GDevelop is a full-featured, no-code, open-source game development software. You can build games for mobile, desktop and the web. GDevelop is fast and easy to use: the game logic is built up using an intuitive and powerful event-based system.
Getting started
| ❔ I want to... | 🚀 What to do |
|---|---|
| Download GDevelop to make games | Go to GDevelop website to download the app! |
| Contribute to the editor | Download Node.js and follow this README. |
| Create/improve an extension | Download Node.js and follow this README. |
| Help to translate GDevelop | Go on the GDevelop project on Crowdin or translate in-app tutorials. |
Are you interested in contributing to GDevelop for the first time? Take a look at the list of good first issues, good first contributions or the "🏐 not too hard" cards on the Roadmap.
Overview of the architecture
| Directory | ℹ️ Description |
|---|---|
Core |
GDevelop core library, containing common tools to implement the IDE and work with GDevelop games. |
GDJS |
The game engine, written in TypeScript, using PixiJS (WebGL), powering all GDevelop games. |
GDevelop.js |
Bindings of Core, GDJS and Extensions to JavaScript (with WebAssembly), used by the IDE. |
newIDE |
The game editor, written in JavaScript with React, Electron and PixiJS. |
Extensions |
Extensions for the game engine, providing objects, behaviors, events and new features. |
To learn more about GDevelop Architecture, read the architecture overview here.
Pre-generated documentation of the Core library, C++ and TypeScript game engines is available here.
Status of the tests and builds: 
Links
Community
- GDevelop forums and Discord chat.
- GDevelop homepage
- GDevelop wiki (documentation)
- Help translate GDevelop in your language: GDevelop project on Crowdin.
Development Roadmap
- GDevelop Roadmap on Trello.com, for a global view of the features that could be added. Please vote and comment here for new features/requests.
- GitHub issue page, for technical issues and bugs.
- Github discussions to talk about new features and ideas.
Games made with GDevelop
- See the showcase of games created with GDevelop.
- Find more GDevelop games on gd.games.
- Suggest your game to be added to the showcase here.
License
- The Core library, the native and HTML5 game engines, the IDE, and all extensions (respectively
Core,GDJS,newIDEandExtensionsfolders) are under the MIT license. - The name, GDevelop, and its logo are the exclusive property of Florian Rival.
Games exported with GDevelop are based on the GDevelop game engine (see Core and GDJS folders): this engine is distributed under the MIT license so that you can distribute, sell or do anything with the games you created with GDevelop. In particular, you are not forced to make your game open-source.