<aside> ❗ Welcome to the supplementary workshop page!

I encourage you to try making games, but make them within limitations. These will give you a clearer path to walk on, however, you can always stray from it if you want to!

You will find a list of all tools we talked about

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<aside> 📚 FURTHER READING

• Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, Anna Anthropy
• PRACTICE 2018: Joseph White (pico 8 creator)
• Show dont tell, Making personal games, Jenny Jiao Hsia
• PBP18 Keynote, Grace Bruxner

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Bitsy

• https://make.bitsy.org/
• For creating small worlds that you move around in a non-linear fashion
• Outputs an HTML file that can easily be hacked and extended!
• Bisty-Hacks is a repository that can extend what you can do in bitsy:
  • https://seleb.github.io/bitsy-hacks/
• EXAMPLE GAMES:
  • https://haraiva.itch.io/under-a-star-called-sun
  • https://cottonsprout.itch.io/catching-the-train
  • https://natch9000.itch.io/broccoli-2

Twine

• Simple branching narrative based game making tool
• Outputs HTML
  • Supports JS/CSS directly in its editing process!
• EXAMPLE GAMES:
  • https://w.itch.io/end-of-the-world
  • https://direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff-bezos
  • https://mutmedia.itch.io/stumbling-upon-meaning-in-an-old-town-abandoned-to-its-fate

PuzzleScript

• https://www.puzzlescript.net/editor.html
• A simple engine for making puzzle games
• written programming that feels very “visual”
• Due to their simplicity, games can be very accessible!
  • https://philschatz.com/puzzlescript/
• EXAMPLE GAMES:
  • https://pancelor.itch.io/like-a-hot-knife-through-butter

Pico8

• https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

  • Free educational edition: https://www.pico-8-edu.com/

• p5, but with limitations!

• why? because limitations breed creativity!

• runs, literally, on everything

  • psp, nintendo ds, all computers, rbp, browsers, your moms smart fridge…

• EXAMPLES:

  https://tallywinkle.itch.io/the-tower