<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
game	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
mainly	O
focuses	O
on	O
creating	O
PC	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
HTML5	B-Application
games	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Florian	O
Rival	O
;	O
a	O
software	O
engineer	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
GDevelop	B-Application
is	O
mainly	O
aimed	O
at	O
non-programmers	O
and	O
game	O
developers	O
of	O
all	O
skillsets	O
,	O
employing	O
event	O
based	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
similar	O
to	O
engines	O
like	O
Construct	B-Operating_System
,	O
Stencyl	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Tynker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
an	O
open-source	O
license	O
,	O
GDevelop	B-Application
has	O
found	O
used	O
in	O
games	O
education	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
a	O
primary	O
school	O
to	O
university	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
educators	O
and	O
researchers	O
to	O
create	O
learning	O
and	O
serious	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
GDevelop	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
creators	O
to	O
make	O
video	O
games	O
without	O
using	O
any	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
focus	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
all	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
games	O
without	O
code	O
or	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
has	O
two	O
separate	O
clients	O
:	O
Web	O
and	O
Local	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	B-Application
client	I-Application
allowing	O
for	O
game	O
development	O
directly	O
through	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
and	O
saving	O
to	O
a	O
cloud	O
storage	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
things	O
extensions	O
can	O
add	O
gamepad	B-Device
support	I-Device
and	O
cheats	O
like	O
the	O
Konami	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
GDevelop	B-Application
's	O
primary	O
focus	O
is	O
using	O
the	O
event	O
system	O
to	O
enable	O
development	O
without	O
any	O
programming	O
language	O
code	O
,	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
block	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
any	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
using	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
blocks	O
for	O
game	O
logic	O
,	O
this	O
also	O
allows	O
advanced	O
users	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
events	O
by	O
directly	O
manipulating	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
expanding	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
supports	O
AdMob	B-Application
,	O
Shopify	O
,	O
and	O
Facebook	O
ads	O
allowing	O
for	O
advertising	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
video	O
,	O
banner	O
,	O
interstitial	O
screen	O
and	O
link	O
to	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
beta	O
84	O
,	O
GDevelop	B-Application
currently	O
supports	O
effects	O
applied	O
to	O
each	O
layer	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gdevelop	B-Application
's	O
IDE	O
also	O
has	O
built-in	O
editors	O
for	O
graphics	O
and	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
directly	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Web	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
local	O
export	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
manual	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
or	O
desktop	O
OS	O
compiling	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
export	O
to	O
platforms	O
like	O
Kongregate	O
,	O
itch.io,	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
compile	O
games	O
into	O
stand-alone	O
games	O
,	O
without	O
requiring	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
5	O
uses	O
GDJS	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	O
as	O
GDevelop	B-Application
4	O
,	O
an	O
older	O
and	O
currently	O
unsupported	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
interface	O
is	O
in	O
React	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
asm.js	O
to	O
manipulate	O
projects	O
using	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
inherited	O
from	O
GDevelop	B-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
4	O
uses	O
a	O
GDCpp	O
,	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
engine	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
GDJS	O
,	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDCpp	O
uses	O
SFML	B-Language
and	O
GDJS	O
uses	O
Pixi.JS	O
v4	O
as	O
a	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
interface	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
is	O
essentially	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
library	O
SFML	B-Language
for	O
multimedia	O
management	O
and	O
on	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
also	O
uses	O
Boost	O
and	O
TinyXML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	O
and	O
GDCpp	O
were	O
packaged	O
via	O
a	O
standard	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
idea	O
with	O
GDevelop	B-Application
is	O
making	O
game	O
creation	O
accessible	O
to	O
anyone	O
,	O
from	O
beginners	O
to	O
seasoned	O
game	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
allows	O
you	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
logic	O
of	O
your	O
game	O
using	O
visual	O
events	O
,	O
composed	O
of	O
conditions	O
and	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDevelop	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sandbox	O
-	O
but	O
what	O
you	O
can	O
do	O
with	O
it	O
is	O
unlimited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
GDevelop	B-Application
's	O
initial	O
1.0	O
release	O
was	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
foundation	O
that	O
was	O
primarily	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
had	O
a	O
more	O
native	O
OS	O
focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leading	O
up	O
to	O
2018	O
,	O
discussions	O
around	O
migrating	O
GDevelop	B-Application
to	O
a	O
more	O
portable	O
and	O
platform-agnostic	B-Operating_System
base	O
were	O
made	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2018	O
GDevelop	B-Application
5	O
(	O
GD5	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
GD5	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
engine	O
was	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
engine	O
(	O
GDCpp	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GD5	O
dropped	O
support	O
for	O
it	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	O
(	O
GDJS	O
)	O
,	O
first	O
introduced	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
of	O
the	O
drop	O
was	O
because	O
it	O
had	O
issues	O
across	O
platforms	O
,	O
could	O
n't	O
run	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
or	O
on	O
phones	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
renderer	O
(	O
SFML	B-Language
)	O
it	O
was	O
using	O
,	O
and	O
GDevelop	B-Application
was	O
lacking	O
too	O
many	O
contributors	O
in	O
general	O
to	O
support	O
both	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GD5	O
included	O
a	O
complete	O
rework	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	O
to	O
begin	O
using	O
web	O
technologies	O
,	O
like	O
Pixi.JS	O
and	O
React	B-Application
.	O
</s>
