Cocos Store vs Game Developer Studio

Cocos Store is a marketplace for developers using Cocos Creator, listing code, plugins, UI assets, applications, artwork, music, sound effects, tools, and other resources. The catalog includes free and paid items, with prices varying by listing; paid resources start at $1.99 one-time. Users can search and filter by category in the Dashboard Store or browse sections for recommendations, recent updates, and free and paid rankings. Listings show Creator version compatibility, and Creator 2.x and 3.x plugins are not directly compatible unless the developer supports both. Purchased resources can be downloaded through the Store built into Cocos Creator; the user guide specifies Creator version 2.3.4 or later for retrieving purchases and updates. Dashboard can add extensions and media to projects, create projects from source-code resources, or save tools locally. Cocos Creator combines an engine, resource management, scene editing, preview, and publishing for 2D and 3D development. The storefront page may prompt users to open CocosDashboard. Cocos identifies Xiamen Yaji as its company and lists Xiamen and Beijing as its headquarters.

Game Developer Studio combines a library of hand-drawn 2D game assets with GDS Editor, a browser-based tool for editing, compositing, and creating assets. Its store lists 1,292 packs, including characters, animals, weapons, backgrounds, tilesets, effects, vehicles, and interface elements. The assets include source files and use a royalty-free license. The standard license allows personal and commercial derivative projects without attribution, but does not allow standalone redistribution. GDS Editor Core costs nothing and runs in a desktop browser without installation, login, or server-side processing. It imports GDS, SVG, PNG, JPEG, and JPG files, and includes lossless scaling, color and outline adjustments, spritesheet playback, a personal asset stash, and several slicing tools. The texture panel and library are limited to GDS Plus supporters; the Supporter Club is temporarily closed while it is restructured. The maker says its art is made by hand, not AI-generated. The editor works on most browsers, though recent Brave versions may conflict.