a 2D game, is called Game Pencil Engine.

Primarily dedicated to indie projects, Game Pencil Engine is a dynamic tool that will allow you to put in motion your idea for a game, or an application. As it supports HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux and Nintendo WiiU, you have a large range of platforms to choose from before you decide whether your game will be made available on one or all of them, as cross-platform.

As it has a pretty small learning curve, you can master the logic in creating game scenes in the pretty straightforward and intuitive environment that this lightweight game engine provides.

Besides the game engine, its creator wanted to provide a game editor on top as well. It is the first Game Engine Editor built using the well-known SDL library for display, output, input and audio.

This editor allows the user to edit objects and scenes through a component system, with unlimited game resources allowed. You can even have more than one project opened at once while you import your textures, animations, audio, fonts and tile-sheets into the intuitive game editor.

With planned support for PS4, Switch and Xbox One in mind, Game Pencil Engine can become a very useful tool that can bring your games and ideas to the highest of heights.