Alternatives to Bitsy
Create small games and stories with a browser-based pixel-art editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Bitsy
Create small games and stories with a browser-based pixel-art editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Bitsy.
GB Studio
Make Game Boy-style games with a visual editor.
GB Studio builds Game Boy-style games with a visual scene and event editor as a desktop app, and projects must fit the target system's constraints.
GDevelop
Build games with a visual event system instead of writing all the logic as code.
GDevelop offers a visual event system and exports to several platforms, supporting larger games than Bitsy, though its hosted services have plan limits.
Godot Engine
A 2D and 3D game engine that is completely free under the MIT licence, with no royalties and no revenue thresholds.
Godot Engine is a full MIT-licensed 2D and 3D engine with desktop, mobile, web and console export, and it has a much larger feature set to learn.
LOVE
Framework for making 2D games in Lua.
LOVE is a Lua framework for 2D games with no editor or scene tool, so you write code instead of using a browser-based pixel editor.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Gearboy
An accurate Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy emulator with a built-in debugger.
Emulicious
A free multi-system emulator for Game Boy, Master System, Game Gear and MSX with debugging tools.
