Stencyl

Overview

Stencyl is a game creation software focused on providing a no-code environment for developing 2D games. It uses a drag-and-drop interface inspired by MIT Scratch, allowing users to build game logic by snapping blocks together. For advanced users, Stencyl supports custom code extensions written in Haxe, enabling the creation of custom blocks, libraries, and classes that seamlessly integrate with the block-based behaviors. The platform supports publishing to multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and HTML5. Stencyl offers both free and paid subscriptions, with paid tiers unlocking features like publishing to mobile and desktop platforms, ad support, leaderboards, and in-app purchases.

Common tasks

Game Development Cross-Platform Publishing Visual Scripting

FAQ

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Who may use the free plan?

The starter edition is licensed for individual, personal use. Schools, education businesses and teachers who intend to use Stencyl inside the classroom (vs. on an individual basis) may only use the free plan to evaluate the software.

How does the free plan differ from the paid plans?

Our starter edition lets you publish Web/HTML5 games for free, with Stencyl branding displayed pre-game as a splash screen. While it lets you test on our paid target platforms (desktop, iOS, Android), it does not let you publish to them.

Is there a free trial for paid features?

The starter edition lets you test your game on all of our paid target platforms (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux), so you can evaluate this functionality before buying.

Are there any royalties?

No, we don't collect any royalties on games, nor do we claim any ownership over them. You keep 100% of your games' profits.