GDevelop Erfahrungen

Review by an Gdevelop user for over past 4 years.

Kommentare: My overall experience using Gdevelop over the past four years has been exciting. I have seen the engine grow before my eyes through updates, and they are constantly working to improve it. The community and popularity of Gdevelop have grown significantly, and as these two factors rise, so does the user base. This gives me hope for the future of Gdevelop because I am confident that in a few years, their 3D capabilities will get better, and Gdevelop will be able to compete with top engines.

Vorteile:

I like the ease of use of managing the scenes, editing animations, adding new characters, and, most importantly, how convenient it is for us to change or add game events It is literally the best 2D game engine out there in the market and that too is so cheap. These are the major pros I like about Gdevelop.

Nachteile:

The things I don't like about Gdevelop can be counted on you fingers but their impact is huge if you see from a Game developer POV. for example the lack of 3D features I know it's new but it can be faster, secondly I think pricing while publishing or exporting your game can be little less. These are the cons I feel about Gdevelop.

The best No-Code engine and it's not even close

Vorteile:

GDevelop is a No-Code engine, but still feels like a coding engine, and I mean that in the best way possible. Unlike other visual coding engines, it doesn't overcomplicate things by having the code displayed in trees or graphs; it just has all the code as a list from top to bottom like in standard coding. I have been working on two commercial games in GDevelop that have totally different genres and every single feature I wanted to implement was possible; after two years I still have to find the limits to this software (expect for the one point mentioned in my Cons section).

Nachteile:

By far my biggest gripe with GDevelop is its lack of console support. Games developed in C#-based engines can be ported to consoles like the Nintendo Switch or the Ps4/5 more easily, but since GDevelop is based on Javascript, the process of porting the game to consoles is very convoluted and hard.

I liked it when they were 2d focussed

Kommentare: Just a bummer, helper [sensitive content hidden] being the face of literally everything doesn't help, might as well call it [sensitive content hidden]develop

Vorteile:

The reason I picked it over Godot was because it seemed like it was doing a good job caring about 2D,

Nachteile:

but it seems they've swapped all their attention to 3D which honestly seems pretty dumb given the target demo was I thought supposed to be individuals or small teams.

A perfect entry to game development for anyone

Kommentare: I have had a blast using it and would recommend it to anyone. I've created a large number of prototypes and using GDevelop has even encouraged me to get into 3D art again as I have the time to work on the art now it doesn't take me hours to make a game in other engines!

Vorteile:

The ability to cloud save is amazing. It allows me to develop on my PC or Mac or even phone/tablet without having to worry about GitHub or similar online saving. An in built art creation and editing tool is great to have and Piskel, built into GDevelop, is an amazing tool. Such a powerful tool. A simple ability to add new objects as assets either provided on the GDevelop Asset Store or my own assets is easy to use and clear to integrate. Adding new conditions and events make a lot of sense, and everything is contextual which means debugging is usually only required to ensure everything is happening in the right order. You can put together a prototype that you can expand upon in no time at all.

Nachteile:

I wish there were more in built tutorials on some of the more difficult aspects - especially 3D. I understand 3D is new but creating 3D FPS or 3rd Person Controllers would be an amazing addition.

Gdevelop review after using it for 2 years

Kommentare: Overall, I think the game engine is pretty good. Of course, there is always room for improvement, but even at its current state, gdevelop is a masterpiece, and providing it for free is an incredible feat. Just keep adding new features and updating, and you will be motivated to work even harder to improve it, knowing that your software is loved by so many.

Vorteile:

Pros: If I have to summarize my whole game development journey, the pros I felt were Gdevelop being free and open source compared to all other no-code game engines. No one on the market is as good as Gdevelop, plus it is no-code, which makes it way less complicated, and its drag-and-drop nature makes it a perfect go-to engine for your 2D game.

Nachteile:

Cons: The things I dislike about Gdevelop are as follows: first, their pricing. Recently, while I understand that they rely on donations and subscriptions to support their business model, the issue is that it is no longer very affordable. The increase in subscription prices is very noticeable. I hope you guys work on it. Secondly, I dislike Gdevelop's 3D compatibility. 3D still lacks many basic features, but I also understand that it is a 2D engine after all, and 3D is very new for them too.

3 Commercial Games Shipped on Steam

Kommentare: I created and shipped 3 fully developed indie games with GDevelop over the course of 7 years, to critical aclaim by fans. I couldn't have done that with any other engine. Gdevelop made it possible to develop the second game (Red-Tether) in only 7 months, shipping 2000+ units and reaching 98% favorable reviews. Overall the engine is extremely efficient and well suited to make professional 2d games in short timeframes.

Vorteile:

Very fast development cycle, easy to use, lots of tutorials and explanations on the wiki. The no code aspect is developed the the fullest, in contrast to other engines I tried. GDevelop actually does allow you to make full comercial games without actual programming.

Nachteile:

My main grope with GDevelop is that version 4 is unfortunately is no longer supported, eventually preventing me from updating my existing games made in that version. In some regards it also feels like a superior version in terms of usability. GDevelop 5 is slower than 4 in some regards and at times it feels like using a badly optimized website instead of a desctop app. It struggles when project get to substantial sizes. This causes things like massive delays to simple tasks like opening variable list, failing to load event sheets in their entirety or scrolling to random events when using cntrl+z. Loading external data through xml was more flexible in GDevelop 4 and some aspect of the animation viewer where more streamlined.

Gdevelop is amazing

Kommentare: Overall it is great, I love it. And the build service is also really great they let us build on servers, 2 builds a day free thats awesome.

Vorteile:

I have been uisng it for quite a while at first I only used it in game jams but now I am using it in a project and it is a great experience really love it.

Nachteile:

It is a little hard to manage your game as it scales, if you are unaware of some tips and tricks.

An engine that brought me back into Game Development!

Vorteile:

I really enjoy how much the community is able to contribute to the growth and features of this game engine and the ease of use is well above all others.

Nachteile:

I feel that this engine is still in its infancy when it comes to quality of life and interface features.

Great! (Very good)

Kommentare: Very good, Very simple, Fun to use!

Vorteile:

It's simple, and fun to use!!! .

Nachteile:

I think 3D. But it's ok.

Begginer's friendly Game Dev Platform

Kommentare: A great experience. I feel that even if I eventually move to other platforms I'll never totally leave GDevelop. It kinda earns a place in your heart.

Vorteile:

It's resourceful and has a vibrant participative community.

Nachteile:

Sometimes the no-code approach gets in the way of simple solutions and you often find yourself having to dig too much for it.

Brings me closer to my childhood dream of publishing my own games.

Kommentare: There are a lot of tools for developing videogames these days, and most of them are free to some degree... But there's always a catch. For some it's the insane system requirements, for others is a steep learning curve, and for some others it's the cost. And others are just overkill if you just want to make a running or platform pixel art game.With GDevelop you get just the right tools, its very lightweight on resources, you can start from free and the learning curve it's almost inexistent, you dont even need experience coding. A compact, well optimized package that can take you from prototype to final product, quick and easy, and on lots of platforms.

Vorteile:

Really lightweight on system resources, I've even tried it on my phone and it seems totally possible to fully develop and publish at least a simple game on it. You can quickly preview your work in progress in a browser window from within the app. It provides you with everything you need to create your project from scratch and even publish the final product.Feeling lost? You can just import one of the several premade starter and tutorial projects and start building from there. There's also plenty of official videos and documentation, and they're all really easy to understand. Skill level? From zero to hero.The price? You can start from free, there's a lot of free resources and assets and if you want to go the next level, the premium ones are really accesible. You can also subscribe to the premium version with cloud features, etc, the starting point being literally that of a sandwich a month.

Nachteile:

I personally won't use it, but 3D seems a bit limited, at least for big complex projects... For simple lightweight games it seems good enough.

A solo gamedev's review of GDevelop

Kommentare: Creating games with GDevelop has been a fun & fast experience so far, it's enabled me to quickly push prototypes and see what works and what doesn't. once a prototype is approved fully finished the game into something playable doesn't take as long as other engine's because of its no code ide.

Vorteile:

Gdevelop has a lot of features that are super nice and well implemented, the no code editor makes it super easy to create a base game within minutes, the animations for 2d games are really easy to set up aswell and makes using gdevelop a true alternative to other engines.

Nachteile:

I feel like the monetization, aswell as the steam integration needs to be added/improved. its documentation is a bit unclear and steam isnt implemented at all which is a highly requested feature.

A thorough review of Gdevelop

Kommentare: Overall, I have been using Gdevelop for a little over 5 years now and in all my time of using it, I have never once felt that it has let me down. Ever since the beginning it was one of the most beginner friendly and easy to work with/understand game engine I have ever worked with. I have made so many games over the years and have learned so much. Crazy enough as it sounds, despite being a no-code engine, learning the Gdevelop events sheet has actually made it significantly easier when I started learning coding languages such as JavaScript and C#. I also really love watching Gdevelop grow and update more and more over time. There are so many new features and changes that have been added since I first started, and all for the better. In turn I have also seen my games getting better and higher quality due to my skills increasing and being given more access to new tools. In conclusion, I personally love Gdevelop and it easily fits my every need when developing games.

Vorteile:

I love it's simple and easy to understand interface as well as it's kind and welcoming community. I can't stress enough how natural it feels to use Gdevelop compared to other game engines. Everything just flows so nicely and even at times when I run into roadblocks, there is always someone willing to help out.

Nachteile:

Despite all of the absolutley spectacular things about Gdevelop, nothing will ever be perfect. However, Gdevelop sure isn't too far from perfect in my eyes. My only real complaints is that occasionally the built in pixel art editor "Piskel" will crash after I press undo "Ctrl + Z". Which in turn makes me lose any progress I made to the sprite I was editing or drawing. Again though, this does happen quite rarely.

Gdevelope got me back into game design!

Kommentare: I have been using G develop as my primary engine and I have completed one game and I have started on another, which is going to be my first actual game release.

Vorteile:

I tried game design on unreal engine 4, and it was kind of difficult to use. I only used the no code portion of the engine, but it was still so complex, and I was new to game development. I kind of quit because I got nowhere in Unreal engine 4 after about five years. When I started, GDeveloped, I just fell in love with the engine because it was so simple. I actually created basically a full game in a couple months as opposed to years without a success.

Nachteile:

One of the things that unreal has that G developer doesn’t, or at least I don’t know how to use it much and it seems a little bit complicated in the engine. That is the debugging feature. And you, E4, you can run the engine and then look at the code, and it will show real time the engine processing the code, which helps you see where your hiccups are, this was my favorite feature of you in for, and it would be really cool if GDevelop could implement something like that.

Developing games with GDevelop since 2021

Kommentare: It's really easy to use and it's perfect for a beginner. It's great for small games but I don't see it being a good option for bigger projects that will be distributed on mobile

Vorteile:

It's easy to use and code free. This, combined with the "one button" export allowed me to start making games and earn without knowing how to code

Nachteile:

As a developer, I don't have much control over the core parts of my games. I often struggle with the performance of my game (which are low due to JavaScript) and with the integration of certain features that require SDKs. Sometimes it seems like the engine is specifically made for small pixel art games. Game's files on Android are limited to 150mb because there's no way to integrate the Play Store function to split game's assets into multiple files. For admob, it's been months and there's still no way to have GDPR message support in my games.

Gdevelop Review

Kommentare: Overall, using GDevelop was a really fun experience. I have been using it for 2+ years and have made many mini games in it before. Really a good game engine if you want to make 2D mobile games, or if you want to participate in game jams.

Vorteile:

GdDevelop is a really easy-to-use game engine that has many built-in features that makes game development a breeze. It also has a great, growing community with lots of potential. It also van export to many platforms, such as web, android and pc. Moreover, the game engine is open-sourced and can be used completely for free.

Nachteile:

Asset management can get quite messy while using GDevelop. For example, the animation editor would require you to splice your spritesheet into individual frames first in an external engine before you can use it in your game. Another thing is that the features may be quite slow or buggy. Exported games (especially web exports) would also sometimes have occasional drops in frame rate.

GDevelop: The Free and No-code engine - Perfect for those who don't know how to program!

Kommentare: GDevelop is a easy to use engine that requires no coding! I myself am an artist, this engine allowed me to make my own games even though I don't know how to program code. Its been a blast using this engine and making my own games in it. The best part is the the IDE is open-source, meaning I don't have to pay for a subscription if I want to!

Vorteile:

You don’t need to be a coding expert to use GDevelop. It’s super user-friendly and you can make a game in no time. The event system is a total game-changer for me. It’s perfect for beginners. The Engine has an awesome community, the folks in the GDevelop community are super cool and helpful. They’ve got a new template for in-app purchases that’s way easier than other engines. Need to prototype fast? GDevelop’s got your back. You can switch from a prototype to a real project in no time.

Nachteile:

The built-in pixel art editor, “Piskel”, can be a bit of a pain. It sometimes crashes when you hit undo. Feature Overload: There are so many features that it can be tough to figure out how to use them all. While GDevelop is great for basic 2D games, it doesn’t pack the same punch as some of its competitors like Unity or Unreal Engine, since it runs in Javascript and HTML its not recommended for making big games. The documentation could be clearer, its a bit vague and outdated. Although the tutorials on youtube from the official channel are pretty good. The mobile app has almost all the same options as the desktop version, but the layout isn’t as useful, and arranging sprites/zooming can be frustrating. The 3D feature is still pretty new and needs some work.

The power of GDevelop

Kommentare: A simply amazing program. It has provided me with a bunch of new experiences and has even helped me financially. I have used it to offer my developing skills to numerous clients on Fiverr. I also used it for a few school and academy projects. I am very glad this kind of tool is avaliable for everyone and it's avaliable to everyone.

Vorteile:

The fact that it's entirely a no-code game engine and it allows to effectively create any 2D game. Incredibly powerful app.

Nachteile:

The fact that a some of its features are implemented on the surface level and there's really no room to create something unique. A great example of that would be the 2D effects. I personally have not used other game engines, but they for sure allow manual pixel manipulation, so cool effects are created and the developer has so much freedom in that case. In GDevelop, certain effects are presented to you, and that's the end of the story.

Brilliant Free Game Making Software

Kommentare: My overall experience with GDevelop has been great. It's is great to pickup here and there and if you're using it all the time you'll have a blast. I have 3 projects on the go that I tend to weekly (when I have time).

Vorteile:

It's free which allows me do learn at my own rate and not feel like I'm wasting my 'membership' time by going to slowly or losing time. It is really simple to use and there is a lot of community help on the Discord channel. I like that I can make my game as simple as I want or as advanced as I want.

Nachteile:

I think some of the official staff members could help out a bit more and offer more guidance. Maybe someone could be employed to offer help. They also recently changed the UI for the properties panel which I'm not a fan of, would be nice to have the option to change it back.

GDevelop is in my opinion the best solution for creating 2D games and applications quickly and easil

Kommentare: To date, I have developed and published seven projects on Google Play, sorted from the most popular:"Map of air alerts of Ukraine" is an application that displays threats to the population of Ukraine in real time in a graphical form on the map of Ukraine. This app was built entirely with built-in features of GDevelop, no external solutions like JS code, the app has been downloaded by 350,000 users all the time, and it brings real value to people. It doesn't seem like a lot of downloads, but according to GDevelop statistics, the application has been launched about 20,000,000 times in all the time! "Gearbox" is a manual transmission simulation game. For all the time this project was downloaded by 150,000 people and this is exactly the project that I released in the first month of my use of GDevelop and this proves that you don't need to study for years, but you just need to do it and everything will be fine. "Submarine" is a game in which you can build your own submarine and install cannons on it to counter underwater enemies. This game was created within 10 days for GDevelop's building-themed jam, but that hasn't stopped it from garnering close to 4,000 downloads to date."Weather Feels Like" is a weather app that focuses more on temperature sensations. Again, it was created with built-in functions in the engine, without the use of external solutions, it works perfectly interacting with the Internet in the same way as the Alarm Map.

Vorteile:

Ease of use - in GDevelop you can really quickly and easily learn how to create games and applications of any type, I say this from my own experience, since I came to this engine with almost nothing in programming and development, but after a day I was able to create my own , although a simple game based on an example, and a week later I released another game, but it was more complicated and a month later I released my first successful game, which I will talk about a little later. Frequent updates - Gdevelop quite often introduces new features and improves old ones, and especially quickly solves bugs related to engine functions. And of course the community - the GDevelop community is the best community I have ever met in my life, if you have a question or a problem, then 100% there will be people who will definitely help you, even if your problem is very simple and obvious, or vice versa very complex and generally not obvious. You can contact the community at any time and in almost any language and they will definitely help you.

Nachteile:

I would not say that this is a big minus, but at some point in my work, I lacked the variety of integrated ad networks SDKs for mobile devices. At the moment, if I'm not mistaken, only AdMob is available from such networks, but I would like to have at least some alternative, for example, if Admob decides to stop cooperating with you at some point, then you will lose most of your profits ( if you're a mobile developer like me) and you won't be able to recoup those profits by changing the network (unless you're a genius programmer who can integrate the ad SDK on your own). But in general, I'm glad that Gdevelop is developing and I hope that new ad networks will appear and be supported in the future.

Must learn for all kids

Kommentare: I teach coding to beginners of all ages. Sometimes, I have to create an activity or a game, using which I can teach coding concept to beginners in fun way.

Vorteile:

Easy of learning. You can create a game in 1st 5 mins of its use. You can create more complex games after learning about behavior's. Creating your first platformer is just 5 min away. Any one can create games with gdevelop. It helps you visualize sharpen your problem solving skills.

Nachteile:

Tutorials about behavior's and their internals are very less.

GDevelop Review From A 3D Artist Perspective

Kommentare: I’ve had a very good experience so far and as I still build my game after 1 year I have learned so much and feel I am progressing a lot. I now feel like I can make any type of game in Gdevelop. Love the software and keep improving!

Vorteile:

The No code aspect is a huge part of why I started using it and the ease of use / quick learning I experienced were stellar. I love the interface and how easy it is to visualize your conditions and actions working together. It’s a very intuitive system and for someone like me with experience using 3D software, I picked up on GDevelop fairly quick and now I feel I am near Expert Level after almost 1 year. I also love the ease of build creation and live / mobile preview! Very smart!

Nachteile:

I feel like there can be better organizational tools for developers. I see there is groups in conditions but it would be better to expand upon the customization for Ease of Life changes while coding and setting up large numbers of conditions and objects. Specifically I want to have nested object folders like in all 3D outliners such as Blender or Maya.

GDevelop is a good game making tool

Vorteile:

- Free GDevelop is free including exporting my works (2 export in one but this is ok). - No code I don't need to learn coding, just drag a few things, and done.

Nachteile:

Nothing. Everything is fine and there is nothing bad about GDevelop.

Brings a lot of fun!

Kommentare: GDevelop brings me back the fun. there is more fun than work !

Vorteile:

It's so easy to use. In a sunday afternoon you will check how it works and after 1 day you are able to make your own small games! After a week your games will get better and better! compared to other engines it makes fun to work with from the first minute on!

Nachteile:

It may sound strange, but there is nothing ! i love all

GDevelop is a literal game changer.

Vorteile:

I like that it is as it is promoted- an easy guided "no-code" tool for making games.

Nachteile:

Still a work-in-progress in terms of making 3D games due to the engine. Though some community creators are fine tuning it.