Stencyl

Stencyl is a toolkit for building games without writing code and publishing them to phones, tablets, computers and the web. Game logic is put together from snap-together blocks, while experienced users can drop into code when they need to.

What Stencyl offers

• Block-based logic — a drag-and-drop designer modelled on MIT's Scratch, extended with many extra blocks.
• Code extensions — power users can write and share their own blocks, import libraries and add custom classes.
• Scene Designer — level building from actors, tiles and terrain with selection, zoom, grid-snap and flood fill tools.
• Actor Editor — control over each character's look, behaviour and physics.
• Multi-platform publishing — output to iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and HTML5.
• Monetisation — in-game ads through iAds, AdMob or Newgrounds, extra networks via extensions, and in-app purchases for freemium games.

Who it works with

Independent game makers, from beginners to coders. Stencyl says some games built with it have charted on the App Store and Google Play, and web titles have been sponsored by Armor Games, Kongregate and Newgrounds.

Key facts

• Based in: United States
• Current version: 4.0