Bitsy game editor
Added to the Museum of Data by Harriet Baker on Monday, October 19, 2020. Museum of Data Collection ID: 501.
Public description: Bitsy is a free, online, browser-based editor for making games or stories with a simple, pixel-art style. It was created by Adam le Doux and is hosted on www.itch.io as well as on le Doux’s personal website. It is relatively easy to use for people without knowledge of coding or programming, and it can serve as a good way to learn about the JavaScript programming language, and programming concepts such as variables. The game data is visible and allows users to see 'behind the curtain' of the game-making system. Over time a dispersed community has developed and continues to develop around Bitsy game-making. Makers communicate via platforms such as Twitter and Discord, share support and advice, and develop and deposit ‘hacks’ on GitHub which allow for more intricate game-making. Bitsy is being submitted to the Museum of Data because it is a tool which turns data into playable, engaging artefacts that can be shared online. The community that has grown around Bitsy raises questions about education, property and the links between technical systems, user-friendliness of software development tools and social interaction.
Materials used: JavaScript (85.7%), HTML (9.9%), CSS (4.4%).
Credit: Adam le Doux
Copyright: MIT License Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Adam Le Doux Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Language: Interface default language is English with option to use selection of other languages. Game itself is largely created in JavaScript.
Size: As per internet browser window. Standard game viewport size within browser window: 512 x 512 pixels.
Creation date: 2017/11/04 00:00:00
Alternate identifiers: This is the GitHub page for Bitsy: https://github.com/le-doux/bitsy
External link: https://ledoux.itch.io/bitsy
Tags: 5, 14, 18