Based on our record, Stencyl seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 5 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
My 11 year old cousin loves Scratch. He's made several games and "movies" using it. Another more powerful alternative is Stencyl: https://stencyl.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
I have been using Stencyl for my personal 2d games. Source: almost 2 years ago
I thought he used Stencyl (which has block coding like Scratch). Source: about 3 years ago
Isn't that what unity is? Honest question, I've never used it. There's also stencyl. Source: about 3 years ago
I'd choose something that requires less explicit programming, like Construct. It's proprietary software (I'm not affiliated with it in any way), but they have reasonable prices for education, and I know a person who has had success teaching kids to make basic games with it (with Construct 2, I think, which don't people prefer to Construct 3). Some similar tools which I haven't tried are Stencyl or GDevelop (this... Source: over 3 years ago
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