{"id":4752,"date":"2015-06-22T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2015-06-21T09:38:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T15:38:39","slug":"a-few-game-creation-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/22\/a-few-game-creation-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Game Creation Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3418 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm.png\" alt=\"1990-001b_wm\" width=\"302\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm.png 539w, http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1990-001b_wm-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m putting these here, so I&#8217;ll be able to find them again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scirra.com\" target=\"_blank\">Create Games with Construct 2 &#8211; Scirra.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0An HTML 5 Game creator. I haven&#8217;t tried it myself so can&#8217;t comment on how good it is. Looks interesting though. Meant for 2D games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_game_engines\" target=\"_blank\">List of game engines &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0One of Wikipedia&#8217;s lovely lists. It includes the usual comparative table. A handy resource.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.develop-online.net\/tools-and-tech\/12-alternative-game-engines\/0205547\" target=\"_blank\">12 alternative game engines | Game Development Tools &amp; Tech | Develop<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What can I say? I&#8217;m a sucker for lists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4752'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4752);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4752);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4752);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I&#8217;m putting these here, so I&#8217;ll be able to find them again. Create Games with Construct 2 &#8211; Scirra.com \u00a0An HTML 5 Game creator. I haven&#8217;t tried it myself so can&#8217;t comment on how good it is. Looks interesting though. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/22\/a-few-game-creation-resources\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[342],"class_list":["post-4752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-general","tag-games-gaming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ID-100121611.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1eE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4887,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/25\/now-available-introduction-to-game-development-using-processing\/","url_meta":{"origin":4752,"position":0},"title":"Now Available: Introduction to Game Development Using Processing","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0It's finally out!! 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