Tiny Game Making Tools
Small, accessible tools for making games
A collection of free-to-use, mostly open-access game-making tools. Some are aimed at particular genres; some are open to forms of self-expression beyond games. Most aren't just about the functionality of making a game — they're full communities, with their own subculture, shared knowledge, and events, awaiting your contribution.
The Tools
How tiny? The 🤏 rating is the main way to browse: 🤏 are the tiniest, get-started-in-minutes tools, through to 🤏🤏🤏 — fuller engines you can still make tiny games with. Filter by tininess below.
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Game Asset Resources
Free and open libraries of art, models, music, and icons to drop into your games.
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More on the Topic
- A more comprehensive (if slightly outdated) collection of game-making tools: creatools.gameclassification.com
- Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon) has a wonderful blog post on these tools and why they matter for creatives.
- Follow Game Poems Magazine — don't overthink it, and submit your tiny game!
- Visit freegamedev.net for a community around open-source game-making tools.
Many of these communities host online game jams and Discord servers you can join.
For suggestions, corrections, and comments, write to us at feministgamingproject@gmail.com or feministgaming@protonmail.com.
Collection kickstarted by juno.ka from the Feminist Gaming Project. Thanks to collaborators narnar and Pablo San Gregorio.