The easy way

New here? Type LEARN on the dev kit and a step-by-step lesson walks you through making your first game.

1. In the sprite editor, pick a sprite and click "IT IS..." to say what it is: player, enemy, flyer, collect, solid, hurts, goal, bouncy (springs!), heart, save (start again here) or climb (ladders and vines).

2. Paint them on the map. 3. Press CTRL+R. That's a game!

The advanced way

Write Lua in the code editor, make sounds and music, or mix in Scratch-style blocks. A new cart starts with a little level to play with.

Want to see how a game is made? Drag an online cart from the green screen onto your drawer to keep a copy, then open it in the editors.

Sharing it

Type UPLOAD on the dev kit (or press the button) and the modem sends the cart in the slot to ADV's online carts, from your own GitHub account. The owner of ADV takes a look, and then it's on everyone's screen. No GitHub? Download the picture and share that instead.

Your carts are kept in this browser. Want the dev kit on your PC? Download it for Windows.