Guides: Game Design: Media Library PCs

Public Workstation Information

Browser-based game development

This section includes game development sites that offer the ability to create games using only the browser, no software needs to be downloaded.

Flowlab Game Creator
- This link opens in a new window
Create games in your browser. (Account creation required)
Scratch
- This link opens in a new window
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
Twine
Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

Additional Software

The Media Library PCs, although primarily for game creation, also provide access to other gaming software. Many of these programs offer free play after the user signs up. User who have their own accounts may use them to play on the Media Library PCs.

Steam
Users at these PCs have access to Steam. They must use their own accounts to access and download their purchased games.
Good Old Games
GOG.com is a portal for PC games through a digital rights management (DRM) free platform. Users must use your own account for this service.
League of Legends
League of Legends is a fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity of an RTS with RPG elements. Two teams of powerful champions, each with a unique design and playstyle, battle head-to-head across multiple battlefields and game modes.
Star Wars: The Old Republic
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Star Wars universe.
Console Living Room
Enjoy console games in your browser using the JSMESS emulator system.
Software Library: MS-DOS Games
MS-DOS entertainment and games playable in your browser using the EM-DOSBOX emulator.

Media Library Game Creation PCs

The Media Library provides PCs for game creation. The general use PCs offer the following free software programs for beginning game design and programming.

(Tutorials and information are accessed by clicking the icon next to each program name.)

Plotbot (Screenwriting)
- This link opens in a new window
Plotbot is a browser-based collaborative screenwriting application where you can write a screenplay with as many or as few people as you like. Adopting the wiki approach to screenwriting, each element is editable by any member of a project. You can also comment on, delete or restore any element.
Inkscape (Graphic)
- This link opens in a new window
An Open Source vector graphics editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Gimp (Graphic)
- This link opens in a new window
A free and open source software image retouching and editing tool that is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux.
Audacity (Audio)
- This link opens in a new window
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
Stencyl (Programming)
- This link opens in a new window
Stencyl isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow and then gets out of the way. We take care of the essentials like physics and native APIs so you can focus on what's important—making your game yours.
GameMaker: Studio (Game Engine)
- This link opens in a new window
Design your very own games using easy-to-learn drag-and-drop actions – you can create professional-quality games within very little time.
Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 4 is a complete suite of game development tools made by game developers, for game developers. From 2D mobile games to console blockbusters and VR.
Unreal Development Kit (Game Engine)
- This link opens in a new window
This is the free edition of Unreal Engine 4 that provides access to the award-winning 3D game engine and professional toolset used in blockbuster video game development, architectural visualization, mobile game development, 3D rendering, digital films and more.
Unity (Game Engine)
Unity is a game development ecosystem: a powerful rendering engine fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows to create interactive 3D content; easy multi-platform publishing; thousands of quality, ready-made assets in the Asset Store and a knowledge-sharing Community.

Game Design

Public Workstation Information

Browser-based game development

Additional Software

Media Library Game Creation PCs

Additional Links