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Bitsy

Make small adventure games without writing code. These guides walk through the Bitsy editor in the Chili Creator, from your first room to a game you can sell on the marketplace and play on VGC Zero. Read them in order the first time; each one builds on the last.

Rooms

Rooms

462 words·3 mins
Paint a room from tiles, make walls, add more rooms, and pick colors.
The avatar and sprites

The avatar and sprites

301 words·2 mins
Draw the player character, choose where they start, and add characters for them to talk to.
Items

Items

257 words·2 mins
Add items the player picks up, set a starting inventory, and use items to unlock things.
Dialogue

Dialogue

515 words·3 mins
Write what sprites and items say: pages, text effects, sequences, and conditions on items and variables.
Exits and endings

Exits and endings

503 words·3 mins
Link rooms together with exits and transitions, and end your game.
Test and publish your game

Test and publish your game

518 words·3 mins
Playtest in the editor, release and list your game on the marketplace, and play it on VGC Zero.
Editor tools

Editor tools

103 words·1 min
A reference page for each window in the Bitsy editor in the Chili Creator, in the order they appear in the toolbar on the right edge of the editor. Each toolbar button shows or hides its window, every window can be dragged by its title bar, and each window’s ? button opens the upstream Bitsy documentation for it.