Bitsy
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Bitsy, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Bitsy's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Bitsy | Free | A little editor for little games, worlds, and stories |
The facts
Each one read from Bitsy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Art tools
- The paint tool provides editors for the avatar, tiles, sprites, and items.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Color tools
- The colors tool provides controls for room background, tile, and sprite colors.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Community
- The documentation links to a Bitsy forum and a collection of games made with Bitsy on itch.io.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Community support
- The project documentation links to a community forum and a bug-report page.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Distribution format
- The itch.io product page lists HTML5 as Bitsy's platform.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Export
- The editor lets users export their game or game data using its download or game data tools.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Game creation
- The editor includes tools for exits and endings, painting, colors, dialog, inventory, and recording GIFs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Historical versions
- The Bitsy Archive links to historical web versions and their corresponding source code.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Input
- The itch.io product page lists keyboard and mouse as inputs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The official homepage links to Bitsy's editor, games on itch.io, documentation, a forum, an archive, Mastodon, and Codeberg.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Learning resources
- The documentation offers an editor overview, a community tutorial, and FAQ pages for getting started.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The Bitsy documentation credits Adam Le Doux in its project introduction, and the credits page identifies him as maintainer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Bitsy is a little editor for making games or worlds where players can walk around and talk to people.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Repository status
- The GitHub repository states it was archived and made read-only on July 22, 2026.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Room travel
- The exits and endings tool can add exits, one-way exits, and endings to a room.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Source and license
- The source repository identifies Bitsy as MIT-licensed and says development moved to Codeberg.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Source code
- The documentation links to Bitsy's source code.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project documentation links to a bug reporting page and documentation contribution instructions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tools
- The editor includes tools for painting, colors, dialog, exits and endings, inventory, room editing, tunes, sound effects, and GIF recording.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Use on mobile
- The changelog lists a mobile-device layout and touch controls for the editor.checked 10 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The documentation credits Adam Le Doux and links to the project's source code.checked 10 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- The maker's itch.io page lists HTML5 as the platform.checked 10 Oct 2026
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