Bitsy

Pixel game maker

Draw a little world, add a few characters who talk, and you have a small story game.

Make it mineTry it (opens the authors’ own copy in a new tab)

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“Try it” opens the authors’ own copy, not yours.

Made by
le-doux
Licence
MIT
Popularity
1.1k stars on GitHub
Uses
Just a browser

What you can do

  • Draw characters and scenery pixel by pixel
  • Write lines for each character to say when a player walks up
  • Download the finished game as a web page to share

Who it’s forFirst-time game makers and game jam fans

Once it’s yours

  • Your own copy, at its own address
  • Anyone with its address can open it, until you choose who can
  • Change it with your own coding agent

Ideas for changing it

Once it’s live, give any line below to your coding agent.

  • Include a sample game set in our school library

  • Add a step-by-step guide that walks newcomers through their first game

  • Start new games in our game club's three colors

Source and licence

Bitsy is open source: its authors, le-doux, published the code for anyone to use and change.

Its licence, MIT, lets you use and change it freely, as long as you keep the authors’ copyright notice.

Your copy is the version you copied; the authors’ later updates don’t arrive by themselves.

This version on TofuThe authors’ original code

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