FPS Creator vs Stencyl
FPS Creator
thegamecreators.com
Stencyl
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| Figure | FPS Creator | Stencyl |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Game Engine Software | 7.0 (#89) | 8.9 (#9) |
| Company | The maker says TheGameCreators is based in the UK and was co-founded in 1999 by Lee Bamber and Rick Vanner. | Stencyl's homepage identifies the maker as Stencyl, LLC; its LinkedIn company profile lists Cupertino as headquarters and 2008 as its founding year. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | FPS Creator is a game-making tool for creating action first-person shooter games. | Stencyl is game creation software for making mobile, web, and desktop games without code. |
| Source code model | source_available | open_source |
| Support | The product page links users to The Game Creators forums and community pages. | Subscriptions include no support contract; the pricing FAQ describes informal support through a customer-only discussion board. |
| Target platforms | Windows | iOS,Android,Windows,Mac,Linux,HTML5 |
Plans
In their own words
FPS Creator
FPS Creator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Stencyl
Stencyl is game creation software for making mobile, web, and desktop games with visual logic or custom code. Its drag-and-drop designer uses snapping blocks and includes hundreds of ready-to-use blocks. Creators can also make and share blocks, import libraries, extend the engine with code, and write Haxe classes that work with block-based Behaviors. The Scene Designer provides selection, zooming, grid-snapping, and flood fill; the Actor Editor adjusts appearance, behaviors, and physical properties. Stencyl targets iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and HTML5. The free Starter edition publishes HTML5 games and lets users test games on paid target platforms, but cannot publish desktop, iOS, or Android games and displays Stencyl branding. Indie costs $99 a year and adds web and desktop publishing without watermarks. Studio costs $199 a year and includes publishing to iOS and Android, ads, leaderboards, in-app purchases, and third-party plugins. Publishing iOS games to the App Store requires an active Apple developer license and a Mac. Stencyl says it collects no royalties on games.