{"id":111633,"date":"2020-04-16T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=16bc03b3-61df-4dc7-8565-0431cb896a6c"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:50:12","slug":"microsoft-makecode-game-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/16\/microsoft-makecode-game-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft MakeCode Game Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft MakeCode is a game engine aimed directly at getting people started with game development with an easy to use game engine.&nbsp; MakeCode can be run directly in the browser using <a href=\"https:\/\/arcade.makecode.com\/\">MakeCode Arcade<\/a> requiring no login or signup to get started.&nbsp; Programming is done using a Scratch like visual programming language, but at any point in time you can switch over to JavaScript that is being generated.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is also the ability to extend the capabilities of MakeCode with extensions, that can also be written as JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>In addition there are several simple consoles and projects that can be used to run your generated games, which can also be simply saved and shared in the form of a custom encoded PNG image file.&nbsp; If you are looking to start game development, or are interested in getting a child involved in game development, MakeCode is a great option.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally MakeCode Arcade is an open source project <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/pxt-arcade\">available on GitHub<\/a> under the MIT license, if you wish to contribute or simply run the server locally.<\/p>\n<p>We go hands on and show creation of a simple game in the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iEWkWQAXNx0\">video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iEWkWQAXNx0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"under\"> <span class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/category\/GameDev-News.aspx\">GameDev News<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/Engine\" rel=\"tag\">Engine<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <!--\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!- - google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5156240514307514\"; \/* GFS 720 Post above Comments *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5626844176\"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; \/\/- ->\n<\/script>\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft MakeCode is a game engine aimed directly at getting people started with game development with an easy to use game engine.&nbsp; MakeCode can be run directly in the browser using MakeCode Arcade requiring no login or signup to get started.&nbsp; Programming is done using a Scratch like visual programming language, but at any point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-111633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-development","tag-gamedev-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}