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making games on a chromebook.

A topic by Australian jojo created Nov 03, 2020 Views: 1,040 Replies: 6

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am trying to make a game but with a chromebook its been so hard, could you please tell me if you can make one on a chrome book and if so how?

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No Time To PlayModerator moved this topic to General Development 4 years ago

No Time To PlayModerator4 years ago

Sure you can! Use a game creation tool that runs in a browser, such as Twine. Others like Superpowers also work, but are more limited. Also, newer Chromebooks all have a Linux subsystem that can run any app you want, you just have to enable it first.

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JR4 years ago

I recommend unity to get started, its easy to learn, and its simple.

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Orion Studios Interactive4 years ago

unfortunately Unity wont work well on chromebooks - chromebooks are designed to be minimum spec as they are an entry level device. Even attempting to run Unity with the linux subsystem would lag so much

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Identical Games4 years ago

In addition to browser game creation tools and linux apps, it is possible to create games using just html/javascript. Most people use a framework like phaser but simple games can be written directly with a canvas object. For example Everything Attacks is just html/javascript without any framework.

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Orion Studios Interactive4 years ago(+1)

if you're making a game on chromebook and you are new to game development I would recommend Construct 3, which isn't platform dependent and can publish to most major platforms. The only downside is the price.

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Brin4 years ago(+1)

One up for Construct, it's great and even if you use the free version you can learn a lot! An open source (and free) alternative would be godevelop which can also run in a browser.

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