Construction Kits

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Programming computer games is a thrilling thing on computers. Depending on how much programming experience and programming languages, as well as knowledge in other computer subject areas like graphic processing and music or sound development one brings in, the better will the finished computer game at the end be.

The C64 offers with the built-in BASIC V2 many possibilities to create a game, however, you won't be able to simply create a terrific game as an action space shooter which still runs fluently with many spaceship opponents, has a quiff graphic design and even offers an interesting background music, without having deeper knowledge in assembler and machine language.

Constructions Kits facilitate this game development. They enable the game developer to create games faster and simpler with the help of an own programming language in a development environment, which are better than the ones made with BASIC V2 and run as fluently as games programmed directly in assembler when being finished. The trick is, that all data is integrated into the development environment and are at the end translated by a compilation with the help of a compiler at the end as an independently running operational machine language program.

Kits

Menu of "S.E.U.C.K.".

An editor of "Garry Kitchen's GameMaker".

The following Construction Kits are for the C64:

• 3D Construction Kit: Freescape (Incentive Software; 1991/92)
• Adventure Construction Set(Electronic Arts; 1984)
• Adventure Creator (Spinnaker Software; 1987)
• Adventure Interpretor (A+M Associates; 1984)
• Arcade Game Construction Kit (Brøderbund; 1988)
• D42 Adventure System (Freeware; Protovision; 2012)
• DAAD Adventure Writer (Aventuras AD)
• Dimension 4 Adventure Creator (Tobias Erbsland; 1994)
• Dungeon Maker (Ubi Soft; 1987)
• Garry Kitchen's GameMaker (Activision; 1985)
• Graphic Adventure Creator (Incentive Software; 1985)
• S.E.U.C.K. (Palace Software; 1987)
• The Games Creator (Mastertronic; 1984)
• The Quill alias The Quill Adventure System (Gilsoft; 1983/84)
• The Illustrator für Textadventures (Gilsoft; 1983/84)
• MCA2 alias Multiple Choice Adventure 2 (Freeware; Saufbox; 2017)

Level Editors

Start screen of "Crillion Construction Set" oder "Crill-Edi".

Start screen of "Gianna Sisters Construction Kit".

This can be in-game editors or seperate game editors:

• Arcade Game Construction Kit (Brøderbund; 1988)
• Arkanoid Level Editor
• Block'n'Bubble II
• Boulder Dash Construction Kit (First Star Software; 1986)
• Breaker
• Breakout Construction Kit (CP Verlag; 1988)
• Brektwon - The Curse of the Keys
• Crillion Construction Set aka Crill-Edi
• Das Gianna-Sisters Construction-Kit
• Ghosts'n Goblins
• Golf Construction Set (Ariolasoft; 1985)
• Gotcha!
• Gyroscope Construction Set
• Jump Machine
• Jumpman
• Kiki
• Kikstart II - The Construction Set
• Krakout Construction Kit
• Lode Runner
• Lords
• Manic Miner
• Mr. Robot and his Robot Factory
• Pinball Construction Set (Electronic Arts; 1983)
• Platou
• Quandranoid
• Rad Ramp Racer
• Rally Speedway
• Repton 3
• Shadow Switcher
• Solomon's Key
• Tank War Construction Set
• The Curse of RA
• Trap Them 64
• Trailblazer
• Traz
• War Cars Construction Kit (Firebird; 1988)
• Wargame Construction Set (Strategic Simulations; 1987)
• Wizard

Links

• C64games.de Small overview of construction kits
• CSDb Overview of a lot of construction kits of C64 games